I'd like to revisit the idea of a homelab echo - I think we might have enough people here interested to support such a thing.
A home lab echo would be great as most of us have a use for a group such as this.
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Can you outline for me what it would be about etc and why you feel the echo would work? I'm a novice in this area so just seeking to
understand more about it all... also interested in any others input to this thread too to gauge interest etc.
That's part of what homelabbing nowadays is about. Instead of setting up additional hardware, people have started virtualizing their home server environments. Having a virtual environment at home where you can run
[...]Can you outline for me what it would be about etc and why you feel the
echo would work? I'm a novice in this area so just seeking to
understand more about it all... also interested in any others input to
this thread too to gauge interest etc.
I can give it a try - anyone out there who'd like to contribute/change this, feel free to chime in.
Most sysops are familiar with running a second PC as a server - we've
had that box in the corner running the BBS for years. What if, when you wanted to run a 3rd, 4th or more systems at home, you didn't have to
run any additional hardware?
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Can you outline for me what it would be about etc and why you feel th echo would work? I'm a novice in this area so just seeking to understand more about it all... also interested in any others input t
That's part of what homelabbing nowadays is about. Instead of setting up additional hardware, people have started virtualizing their home server environments. Having a virtual environment at home where you can run
What you do with a home lab is up to you. There are several people here running some version of a homelab, and we've been sharing tips in the echoes for some time. It'd be nice to have a single place for all of the discussions for reference and to facilitate future discussions.
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
What you do with a home lab is up to you. There are several people here running some version of a homelab, and we've been sharing tips in the echoes for some time. It'd be nice to have a single place for all of the discussions for reference and to facilitate future discussions.
Thanks poindexter I really appreciate the summary and can see the
appeal. I need to get into this as I'm currently a bunch of metal
boxes all whirring away in an upstairs 'radio room' that serves
up fsxNet NET 1, Total FM (totalfm.nz), the NNTP server
(news.bbs.nz), and on it goes..
Could you give some thought (with the input of others here) as to
what you think the echoarea tag should be, what the short
description / title of the echo should say, and what the longer description wording would be against the echo tag in the
fsxnet.txt file?
I'm supportive of creating the echo and seek others feedback on
the creation of it also.
Atreyu wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
I don't think I'll ever go back to "real hardware" the night I
virtualized the BBS to Vmware EXSI. Now it can live out the rest of its life future-proofed and hardware independant.
The IBM R51 that ran Darkrealms and the Fido Hub for two decades was almost immediately retired. Packed up in a box with other tech
memorabilia buried at the bottom of a bedroom walk-in closet.
I think it's a great idea for a new echo, and would gladly carry it here and participate. Thanks to PF for suggesting it.
On a related topic, which has been previously discussed, I also think there are a few current echos which could be pruned, and perhaps a few that could be merged/consolidated.
The IBM R51 that ran Darkrealms and the Fido Hub for two decades was almost immediately retired. Packed up in a box with other tech memorabilia buried at the bottom of a bedroom walk-in closet.
Funny, I have a T60 in a similar box. Can't get myself to e-waste it.
I'd like to revisit the idea of a homelab echo - I think we might have enough people here interested to support such a thing.
Oli wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Never heard the word homelab in this context before. Is this a new
thing? And what is so special about a homelab? It's just computers at home.
Thanks poindexter I really appreciate the summary and can see the
appeal. I need to get into this as I'm currently a bunch of metal boxes all whirring away in an upstairs 'radio room' that serves up fsxNet NET
1, Total FM (totalfm.nz), the NNTP server (news.bbs.nz), and on it goes..
Could you give some thought (with the input of others here) as to what
you think the echoarea tag should be, what the short description / title of the echo should say, and what the longer description wording would be against the echo tag in the fsxnet.txt file?
I'm supportive of creating the echo and seek others feedback on the creation of it also.
Could you give some thought (with the input of others here) as to
what you think the echoarea tag should be, what the short
description / title of the echo should say, and what the longer
description wording would be against the echo tag in the fsxnet.txt
file?
Sorry, I missed your request. I'll see what I can come up with. If
anyone else wants to take a crack at it, that works, too.
How about this?
FSX_HLAB
Here's a place to discuss running networks and services in your Homelab.
A homelab can be as simple as a spare PC or Raspberry Pi running a BBS
or media server to a full-blown server environment with a rack, servers, switching and storage. Any and all discussions welcome.
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