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What a week it’s been! After receiving all my parts from my first eBay order, then waiting on a set of M246M cables to come in the mail (oops), I was all set to get started… or was I? After some great “learning opportunities”, I was able to successfully boot my R710! Keep reading to see what all I learned along the way.
Continue reading “The Pursuit of Homelabs, Part 5 – IT LIVES!”
It’s time! In this post, I’ll be talking about the parts I chose, why I chose each one, and some of the lessons I’ve learned – oh boy, did I learn a lesson or two.
Continue reading “The Pursuit of Homelabs, Part 4 – Parts A-Plenty”
LAST TIME in THE PURSUIT OF HOMELABS, I talked about what my options were in upgrading my at-home resources I could use for virtualization and storage. Until I took the plunge, I didn’t want to get too much into the specifics of what my decision was. I’ve done my research. I’ve done a lot of window shopping. I’ve slept on it for a while. And now… I’ve got some parts in the mail! Keep reading to see why (and how) I chose Dell’s R710.
Earlier this week, I announced that I’m looking to expand the resources I have at my disposal for homelabbing, and just a few days ago, I posted a pretty lengthy list of criteria I took into account planning my potential expansion. Today, I’ll be talking about what my options for expansion are and how well they might fit my needs.
Continue reading “The Pursuit of Homelabs, Part 2 – What Are My Options?”
It’s now no secret that I’ve been planning to expand my at-home storage and computing resources. In my last post, I outlined some criteria that I used to help me consider what hardware to purchase. I thought it’d be a good idea to expand on that list of criteria in case anyone else wanted to use it to help them work through finding some new hardware. This is going to be a long one, so settle in!
Continue reading “What to Consider When Planning Homelab Hardware”
