olya

Three days late but

I got a Contabo cabinet through a basement window once. Had to remove the glass, the frame, and my dignity. Still have the scar on my forearm from the latch.

Did you ever try the roof access or is garag...

82 days, wow. Did not expect this thread to keep moving.

Contabo, Vultr, and a tiny one that got bought so the name changed anyway. That was half the problem. The other half was me not writing any of it down at the time.

I still use the plain te...

I'm still thinking about that CloudCone box. Did anyone actually get wolfSSL running in production or was it all just theorycrafting? Curious because the compile time alone on 128MB is its own special hell.

Heads up: this thread is sleeping on the actual best free infrastructure

Oracle Cloud free tier:

• 4 ARM cores, 24GB RAM, 200GB block — forever free
• Two micro instances with IPv4 — also free
• Egress 10TB/month — free

Pro tip: sign up with a credit card that does not charge for...

At least it's earning its keep. My cousin has a 25U doing nothing but drying herbs.

Did you ever look into taking the side panels off? Some of those old enterprise racks have frames that narrow down more than...

For those staying bare metal:

1. Measure vibration with phone accelerometer app
2. Target under 0.5G at idle
3. Print in PETG, not PLA
4. Use 70A TPU gasket between drive and bracket
5. Torque screws to 3 Ncm, no more

Heads up: cheap adapters often omit bottom support, creating cantilever. Bad for...

Pro tip: you can still find non-RGB peripherals if you know where to look. Heads up, here's my approach:

[list][*]Filter by "office" or "business" product lines, not "gaming"
[*]Check if lights can be disabled in software (some Logi models allow this)
[*]Consider mechanical keyboards from pre-RGB e...

Pro tip: Oracle Cloud free tier gives you ARM instances, no rack required. Heads up, I know that's not the point here.

1. Always ask seller for exact outer dimensions, not rack internal width
2. Standard server rack is 600mm wide but side panels add 40-80mm
3. For home lab, consider 24U half-rack o...

Heads up: Oracle Cloud free tier ARM instances still work for this if you route through their residential-skipped peerings. Heads up: you need to request a quota increase for egress or youll hit the 10TB soft cap fast.

Steps:
[list]
[*]Create instance in home region, pick ARM
[*]Install WireGuard,...

To answer my own cliffhanger from last week: "we read tickets daily" is technically 24/7 if someone is assigned to the queue, even if they don't reply.

Which host? If you're comfortable naming them, it helps build the dataset. I've...