Looking for idea's for my Home Lab
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Try and find something that's fun or interesting and furthers your career!
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@scottalanmiller said:
Important to note that many end users call these clouds. But there is no cloud technology or approach in Pydio or ownCloud. There are just fileservers, nothing cloud about them.
Good point - I run mine on a hosted VPS and set it up as a sort of private cloud storage, but on a local test lab they would essentially be fancy file server interfaces.
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@WingCreative said:
Good point - I run mine on a hosted VPS and set it up as a sort of private cloud storage, but on a local test lab they would essentially be fancy file server interfaces.
Even on hosted VPS, nothing cloud about the software or setup. It may or may not have the VPS running on cloud computing, but that's separate under the hood. It's no more cloud than any other software installed to a VPS on the same platform.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@WingCreative said:
Good point - I run mine on a hosted VPS and set it up as a sort of private cloud storage, but on a local test lab they would essentially be fancy file server interfaces.
Even on hosted VPS, nothing cloud about the software or setup. It may or may not have the VPS running on cloud computing, but that's separate under the hood. It's no more cloud than any other software installed to a VPS on the same platform.
You got me there - I just went on a googling spree to learn the proper definition of cloud computing and found this NIST PDF. I don't see any mention of "a single VM running some software that makes serving files easier" so I am willing to admit that my use of the "private cloud" term may have been buzzwordy
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@WingCreative said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@WingCreative said:
Good point - I run mine on a hosted VPS and set it up as a sort of private cloud storage, but on a local test lab they would essentially be fancy file server interfaces.
Even on hosted VPS, nothing cloud about the software or setup. It may or may not have the VPS running on cloud computing, but that's separate under the hood. It's no more cloud than any other software installed to a VPS on the same platform.
You got me there - I just went on a googling spree to learn the proper definition of cloud computing and found this NIST PDF. I don't see any mention of "a single VM running some software that makes serving files easier" so I am willing to admit that my use of the "private cloud" term may have been buzzwordy
We have a nice video explaining the NIST documentation from SpiceCorps 2012 DFW presented by.... me!
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@WingCreative When I hear somebody say "Private Cloud" the first thing I think of is a VMware setup... The second is a Hyper-V setup... and the third is a XenServer setup, lol.
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@dafyre said:
@WingCreative When I hear somebody say "Private Cloud" the first thing I think of is a VMware setup... The second is a Hyper-V setup... and the third is a XenServer setup, lol.
Those would be virtualization but none are cloud on their own. OpenStack, CloudStack, Eucalyptus, etc. would be cloud options.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
For a home lab environment, the purpose is learning to use it 8-)
Are we sure. That's not the purpose of my home lab. I would state that my purpose is to learn how to use and operate equipment as if it was production. Learning the tech bits is good, learning the full operational mindset associated is better. Run it like a business rather than like a lab (even though it is a lab.)
http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/06/make-your-business-jealous/
This is great when you have the finances to support it, not everyone does.
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@Dashrender said:
This is great when you have the finances to support it, not everyone does.
Often it is quite cheap and sometimes actually saves money. Like using good routers and APs, some of the best are among the cheapest options. Most people overspend to have less at home. Most small businesses too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
This is great when you have the finances to support it, not everyone does.
Often it is quite cheap and sometimes actually saves money. Like using good routers and APs, some of the best are among the cheapest options. Most people overspend to have less at home. Most small businesses too.
Clearly considering that ERLs are considered by at least this group the starting point for a router/firewall device. lol why would I need a Cisco again? (joking)
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@Dashrender said:
lol why would I need a Cisco again? (joking)
No, it's a very serious question. Given that Ubiquiti is faster and often more solid, when would you need a Cisco? In any case where Cisco would start to make sense, there is some solid competition like Juniper.
For the most part, in the SMB world, running Cisco is less valuable than VyOS or about equal to it.
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Doing a good job at home and making a business jealous is not just about doing "more", it is also about doing it more cost effectively. Overspending doesn't make people jealous. It's doing things better that does and better, in the IT/business context involves being cost effective.
This is one of the reasons why Ubiquiti often crushes Cisco, more functionality, more performance, more features for a much lower price. A $100 Ubiquiti will often give a $3,000 Cisco a run for its money. In routing, at least.
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Getting this thread slightly more on topic... Another fun project I did in my lab was to set up a SAN using DRBD... It wasn't too teribly difficult and worked suprisingly well, although I never got far enough along to test the failover bits before getting busy again.
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@dafyre said:
Getting this thread slightly more on topic... Another fun project I did in my lab was to set up a SAN using DRBD... It wasn't too teribly difficult and worked suprisingly well, although I never got far enough along to test the failover bits before getting busy again.
Those are the tough bits
I've done a DRBD NFS cluster commercially over a ten mile fiber link. That was pretty sweet.
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I know this has been mentioned in the past. An open source phone server is a great project... lets you learn about phone systems and Linux at the same time.
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@scottalanmiller Virtual or Physical? If Physical, how did you handle the potential for Split Brain?
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@coliver said:
I know this has been mentioned in the past. An open source phone server is a great project... lets you learn about phone systems and Linux at the same time.
http://www.smbitjournal.com/2013/08/doing-it-at-home-the-home-pbx/
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Virtual or Physical? If Physical, how did you handle the potential for Split Brain?
It was physical, but the split brain issue is the same.
You use a STONITH strategy and have a master site and do not fail back transparently.
