Tag: lenovo

Roll Out

11/11/2017 homelab 4 Comments
I didn’t forget about this blog or this project. Quite the contrary, in fact. Since my last post ten months ago I’ve gone fully through the five stages of grief. At first I was absolutely denying the reality of the situation with my eBay-purchased Lenovo ThinkServer 140. I don’t know…

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…

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…