Human Crayon

REPO!: The Genetic Opera was a fantastic movie. Paris Hiltons finest role.

I used to buy mine from Art of the Server off eBay. Came ready to go.

I run proxmox on my server, VMs within that. It has an excellent backup service built in (not the proxmox backup server, that’s separate) that you can set a schedule for and it keeps to it. Very customizable, all my backups (tested monthly) have restored fine for the past few years. If you’re looking for something to run your homelab, I highly recommend it.

I’m going to say this now before anything happens: backup, backup, and backup. Make multiple copies, store them different places. Please dear god backup your data, because no one else will.

Be careful with “like new” claims. I’ve had people in the past pull that with me, and the drive had 8 years of time on it.

If possible, serverpartdeals.com has an excellent range of used drives. Stick with the manufacturer refurbished. They come with a good warranty and so far have been rock solid for me (5 year timeframe).

“To have a child is to give fate a hostage.”

I’ve said it before, but I’ll believe a corporation is a person when Texas executes ones.

Any Bill Paxton reference is a good reference.

I appreciate you.

Determination, patience, a willingness to learn anything you need to.

If you have those, in time, you will be able to get your lab up and running. I started mine with a minimal knowledge of Linux (I could install it from a USB and poke around). Now it’s the center of my families digital life.

You’ll get there in time.

Only the best words?

Building a new, bigger, storage server using TrueNAS scale. I’ve been on CORE forever and it works well. Running out of space, though, and might as well upgrade the OS too.

Behind the Bastards is an amazing podcast.

I would highly suggest separating your storage from your compute. I’ve found this to be a cheaper and more flexible option over the years.

If you are going someplace sensitive, leave your actual phone at home. If you need a phone during that time, pickup a prepaid burner. It sounds extreme, but there are extreme people out there with extreme views about what you should and shouldn’t be doing. Protect yourself.

My launch day 60GB PS3 is still trucking along. Every few years I open it up, clean it out, and reapply thermal paste. It now has an SSD in it, and runs like a champ.

He gives the wrong shits

It used to be $25. Now it’s $35, waiting for them to raise the threshold further.

You are the hero we deserve. Take my upvote.

I am happy you left it this way.