Looking for idea's for my Home Lab
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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.
