Category Archives: Technical

Merry Christmas 2025

Subdued Christmas this year, kind of quiet, the first one after Toto is gone, so it felt a little sad but not too much. I did get some cool toys, the top ones are a new watch and document scanner … Continue reading

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Christmas Eve 2025

Just got home from my sister’s place for Christmas Eve Dinner. Was fun, but don’t have much time to post. Santa almost here. Anyway, was fun. Got another rack built. I think two more. Although I don’t think this JBOD … Continue reading

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Not Enough Hours

I started going through my To Do list, I got a lot done, but feels like I did not get anything done right. I did post about the new JBOD on the public page. There is just so much to … Continue reading

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Hello NAS 2026

First pic of my JBOD and Server for my NAS in 2026 One thing I forgot to purchase was the cables for the HBA, they are on order. Need four Mini SAS SFF-8644 to SATA and the disks. I may … Continue reading

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Original JBOD Back in Service

I little dirt secret, remember this JBOD It was out of service for couple months now because the 300W power supply was not enough. Today I upgraded it to a 750 Watt and it is more stable. I was able … Continue reading

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Get Things Together

Half a month left in the year and I got so much to do. Lights aren’t 100% up yet either. I been putting on the back burner some things, and I speed run through some others. Basically I have weird … Continue reading

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Parts for My NAS 2026

Getting ahead of schedule but all the parts are in for my 2026 NAS are here except for the drives. I am going to do a longer form post regarding the build tomorrow. So I have the base server, here … Continue reading

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Another Production JBOD

Got another JBOD installed. This time on my mediacenter server. A couple of weeks ago this system only had capacity for 12 disks (not including M.2) By end of today, I have capacity for 17 3.5″ drives and 4 2.5″ … Continue reading

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Christmas Star

I 3D printed my first Christmas Parole Smaller than most Paroles I have purchased but looks kind a cool. Also flashed my first SAS9305-16E, got to admit was a challenge, not as straightforward as others. Am ready though, for those … Continue reading

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Playing With MultiColor

Trying to get customized faceplates for my prints. I liking the door, still improving some of my network. Didn’t do much today, watched football, Seahawks doing good. Weight: 324.8

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