vSAN 6.7 U2

Homelab part 2

September 22, 2019 Kim Bottu 1

Introduction Some months ago someone asked me if I was willing to share exactly how I have setup my nested lab environment. Back then I didn’t have the time, but tonight I am willing to make time to describe just that. So here is part 2 of my homelab post. Hardware – 1 x Supermicro SYS-E300-9D-8CN8TP– 1 x Sandisk Ultrafit 32GB USB 3.0– 1 x Samsung PM883 240 GB SATA 2.5″ 1.3DWPD– 2 x Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB NVMe M2 80mm– 2 x Crucial 64 GB ECC DDR4-2666 LR-DIMM, ECC As you can see, the seconds NVMe drive has been added to my lab. This was needed to get my vSAN lab to support erasure coding for Raid 5. […]

Home lab setup, part 1

May 31, 2019 Kim Bottu 2

Ah, we all do love our home labs and there are some pretty impressive ones out there. But for my own needs, I can run almost everything nested, so I saw no need to invest “that much” money. Currently my home lab exists out of a single Supermicro E300 9D 8CN8TP node. Hardware Some people have asked me how I have set it up. So here is a small blog post about my current setup. Hardware:– 1 x Supermicro SYS-E300-9D-8CN8TP– 1 x Sandisk Ultrafit 32GB USB 3.0– 1 x Samsung PM883 240 GB SATA 2.5″ 1.3DWPD– 1 x Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB NVMe M2 80mm – 2 x Crucial 64 GB ECC DDR4-2666 LR-DIMM, ECCI do have a second […]