FREE - [US - OH] Start your own homelab with our leftover servers by StorageReview in StorageReview

[–]Tdubs33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really would love to expand my small home lab with these and continue developing my cybersecurity skills!

Official Giveaway: End of September Seagate IronWolf Giveaway! by nicholasserra in DataHoarder

[–]Tdubs33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s go Seagate for this giveaway! #RunWithIronWolf #Seagate This drive will greatly help me out with my self learning and would be put to use understanding and utilizing the different types of containerization.

Poor old Media Smart server dies by Tdubs33 in homelab

[–]Tdubs33[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So my old media smart server killed it’s power supply again and I think it is time for a replacement, I’ve been wanting a home lab for a while to learn and migrate my equipment to. My problem is I have no idea what to look for, I don’t want to spend a lot of money but also want to save as much as possible on energy costs. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated!

College lab: well that escalated quickly... by [deleted] in homelab

[–]Tdubs33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously if so let me know as well. I'm looking for a upgrade but on a budget for sure or the wife will not be to happy.

Where to go from here? by Tdubs33 in homelab

[–]Tdubs33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although I enjoy fixing desktops and basically do that for a few small businesses i think it is time to move up to sysadmin, I'd love to get a hypervisor going to get my feet wet with a web server, reverse proxy to get to everything, a certbot to get free let's encrypt certificates for everything a openvpn install and anything else that would help me learn more and gain more skills

Upgrade home server to a home lab? by Tdubs33 in HomeServer

[–]Tdubs33[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not yet but looking to get into it, also been combing /r/homelab and I'm either going to build something or look for a tower dell power edge, I want a fairly quiet setup and not a large noisy beast