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Did you buy an IBM x3650 M4 without asking me?! by SimonKepp in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] SimonKepp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I love the IBM x3650 range. My absolute favourite workhorse.

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Advice on getting started with rack-mount equipment (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by SimonKepp@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hi, I'm hoping to get some advice for getting started with rack-mount equipment, as all of my previous hands-on experience has been with tower-based equipment, and I feel it is time to move on to rack-mount. Can anyone recommend any beginner learning resources or give me good pointers to getting started? My thought was to buy a rack and get started using trial and error from there, but what are some important factors to consider, when buying a rack?

The first one, that caught my eyes was this one:
https://www.wattoo.dk/toten-19-gulvstativ-pa-hjul-42u-600x800mm-umonteret-sort-7340004666356#ws-productView-desc

It is especially interesting as it is delivered in 4 parts, that I must assemble myself, which is a plus, as I need to get it up the stairs to my second floor apartment. One thing, that I'm concerned about is the depth of 800 mm, which sounds shallow to me. The serves I find the most interesting appears to be around 900-1000 mm in depth, which sounds like a problem to me, but might not be, as the rack has no closed back or doors. Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Why is Windows (desktop versions) frowned upon as a home NAS/server OS? by SimonKepp in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] SimonKepp@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Desktop editions of Windows can be used for a simple home NAS. However, it doesn't have a lot of advanced features supporting that use-case. Once you have a NAS, all of your digital data tends to end on it, which makes it a very critical system. Desktop Windows has one significant advantage, that you can run Backblaze personal computer unlimited backup on it to secure a backup of your critical and non-critical data in case of a disaster. On the down-side, there are no good RAID-features available for desktop Windows, making your data very vulnerable to drive failures, which are quite common. I personally prefer to run a homeNAS on something supporting the ZFS file system, such as Linux with OpenZFS or TrueNAS,but it is very important to choose a system based on your own skills, so you are able to set it up and manage it safely.