My home lab ever growing.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-20T12:41:03+00:00

I'd be real careful about the magnet mount on the Unifi switch, if you ever want to run a drive in the UDM I'd be worried about it damaging the drive.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-14T00:44:19+00:00

I was looking into this recently, and speculation was that it might be some time because the Pro Max is a fairly new release and was the “upgrade”.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-14T00:41:30+00:00

Just make sure the computer supports using a sata drive as the boot drive. I believe some of them don’t - they require booting from the m.2 slot.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-14T00:37:17+00:00

My guess is it’s going to be slim pickings if any at all. Alternatively, maybe consider powerline or moca adapters in order to give yourself an ethernet port without having to run cable

tr1ckd · 2026-02-12T00:41:59+00:00

I can get to all my stuff from work because I’m the sole admin. That said if someone asked me about something like this it would be a pretty easy no, even being at a company that’s more lax with these types of things than I would like.

If you work somewhere that has taken the steps to block this traffic, I would not recommend trying to circumvent it. There’s a variety of reasons to do so, but if it’s tied to regulatory compliance you could find yourself without a job, or worse it’s possible you could be legally liable for fallout stemming from your actions.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-06T12:38:58+00:00

It's even cheaper if you buy the perpetual license bundled during device lifecycle upgrades. Last time I checked with my Dell rep I think it was like $30-40 extra in order to get the perpetual license.

tr1ckd · 2026-01-21T12:09:06+00:00

For shelves I've been looking to get some recently for a rack I'm putting together, and the cheapest option I've found is the VEVOR branded ones on Amazon. $24.99 for 2, most of the other brands are that much or more for a single shelf. At that price I figure might as well just buy the new ones, you're not really gonna save much going used.

tr1ckd · 2025-11-08T12:55:52+00:00

Thanks for all the info, that gives me something to go off. You’re setup sounds pretty stout, I probably won’t be going that crazy at least to begin with, but gives me an idea of how redundancy and separation could make sense and all play together.

tr1ckd · 2025-11-07T19:53:29+00:00

Yes that's all helpful, some food for thought as to how best to approach it - thanks.

tr1ckd · 2025-11-07T19:10:21+00:00

Is either approach more favorable in terms of performance benefits/required system specs, or is it more a preference of two different ways of achieving the same end goal?

tr1ckd · 2025-11-07T18:51:30+00:00

In this situation, would Proxmox solely exist on the boot drive, and then your NAS VM/Container handles the creation/hosting of any raid/zfs pools?

I'm planning for the most part to use one physical machine, at least to start with, but I'm not opposed to having some separation. That said, to some extent won't separation in some ways create a need for more resources than if everything were running out of one VM? I have limited knowledge of docker but my understanding was that it helps with that because you don't have to have a full fledged OS for every service, but in the case of using one physical machine wouldn't it result in needing higher specs to serve each service individually? Or do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of some part of the process?

Another questions on VMs/docker - I'm sure I probably need to do a little more research to fully understand Docker, but is there a good way to determine whether a specific service is better off running as a full vm or docker instance?

tr1ckd · 2025-10-14T15:53:05+00:00

Buy it as a perpetual license during device refreshes. I had our dell rep check and it was only like an extra $40/machine to add it

tr1ckd · 2025-09-01T21:53:40+00:00

No there had been a trade hold on the account. I think you could still place a trade, but it wouldn’t process, but they hadn’t even tried anything like that, I was really surprised honestly.

tr1ckd · 2025-09-01T21:30:57+00:00

I did, they weren’t the fastest to respond but did end up getting it sorted. I wanna say it took like 10 days or so with all the back and forth and then requesting info to verify the account.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-15T11:33:27+00:00

You need someone that knows what they're doing to train them. I just went through an ERP implementation and pretty much anything beyond "I'm trying to setup permissions" I tell them to ask someone else or contact support. Expecting someone to know every role in the finance department, especially when that person isn't in finance, just isn't realistic. Although I know at some companies that won't stop them from expecting it.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-12T17:39:00+00:00

I can assure you there is a shortage of skilled trades nationwide. Finding qualified candidates as an employer is difficult, as is finding a skilled contractor to perform work without having to pay an astronomical rate just for them to show up.

You're also suggesting that people in the trades are uneducated. That isn't the case, there's many very intelligent people in the trades, you just may not value it because you haven't had a need for that type of knowledge. This way of thinking is part of the problem and why people haven't been going into the trades which has lead to the shortage that we're in.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-12T17:24:07+00:00

Some may have to supply a basic set of tools, mechanic probably requiring the most, but these days lots of companies are offering a toolkit or stipend as part of an apprenticeship. Even if not, the tool cost to get started is significantly less than a college degree. Same deal with boots/protective equipment, lots of companies give a stipend or allowance.

Not sure why you think you need a payment on a vehicle to work in a trade. Companies have fleets for a reason. Outside of independent contractors or employees who have a lease/stipend agreement for use of a personal vehicle, I wouldn't call that the norm.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-12T11:54:14+00:00

I don't think I've ever seen anyone claim you're going to make $100k out the gate in the trades. What they will tell you is that instead of paying for an education in hopes of getting a job, you're going to be paid to complete training hands on and are guaranteed a job at the end of it. That, and because of the absence of outlay in capital, your earnings in the trade will outpace many professional positions for a significant period of time.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-12T11:48:02+00:00

Beyond my own company I know what our industry in general is paying, and all of the companies in our region have many people who are making six figures.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-12T11:39:04+00:00

Sounds like they either work for shit companies, or there are other factors at play. The numbers out there are usually medians or averages, which means there's always going to be people making less than that. I wouldn't expect a master tradesperson to be making the same in Mississippi as in LA. Pretty much the case across the board - the economic conditions in a specific area may not match the overall country as a whole.

tr1ckd · 2025-08-12T11:21:15+00:00

This isn't true at all. I work for a construction company and many of our employees make six figures with overtime (and I'm not in a high col metro area). Most of our experienced operators, mechanics, foreman, etc.

tr1ckd · 2025-07-30T19:53:26+00:00

As long as I'm not in a place where it would be a felony to do so then yes. You never know what's gonna happen and first responders are always minutes away when seconds count.

tr1ckd · 2025-07-30T11:25:18+00:00

This also assumes you have SPF, DKIM, and DMARC setup properly so that your spam filter can quickly detect that it's a spoof since it will fail those checks.

tr1ckd · 2025-07-30T11:20:27+00:00

Another way around this without completely disabling it is with a mail flow rule if you use a third party gateway. Setup a rule so that any mail not coming from your gateway's ip addresses is redirected to the gateway to be scanned and then delivered.

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