Category Archives: New Toys

New Server In Production

Posted on November 29, 2018 by larry

I finally got the physical box in to production.  It is a beast. May be overkill. But it is currently serving up what it is supposed to do. Also adding it as a plex server soon. Feeling cool. Next step … Continue reading →

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New HP Server

Posted on November 27, 2018 by larry

Got a new HP server setup and coming online. Its actually a workstation class machine, but will be using it as a server. Got it on sale for 20% off so this one cost me about 160+tax Did not come … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 XMas Light v2

Posted on November 26, 2018 by larry

On November 27, 2017 of last year I posted that I was able to turn on the lights on and off using an ESP8266 XMas Lights and ESP8266 I took that same setup and upgraded it. Newer MQTT Code Better … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Weekend Over

Posted on November 25, 2018 by larry

What a wild week, from a funeral, to Thanksgiving, Black Friday and some others events. Inside our home we have the tree and some other things lit up. Outside it is lit, but we will probably add more. New TV … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2018

Posted on November 23, 2018 by larry

Spend a LOT of time shopping today. Got a new Samsung TV, three desktops (going through them now) A whole mess load of things from Fry’s like hard drives, UPS, gimble, power pack. Just want to get a post before … Continue reading →

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FreeNAS Was A Good Decision

Posted on November 7, 2018 by larry

The more I play with my FreeNAS server, the more comfortable I am with my decision. It seems like ZFS is a solid network file system.  Also the other protections like backups, ECC RAM, UPS.  Also this is not just … Continue reading →

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Odroid Go

Posted on November 4, 2018 by larry

My son and I worked on putting together a cool gaming gadget that emulates game devices like a Nintendo Gameboy. Its based on the ESP32 so I can probably flash Everything was included except the SD Card and games.  16GB … Continue reading →

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First 2016 Server on the Network

Posted on November 1, 2018 by larry

Finally got my first 2016 server on the network.  I think I may have to raise the functional domain level to 2012R2 though.  It currently is 2003… way old. With everything at CentOS 6 or higher and Windows 7 or … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Going Full Steam

Posted on October 29, 2018 by larry

So much to do, so little time. Been giving up working out, (considering PT as my workout) to get network running. Couple things FreeNAS is up, but I keep tinkering cause right now it is the most interesting thing I … Continue reading →

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Went Live With FreeNAS

Posted on October 28, 2018 by larry

Finally went live with FreeNAS.  I got snapshots working and an rsync to another server. The shadow copy of Freenas was interesting. Not only did I have to get snapshots working at the dataset level, but I need to present … Continue reading →

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