Hardware - Stupid SmartOS Tricks

NUT in the Global Zone

Network UPS Tools is a project for connecting with many different power devices, and can access UPS data and coordinate with the device to ensure orderly shutdown of a host such as a SmartOS compute node. NUT flies a bit in the face of the design philosophy of SmartOS. Not

Hardware

Homelab Updates Part 2

This is a continuation of the previous article on hardware updates to my homelab, focusing on the configuration of the major hardware components discussed. No need for much of a preamble here, lets get into it. Network ConfigurationThere are a bunch of advanced features to experiment with on this Cisco

Hardware

Homelab Hardware Updates

So much for regular posts to this blog in 2021. A lot of what I intended to write about this year hinged on access to better hardware. Not that I couldn't have done it with the N54L, it was more a case of only wanting to do it once instead

Hardware

The HP N54L Microserver

I can be a hardware snob at times. When I need a new system, I usually spec out what I need, buy the parts and build it myself for a few major reasons: I want to ensure that the system I'm using matches my workload and that I'm not paying