Whiteboxing a 1U
Much like dial, rewind, and hang up, a whitebox is a bit of an antiquated term that's still in use. It's a computer that someone has assembled from parts, instead…
Growing from Baby to Giant
Once I decided to Frankenbox my SYS-E300-8D into a new form factor, the hunt was on. The central item of this build: Fractal Design R5 - I loved the modular…
A Baby File Server Evolves
Over the years, it's safe to say my storage needs have evolved. What started off as a handful of Western Digital USB drives has evolved into a multiple multi-Terabyte ZFS…
One Media Server to Rule Them All – Part 2
FreeNAS WOAH! It was around the time my head was exploding from carrying around USB hard drives that my brother introduced me to FreeNAS. MIND BLOWN All I could say…
De-virtualizing and migrating FreeNAS
Since I began my HomeLab journey, I've virtualized and de-virtualized FreeNAS a few times. FreeNAS has backup and restore functionality, so it should be easy right? Where it was highly…
The HomeLab Mutation
I would be lying if I said that when I got interested in something, I don't take it to the extreme. I've always had computers at home. And for at…
From media to Home Lab
For years, I've been running a Media server, outlined here. Over time, it's evolved from a strict XBMC machine, to an Ubuntu server running Plex, sabnzbd, SickBeard, CouchPotato and more.…
One Media Server to Rule Them All – Part 1
After The Burning, it's really not that difficult to understand why I wanted to take control of my media. I felt betrayed and stabbed in the back by my oldest…
A #MovieMan
I have always been a HUGE consumer of media. Even before Netflix, there was nothing better for me than spending a whole weekend vegging out and binge watching my favorite…
