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Cordelia

Cordelia

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Seems kind of odd that just a few months after writing about giving my virtualization server a 2TB NVMe drive that I’m now writing about it again. And thi...

Server projects

Hands-off script for installing Apache Guacamole for Docker

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

So what’s different with this over other methods of setting up Apache Guacamole? The main thing is it’s entirely hands-off. It’ll pull the ima...

10Gb network upgrade

Goodbye, MikroTik

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Four (4) years ago, I bought the MikroTik CRS317 after seeing it retailing for… around 300 USD. And it’s a great switch, so long as you use it as a ...

OPNsense router

It’s final (for now) form

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

New specs: The chassis and power supply were the previous of each in Mira before I upgraded to the beQuiet Dark Base 900 and EVGA 1000 G6. The former was to get...

OPNsense router

The road to 5Gb

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

In the mention of my custom router, I talked about how Google Fiber would soon be introducing 5Gb and 8Gb service. Recently I was upgraded to the 5Gb service an...

Nasira

Throwing a short pass

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

In the previous iteration, I mentioned my intent to add more NVMe drives to Nasira. Right now there is only one that is being used as an SLOG, which I’m d...

Nasira

Coming full circle

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

When I first built Nasira almost 7 years ago, I knew the day would come when the first pair of 4TB hard drives would be pulled and replaced. Whether due to fail...

Cordelia

Virtualization server gets more storage

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

An NVMe solid-state drive in a dual-Opteron server… Just ponder that for a moment. Why in the world would anyone do that? The big reason: storage is cheap...

OPNsense router

Building a router

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Amazing that it’s been… 6 years (as of this writing) since I decided to pursue 10GbE. First trying to build a custom switch, then dropping all that ...

Power adapters

Replace 9V batteries with USB type-C

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

With portable chargers everywhere, including ones that support USB type-C power delivery and USB type-A QC, I’ve been on a bit of a USB type-C kick lately...

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