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The $200 Home Lab Challenge – Part 2
The $200 Home Lab Challenge – Part 2
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That NAS GUI looks very similar to the planet NAS i have here, super old stuff and no support for disks bigger than 2TB.
Tech Grandma has already won.
2.5Gb networking and off the shelf NAS, not a good combination
How'd you connect your NAS storage to your proxmox instance for Backups?
Looking to do something similar when I get my NAS all setup and I don't think backups are supported over iSCSI.
Good idea for a challenge. Do another.
What's up Owl?
This was a really cool challenge, and although I'd have taken the money and left the country (I'm FREEEEEEE!!) I think it would be interesting if you both try to wind up at the same place… like a list of specific services each machine needs to run or provide. Although it was kind of fun to see you guys squirm when it was time to spin the wheel…
I can’t think for myself I wasn’t told what to comment I can’t take this I’m going insane
Not sure if I will make it to the stream, but I have a suggestion for the next challenge – build the most powerful server, but it has be completely fanless – so only passive cooling is allowed. This will be very useful for folks living in apartments who can't have servers which sound like a jetliner on a takeoff.
Hey man much love From Pakistan!
Been watching your videos for some time now and I gotta say that you've really inspired me to get into servers
Keep up the good work ❤ 💪
Dude! You should be chuffed. I think the outdated NAS adds to your system, with a separate, dedicated storage device.
Obviously, anyone would add more storage down the road, but to hit the ground running with that setup for just $200 USD is pretty impressive.
Also, around 80w under load is also pretty great. Personally, I'm not a fan of the low power ARM CPUs – they're either too constricting, or for really good performance, too expensive.
I think, based on your challenge mandate, you've already won. And once you compare it to the nightstand "mother of jank" competition, well… there's no question. Why didn't he mount the PC INSIDE the cabinet? There was room, it just needed a little creativity.
Anyway, good luck with the stream tonight – soon I guess. If you don't win, the fix is in. Your $200 system rocks.
Bar Harbor! I like the shirt
I think you did really well with the restrictions you had… some bad rolls there… if you had "no limitations/restrictions" but still 200 budget… what would you have done different?
I would love to see another run with 200 dollar budget but 4 rolls from the get go…. 2 with limitations (like no ebay, no amazon, run specific os etc.) 1 with a bonus (like 20 dollars more, remove 1 limitation and such… I am sure you can come up with some good ones) 1 with a downside (have to use zfs, nas case or whatever)
Then a special wheel with a mix where you can use 10 dollars from your budget to get 1 extra roll (again chance for 20 dollars, or a limitation or get 1 item (roll item wheel))
This was a great Challenge. I hope you guys do another with a bigger limit, maybe around $1000.
Readynas, was acquired by Netgear. Ran that for a decade before Synology. Basic. Was OK. Netgear stopped providing software updates years ago.
Love this series. Great content. I hope you do more of these. Funny bit: "I'm petty" and "I'm thick skinned" in the same video LOL. I guess they are not necessarily the same issue… although petty is typically seen as: care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind… which does NOT seem like a thick skinned quality.
I use windows for only the most essential programs….. Like fortnite.
I had (probably still do somewhere) that NAS, it's awful. 😂 It was utterly useless 11 years ago, I hate to think how bad it is now.
Nothing being done while am here! Pans camera 🤣
If I would build a NAS with my $209 I would probably get a super micro machine. And more hdd snd the mic, plus the UPS.
You can run ZFS on a single drive (so you probably could just run it on single 512GB ssd instead of 2 x 256GB). Obviously, it would not be redundant (ie not a zraid1).
"Nothing being done while I'm here"… immediately pans to wifey
Next challenge Go the other way: The $5000 DataCenter sponsored by [fill in the blank]. Redundant servers, storage, network, and battery backup. Working VM failover, full automated backups. Kubernetes cluster. Media server for family and live-stream library archive, Video inputs for live-stream external cameras, All gaming and editing systems exist in VM. Remote desktops a plus. Rack optional. Things to think about: Large storage, Low latency for editing media, starting a stream, or VM boot disks.
Widows?…lol blocked.
2:13 No comment. (But nice…)
Could you do another challenge? 1 machine, but must follow the 3,2,1 backup. Also, it must be accessible from outside the network and include streaming, Minecraft, photo, and file backup from a remote family machine. Make the budget $300 each. Hell, I'll even put up the $600 for it.
This was a fun series. As someone else mentioned, I'd also like to see a straight up challenge with no spin wheel or obstacles, just $200, $300, etc and go.
Brett ain't a deal hunter try to search for good deals like haven, better luck next time.
Haven won it for me this time cause deal hunting, jank mastery, performance per watt, services etc.
Do more like this absolutely loved it ❤
I would've used my $200 to pay for gas to drive across the country for a good tech deal.
would like to see more budget nas setups but without spinning a wheel or other restrictions. just flat out… here’s cash, what can an average user get with that amount of cash? then do the series in increments of $100.
edit: probably excluding crowdfunding campaigns since it’s about availability and accessibility.
looking fwd 2 it
Cool stuff to watch, and for those people just starting out, like students who have little in the way of income then you have a winner here.
LET'S GO!!!