January 2017 – The Homelab

A Setback

01/18/2017 homelab No Comments

Tonight I ran into my first setback for my all-in-one homelab server build. I’ve been purchasing the parts piecemeal in order to be financially responsible with my hobby. As someone who tends to jump into new hobbies with both feet and someone who is aware of how expensive this hobby…

Design Decisions

01/08/2017 homelab No Comments

I said my next post would likely be after I installed the next round of parts, but there are a few things I decided that I want to note before that happens. Deciding on a storage configuration for the server has ended up requiring far more thought than I initially…

Power Supply Swap

01/02/2017 homelab 3 Comments

As I mentioned in my previous entry about the server I purchased, Lenovo engineers made a decision to route power for the TS140’s drives through the motherboard rather than directly from the power supply. In a situation where only one or two drives are present I imagine this isn’t much of…