One more hardware thing: Getting the power switch running Of course I wanted to use the original power switch of the G3 housing for my server. I took my multimeter and checked which pins of the connector have to be used: If you have the need for the pinout, here it is (the programming switch is called „NMI“ on the PCB):… Read more »
Finalising the hardware design. So, in the meantime, the servers hardware setup is finished. I placed the motherboard on an aluminium rail on one side and a aluminium sheet on the other side, that serve as adapter to some of the existing mounting points on the G3 door. You can see the rail on the first pic, you also see… Read more »
These days I ordered a power meter to check the power consumption of my new server (and to be able to compare it to other devices previously used for those purposes). I chose a brand that is quite well known, the product was one of the most inexpensive though. Product reviews attested good functionality, but complained about the small display,… Read more »
For my home server, I decided to use an Asus board with integrated, passive cooled Intel Celeron CPU (ASUS N3050I-C), which has a TDP of 10 Watt. I think 4GB RAM should be sufficient. The board comes with 2 SATA ports, so I added a PCI express card with two additional SATA ports. The plan is to have 3 hard drives… Read more »
When listening to Podcasts from Metaebene, sooner or later you will hear about Podlove Publisher. Having used WordPress for podcasting more than 10 years ago (with some podcast plugin I really don’t remember), I was curious, if Podlove would prove, what its enthusiastic creators promised. The idea to offer a podcast for my churches service, or for the sermon to… Read more »
My home IT has grown to become a confusing structure of devices and disks, attached to each other and synced and backed up in a crisscross way: Now, for a more straightforward solution I could have just bought a dedicated NAS or even a Home-RAID system, which bring along some apps and possibilities to even access your data on the… Read more »
Based on this blogpost (DE) I set up a TimeMachine Backup Server on a Raspberry Pi 2. The V2 has enough processing power and RAM to serve this purpose well. The guide is well written, though some things need to be changed to make it work and run stable: 1) Use ext4 as filesystem for the backup disk. Sure you can install… Read more »