Kaizen #4: Overhauled Homelab
2 hours ago
- The author overhauled their homelab after moving to a new house, transitioning from a Zimaboard with NixOS to a more powerful HPE DL380 Gen10 server running Debian.
- They improved networking by installing Ubiquiti UniFi gear (UCG Ultra, three U7 Lite access points) and running Ethernet cables throughout the house, including to the garage, overcoming challenges like moving the fiber inlet to the attic.
- The new setup includes services like Jellyfin for media, Immich for photos, Syncthing for file sync, qBittorrent for downloads, Docker management via Dokploy, and monitoring with Uptime Kuma, Beszel, and Grafana/Loki.
- The old Zimaboard will be repurposed as a backup machine with Restic, and the author plans to add a GPU for local LLMs and explore VLANs in the future.