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Building a Fast and Cheap NAS for your vSphere Home Lab with Nexentastor
My home lab is always expanding and evolving – no sooner have I started writing up the vTARDIS.cloud configuration than something shiny and new catches my eye! fear not I will be publishing the...
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Nexentastor, When 1Gb just isn’t enough
I have been trying to get my Nexentastor SSD/SATA hybrid NAS working this last week and I’ve found that the web UI grinds to a halt sometimes for me, I couldn’t find a UNIX ‘top’ equivalent quickly...
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Nexentastor CE performance not as good as expected with SSD Cache check it is...
I encountered this problem in my lab – I have the following configuration physically installed on an HP Microserver for testing (I will probably put it into a VM later on however) 1 x 8Gb USB flash...
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How to Configure a Port Based VLAN on an HP Procurve 1810G Switch
I have a new switch for my home lab as I was struggling with port count and I managed to get a good deal on eBay for a 24-port version – it’s also fan-less so totally silent which is nice as it lives...
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Home Labbers beware of using Western Digital SATA HDDs with a RAID Controller
I recently came across a post on my favourite car forum (pistonheads.com) asking about the best home NAS solution – original link here. What I found interesting was a link to a page on the Western...
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vSphere Host cannot enter Standby mode using DPM and WoL
I encountered this error in my lab recently, I previously wrote about how I was able to use DPM in my home lab, I’ve recently re-built it into a different configuration but found that I was no longer...
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vTARDIS.next runs on vSphere 5.0
I have been working furiously on an updated version of the vTARDIS based around vSphere 5, and now it’s in the open (I was on the heavily NDA’d beta programme) the goal is the same: lowest cost...
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vTARDIS 5 at a VMUG near you…
I am pleased to announce that I will be giving a session on my updated vTARDIS 5 home lab environment at two upcoming VMUGs in the UK (for more background vTARDIS 5 page here) Dates and links for...
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HP ML115 G5 fans noisy following firmware upgrade
As part of my UK VMUG tour preparation I am rebuilding the vTARDIS to the GA build of vSphere, part of this required updating the firmware of my ML115 G5 server. You can download the latest BIOS...
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Using Magic Whiteboard paper to document your home lab
yes, I have a rack in my home lab… they are usually free and easy to come-by if you have the means to transport them and I’ve had this one for a number of years – it has basic shelves inside and all my...
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