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ZFS RAIDZ vdev expansion is now a feature: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases Of course there is a downside: After the expansion completes, old blocks remain with their old data-to- parity ratio (e.g. 5-wide RAIDZ2, has 3 data to 2 parity), but distrib‐ uted among the larger set of disks. New b...

Well, I kind of screwed up. I ordered the Fractal Meshify 2. Not the Meshify 2 XL. I lose 4 bays, but in Server Configuration I still get 14 drive bays instead of 18. Holy crap is this a great case. I wish I'd spent the money in 2019 for a Fractal case. Don't get me wrong my Phanteks P400 case is a ...

I definitely want a SAS board for the options of going either SAS or SATA. I like options. However it seems that the two headers would only let me connect to 8 drives. I'd still need an HBA (they aren't that expensive on ebay). I can get an LSI 9400-16i for about $100. Older are about half that. Tha...

So I've been wanting to build a really powerful All-In-One VM server/homelab. I've wanted to do this for a good 4 or 5 years at this point. I've been making due with dockers in my Synology 918+, but I've run into some un-solveable issues unless Synology updates their ancient linux kernel (4.4.302+)....

I really haven't been paying attention to Reddit news other than to say that Reddit is probably about to have an IPO rug pull moment. Yesterday logging into Reddit Is Fun on my phone I got a notification that changes to the Reddit API ( they're going to be charging exorbitant prices for access to th...

I give up. I've had hell with the Asrock J4125B-ITX board. It would boot and sometimes on reboot it would hang or go into a boot loop. To make it worse there have been no BIOS updates since the initial on Asrock's site. I think instead I'm going to support the opnsense project and buy an Opnsense ap...

Problems, Problems and More Problems This project has become a huge pain in the ass. So I got new RAM and installed it. I installed pfSense, however I kept running into issues. Booting and rebooting would hang. I think it has something to do with UEFI BIOS. I still can't nail down a reason. Then I ...

Issues with this build This build has been a test in patience. So I last left off with the PSU not fitting. I got the new Flex PSU (250 Watt) and it fits in the case perfectly. So I plugged in the RAM, NIC, connected to HDMI and...mothing. Borrowed a VGA cable from a friend and still nothing. I end...

This forum needs some love. So I'm going to post this here since it is going in my 6U rack I'll put it here. Part 1: Hardware Review First let's review my previous build : Hardware: Intel Xeon E3-1260L 45W TDP LGA155 - $36 Ebay Silverstone Tek Super Slim Profile CPU Cooler - 21.99 Amazon Intel DQ77K...

Hello all, I figured since I've gotten quite a list of sites I've used for my projects (pfSense, home network, and future planned VM/NAS server). Serve The Home - Contrary to what you might think the name means, it actually means the /home directory of a linux server. This website is primarily about...

I would have updated sooner, but this past weekend I was struck with such bad sinusitis I threw up 3 times just trying to cough up phlegm. None of the home remedy shit worked for me so I decided to go to the doctor. Now I'm feeling much better. Anyway, have I changed. Well to start with I ended up p...

Ok I've a bit of an update. Last year my wife and I moved houses. I ended up setting everything back up and I'll make a post and post some pictures about that. Suffice to say we moved to a much nicer neighborhood. A gated neighborhood with tennis courts and a swimming pool. If I were to move anywher...

I'm trying to re-learn C# and start learning Xamarin. Goal is a weight lifting app. I've used a some but none of them are as flexible as I like (Strong, Personal Training Coach). Don't know how far I'll get. May be one of those projects that gets started and quickly falls off. Hoping my boss approve...

Part 3 - Wiring and Initial Setup So me and a friend I met back in Junior College and now work with at the Bank wired in the Ubiquiti UniFi NanoHD APs. That was on Saturday. I crawled around in the attic. My knees and abs still hurt. Since the roof is low pitched I had to basically lay across 4 bea...

Huzzah Phase 2 is finally really complete! The last thing I had to do was clean up the burrs left by my drilling. I realize I should have drilled into boards instead of using two two by fours and using them as makeshift sawhorses. Well lesson learned. I used a 1/2" chamfer bit to try and counte...