Part of my new build has me running 5x Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD’s as a RAIDZ array (stripes with one drive worth of redundancy), which I’ll be using as a pool for iSCSI targets off which will hang multiple VM’s as their boot drives. Overkill? Yes, certainly for a home server. Having just installed…
So I’m looking at hardware prices again, and my wallet is burning holes in my pants (or maybe I just don’t like shopping, and my pants are old and full of holes? sshhh, don’t tell anyone!). The recent release of AMD’s Threadripper (best. cpu. name. ever.), has me lusting after new hardware, but of course,…
First off, thanks to reader “Goats” for poking me.. I needed a kick up the arse to get back to this blog thing. Background In August of last year I mentioned in passing that I fitted a solid state drive to an old 2006 iPod Video (aka 5th generation). So I guess the first question…
So I picked up a few 256GB solid state drives on a whim. Its time to upgrade some of the older drives around the house in the PC’s which need the capacity. This time, I decided to just buy msata drives, and use more mSATA to 2.5″ adapters to fit them into desktops and laptops. …
I specifically chose the case for my new home server for its internal bays (7x 3.5″) and its external dimensions, as it has to fit on the same closet shelf as my old Microserver N36L. I ended up choosing the Lian-Li PC-V354b Case which is working out great for me. More on that in another…