Proxmox and Ceph for the NucNucNuc
In the latest incarnation of the NucNucNuc, I get Proxmox and Ceph installed The idea of Ceph is very attractive. Distributed storage eliminates a huge concern of mine, which is…
The NucNucNuc gets XenServered
In this post, I explore putting XenServer on these NUCs. While XenServer is firmly in the "traditional full-blown hypervisor" category, it would be a potential alternative to expensive VMWare licenses.…
Completed the Xeon D Lab with a Router
After my previous fun with assembling a server from scratch, you'd think I wouldn't be too excited to do it again. But I did it anyway... With only one non-Xeon…
The NucNucNuc is born
In the next year, I will be forced to replace about $200,000 of aging hardware due to end-of-life. I am not excited about this prospect. My mission in this is…
Whiteboxing a 1U – completing the rage
With all the previous problems from this build, it's not surprising that this server continued to torment me. After researching and testing, I determined that my up-and-down power consumption problems…
Whiteboxing a 1U – the rage continues
Once the rest of my parts arrived, it's safe to say the problems, and the rage, continued to build. It took over a week, but the rest of the parts…
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…
