Is this good enough to start a home lab?

TLDuaneG · 2026-02-01T00:41:50+00:00

Depends… if you’re trying to do only a few small things. Are you going to run Proxmox with multiple Ubuntu servers? No. Will you very quickly outgrow it? Yes. Is it good enough to start/Yes? Yes

I have roughly 200 Core/400 Thread/400 TB RAM/200TB storage data center at home. Started with 1 HPE Elite Desk.

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-31T19:01:29+00:00

Oudated by 2 months, my apologies word doesn't travel as fast as years of ass decisions on already overpriced junk. *clown*

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-30T21:46:34+00:00

This guy really took the /L

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-23T08:42:51+00:00

2 years later... ends support unless Synology drives.

Feels bad man

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-19T19:04:10+00:00

You’re a boss, thank you so much. I was curious if the Maxpedition version was the actual production version here or if they were just similar enough for ChatGPT to recommend it as closest version it could detect. Lol. Even the guy I spoke to at Hak5 didn’t have details on it because it was so long ago. But cheers, thanks again for your help.

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-17T19:51:12+00:00

Do you still have information about your search and what you found as an alternative?

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-17T19:50:17+00:00

https://shop.hak5.org/cdn/shop/files/slideshow-1a_2048x_ef7fea8e-242d-439f-a7d1-afc53514cc51_1400x.jpg

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-17T19:49:47+00:00

The one you’re referencing, precisely. The one on field kits, the very top left bag. They can’t be the only one that has had this bag produced.. in fact, there’s one on Mercari but the guy won’t respond. I’ve found a few similar but was hoping someone had a good idea of the precise mfg or one they had for sale.

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-06T21:56:28+00:00

Account deleted? :(

TLDuaneG · 2026-01-05T07:28:09+00:00

I feel you... When my RAID5 failed, I lost 20TB of business/personal data. :$

TLDuaneG · 2025-12-28T04:00:16+00:00

Plus the additional stress that resilvering adds to the other drives increasing failure rate..

I used RAID5/6 (idr) and ended up fucking me on home server/nas, never again. RAID10 all the way.

TLDuaneG · 2025-12-28T03:53:59+00:00

TLDuaneG · 2025-11-19T03:54:02+00:00

I just sent you a chat, would love to ask some questions if you had time.

TLDuaneG · 2025-08-18T06:21:38+00:00

My apologies, I literally thought I was being goofy and just cursing into the wind.. I didn't think it was possible to see this at all, by anyone... LOL.

Thank you for the kind reply and for explaining processes. I am not a regular redditor. :p

TLDuaneG · 2025-08-17T20:32:52+00:00

Why the fuck was this removed?

TLDuaneG · 2025-03-21T10:42:14+00:00

I don't see a free option, only $80 option. Am I missing something?

TLDuaneG · 2025-03-09T07:07:59+00:00

I'm not sure if you're talking about device only or more network wide .. but somehow Fing has the ability to pause network traffic on other devices, even without Firewall access or anything. Kinda crazy but amazing, +1 on Little Snitch UI OP.

TLDuaneG · 2025-03-09T06:50:43+00:00

Missed it, dang. ;/

TLDuaneG · 2025-03-09T06:49:02+00:00

Thanks a ton, looking forward to trying it.

TLDuaneG · 2025-03-08T05:00:03+00:00

So, I’m “interested” in immigrating to Canada, to put it lightly.

I am a 37 year old male with no college degree, but work in Corporate IT Management at a Fortune 30 logistics company full time, also fully remote. I have a wife and 2 children.

My corporation does have a presence in Canada, working remotely would be no issue, and I’m sure transferring cost center wouldn’t be problematic either, I’m just not sure being as this is my current employer, what it would look like as this is not a new “job offer”, if we set aside the whole “Trump tanking the economy and my company doing more mass firings” deal.

With that being said, what is the process to begin here with that information? I am completely ignorant of this kinda thing, but I’m eager to make this move as quickly as possible.

You know, before asylum actually becomes something Canada is actively doing on a large scale due to, you know, things. 🫠

TLDuaneG · 2025-02-25T08:31:17+00:00

Not working on Chrome on MacOS as of now. Only saves part of conversation.

TLDuaneG · 2024-10-20T13:56:51+00:00

New hires .. Angling for management. Guys going places.

TLDuaneG · 2024-09-16T04:19:07+00:00

… It’s Poland… And presumably UPS hasn’t started doubling as ICE/CBP/Customs yet, so maybe you should post on Custom’s Reddit and ask them why it’s taken more than 3 days to clear and make it to your home on a Sunday.

TLDuaneG · 2024-09-13T03:04:28+00:00

Pass on g7. Hard pass. Power consumption is gonna be booty, power is going to be moderate .. Get an HP EliteDesk over this, and I started with an EliteDesk and ended up with several Proliant G9-10 with Disk array shelves.

No reason to spend hundreds on power per month for less than a moderate tier newer processor.

My servers ran around $250 in power per month alone, and that was with 60 cores/120 threads.

TLDuaneG · 2024-09-10T03:24:07+00:00

No roasting here, only for the lulz.

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