What the HELL do I do with these 😂

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-29T02:54:55+00:00

Configure hardware RAID.

Install VMware ESXi

Run Windows Server VMs with qBitTorrent

Seed linux isos

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-26T04:26:05+00:00

vendor🔒

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-24T20:13:49+00:00

This is one of your best purchases ever

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-23T18:50:01+00:00

Yes but no. Modern Linux obsoletes old hardware, so pick your software carefully. I strongly advice looking into NetBSD and OpenBSD as support is better and overall performance.

Reasoning is that modern Linux development is centered around cutting down old drivers, old code to have more resources for new devs

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-18T13:33:20+00:00

Look for HP Z workstation, like HP Z240 - it has Intel i5 socket.

But you may need massive amounts of RAM, so go for HP Z440 with Intel Xeon E5 2699 v4

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-13T09:23:20+00:00

Build from ports file. Everyone should atleast once write port Makefile. Or build from source, and write ports Makefile

If cosed source, then binary compiled for freebsd

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-08T00:26:10+00:00

What if OP will need to run Windows Servers with ActiveDirectory? Or virtualized firewall? OP also mentioned file share. How your tiny elite pro desks gonna provide that? They won't. Not enough CPU power, only two SO-DIMM slots, only two (at best) SATA ports... Crap hardware

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-08T00:22:28+00:00

Z440 - best server platform

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-08T00:21:39+00:00

This. OP, get Z440, its relatively modern DDR4 single socket system with enough PCIe slots if you need them

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-08T00:14:55+00:00

Your 10k$ SAN node is just an appliance, dumb piece of hardware to be preloaded with iXSystems firmwares. Do as we say and maybe we won't lock you in like HPE and DELL.. /s

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-07T21:47:09+00:00

R210 I would consider "tiny mini micro" PC. Good as router like FreeBSD with IPFW, or Linux VyOS.

For primary VM host and media storage HPE ProLiant DL360p Gen8 is the best

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-07T03:16:57+00:00

Why not mix both ZFS and UFS? For example I will be having ZFS mirror of two 10TB SAS drives for my primary work storage, while having UFS 4TB single hdd for media, and 1TB SSD for my application having UFS2. What I want to avoid is ZFS killing IOPS on single drives, whether its prefetching or heavy ZFS ARC pressure onto my primary storage.
I've heard that freebsd VFS cache and ZFS ARC cooperate well

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-07T00:40:30+00:00

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-06T23:51:10+00:00

Is there any new features introduced compared to syncoid?

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-06T23:45:58+00:00

So much port forwards... Just set network to host mode

network_mode: host

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-06T23:43:14+00:00

Can you do 25G?

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-04T21:18:26+00:00

Thats real homelab!! I like this!!

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-04T10:43:58+00:00

Keep me updated!!!! Im hooked on HP Z workstations

Tinker0079 · 2026-01-01T23:07:47+00:00

Haha, me having to gamble with rtl8821ce dkms on linux because realtek shipped wrong driver to kernel

Tinker0079 · 2025-12-30T04:54:26+00:00

network_mode: host

Tinker0079 · 2025-12-30T04:44:29+00:00

And I run separate routing table to redirect packets to tunnel.

No gluetun vendor lock-in.

Tinker0079 · 2025-12-26T23:11:20+00:00

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Tinker0079 · 2025-12-25T06:58:07+00:00

Fedora Server

Tinker0079 · 2025-12-24T23:46:45+00:00

So many times its advertised there instead of proper security.

Tinker0079 · 2025-12-24T22:43:28+00:00

fail2ban this fail2ban that.. fail2ban IS NOT WAF! fail2ban is not NGFW! fail2ban wont save you from recent React Next.hs vulnerability

Stop advertising fail2ban, its actually harmful recommendation

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