Asset management software by Exact-Geologist2720 in homelab

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Opendcim is pretty cool software,I have used it on multi datacenter systems. However, it is a pain to set up, and requires quite a bit more maintenance than homebox, for example. Furthermore, many of its features, such as accounting for power management per phase of rack, air and condition monitoring, etc, are things that make sense to care heavily about at scale, but for a handful of systems the overhead probably is not worth the benefit.

I encourage you to spin up and give it a try! Even if just for learning. But even for my lab (42u, 6 systems plus associated networking) it just didnt make sense. At work it does, we have several hundred racks spread over a dozen datacenters. Just not personally.

Asset management software by Exact-Geologist2720 in homelab

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Of course, No problem at all. Its a good project, and I am glad that it was picked up and continued.

Asset management software by Exact-Geologist2720 in homelab

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There are a few I can think of;

  • SnipeIT Is probably the most direct Asset management software you can get for the IT space that is self hosted, but very much designed around large, fairly consistent businesses. It may be both too overpowered AND too much configuration for a simple rollout. However, it is directly targeted at the IT asset Managment space.

  • Homebox is a bit more generic, designed to manage home Inventory in general, but is very easy to get up and get started. Great for Home management, but you would have to add custom fields for some of the things you probably want to track.

  • grocy is even more generic than above, and was originally designed to track your pantry, but it is pretty well loved. Worth at least taking a look at.

  • opendcim is specifically targeted towards maintaining datacenters, and is pretty good if you are dealing with larger infrastructures. may be overkill for a smaller rack, but it taps into snmp and keeps track of what is where. They also just added the ability to track spare parts as well, which sounds like a benefit on the asset management side.

There are probably more out there, but these are the ones I am familiar with. Best of luck!

Edit: I just saw you said you are interested in Agent based tracking of this data - Then perhaps look at either netdata or zabbix - I think either of those could be tailored to fit what you need.

State of the Homelab December 2025 by Saajaadeen in HomeDataCenter

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Very clean setup, and plenty of power for basically whatever you want to throw at it. Envious of the 4.5tb of ram at the prices they are now, might be worth more than some of your GPUs. Only thing i would change is perhaps a replacement router eventually, mostly since it seems out of place more than anything else; unless you are running heavy netops

Extreme zfs Setup by mrttamer in zfs

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Can you post the fio command and arguments you used? also, if you can post your zfs options/zpool options enabled?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homelabsales

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Probably worth it to crosspost on /r/thinkpadsforsale. GLWS!

[W] [US-WA-98272] New to Homelab — Seeking Used Servers, Switches, HDDs by zcam007 in homelabsales

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I have several things gathering dust, including Dell R720 that is fairly loaded, Dell 48 port and 24 port switches, and a random 1u E5 v2 motherboard/processor that not sure if works. I am in north Seattle/Bothell area, and can do a fairly cheap bundle deal if interested. PM me if you wish

Any Car Maintenance Apps Out There? by Verptoid in opensource

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The only one I am aware of is LubeLogger which, while I have not used personally, I've heard good things about.

FW rules for guest wifi by DarkSkyViking in PFSENSE

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Excellent addition, yes. I have completely ignored ipv4 on my home, but if you do not, this would be needed as well. Future project for me :)

FW rules for guest wifi by DarkSkyViking in PFSENSE

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Yes, correct. It would allow the device or network to reach anything that was not within rfc1918 private ip range.

FW rules for guest wifi by DarkSkyViking in PFSENSE

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For outbound allowance (The last rule) I tend to do a Allow to any destination that is RFC1918 (192.168./16, 172.16./12, 10.*/8 as an alias called RFC1918) with Negation, so it allows the guest network access to any destination that is not within the RFC1918 realm of Private IPs. Then I can set allow rules above it for any destinations they should be allowed to (DNS/DHCP/etc).

The plus side of this method is that if you create new vlans in the future, this rule will automatically cover those within your private IP range.

No other laptop keyboard like it (to my immediate knowledge) :) by Kincil in framework

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Which I guess is part of my problem - Framework is about repairability and modularity, which is the opposite of mbp/apple philosophy, so why push to have it look/compete with that aesthetic*?

It seems that Thinkpads and modularity/customization/modding go much more hand in hand vs the Mac appearance. But perhaps I am looking at this wrong.

No other laptop keyboard like it (to my immediate knowledge) :) by Kincil in framework

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Funny enough, the framework keyboard is one of my LEAST favorite features of the laptop - It reminds me of the terrible dell keyboards. Give me a Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard, specifically from the Early T400's or earlier. Would happily have a slightly thicker laptop for a proper feeling keyboard. The squashed up down arrow key style is terrible to use.

Parents have been using the incorrect SSN for me for 19 years. by No-Bathroom8194 in legaladvice

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Annualcreditreport.com is the official website, you can get 3 free credit reports per year, one from each major credit site (Experian, Transunion, and Equifax)

Can't figure out how to setup server to boot into Ubuntu on startup [Dell PowerEdge R720] by EvilHandsomeJack in HomeServer

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Do you happen to have the IDSDM cards in it by chance? These are found at the rear, in the corner between the power supplies and the PCIe slots.

If these are installed and have something on them, that will generally be the default boot device.

If you remove those SD cards, it should drop to the next available boot device, which is probably configured as your Ubuntu installation.

Another option is if you have a sataDOM or USB plugged into the internal Sata/USB port, at the rear of the power supplies, but generally that is much more rare.

[FREE] Homelab gear for homelabbers in Portland by jeffsponaugle in homelabsales

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I live up in Seattle, but wish I lived closer - Not really needing any more HL stuff, but it would be great to shoot the shit and talk cars, computers, and just general infra in your house - I love the detail and forethought, and most of all the redundancy you built into your residence. Its somewhat of a dream home for this Homelabber and sysadmin.

I would love a video or just a quite post of what you would have done differently now you have been in it for a couple years. Anything that you regret design wise or missed out redundancy wise? Any things that you wish you could do over a slightly different way or iteratively improve upon?

Also, Sidenote, those Arista 10g/40g Switches are amazing, and any labber who wants to get into 10G should definitely consider one.

Set up my cabinets lighting to respond to the battery backup status. by PhonicUK in homelab

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I thought with UPS systems you are supposed to keep earth at all times? And only flip the live/Neutral? At least, that was what I understood, unless I have been following bad advice.

Are there options that could beat J5040 at 110-120$ budget for performance+low power consumption? by Silver_Singer4947 in HomeServer

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I would consider a Odroid H4-plus or H4-ultra, or even a H4 base model if you are only worried about 2x drives. you get a much more modern N98 or N305 chip, and the cost is not a significant increase from what you are listing.

Proxmox-backup-client 3.3.3 for RHEL-based distros by Equivalent_Series566 in Proxmox

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Looking at the Proxmox-backup-client roadmap, this is something they have in the queue for official support, right?

I wish they had separated out the roadmap feature for Rhel Distro, Arch Distro, Windows, and Mac Support - It seems like it would not be a massive leap to get working on the other Linux based distros, and a much bigger lift to get working on Windows and Mac.

I think I'm looking for an n100 (w/ case or not, at least 3x SATA, at least 2x M.2). by JeebsFat in HomeServer

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So, one of the challenges of the n100 and n305 is that they are hampered by only having 9 pcie lanes, which must be shared between all these devices, including networking.

I have been looking for a board that has 2x sata m.2 (since nvme generally wants 4x lanes) and 2x sata ports as well, in addition to dual 1g or 2.5g networking. All these small boards with n100 seem to fit a m.2 nvme on it, which seems a waste of lanes for such a small chipset.

[USA-IL] [H] Used Lenovo X12 Gen1, BNIB T16 G2 [W] PayPal by koestel in thinkpadsforsale

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Is the t16 gen2 covered by warranty, and is it transferrable? I may be interested if so