I wanted to use a Dell Micro form factor computer as a host. To use this device, I needed to externally power the 10GB Mellanox card due to the built-in SATA on the mobo not delivering the full 12v needed to power the card. First, to connect the card I&…
I was able to aquire an old Siris 3 server from my old job. The motherboard it uses is an ASRock Rack D1541D4U-2T8R. Up until recently I've been using it for TrueNAS, but have been using another RAID card for this. Originally I was planning to just add…
Overview I will be creating this guide, detailing how I setup my homelab. My setup uses slightly older hardware, ranging from 6th Gen to 9th Gen Intel processors. This hardware is old enough that it is relatively inexpensive, but you can find desktops from this age with decent specs such…
I wanted an easy way to add and remove drives for cold storage backups, so I created this external drive caddy using this Hard Drive Rack. It is no long available on Amazon and has gone up in price, but you can create your own using similar methods or devices.…
I have since moved on from using this switch to a Brocade ICX6610, but when I first started learning and homelabbing I bought a couple Cisco routers and switches. First I was using a Catalyst 3560G. Eventually I got a Cisco WS-C3750X, both because I wanted something with PoE but…