I had a bit of a write-up earlier in the evening - I was thinking about what a home server environment is typically used for. For me, it's for doing stuff that you would otherwise not do at $DAYJOB - maybe pull apart Kerberos to figure out how it works, write some godawful shell scripts that you don't want to test in production, maybe test a certain SQL statement that will tie up the production machine (but can be tested safely with your environment that contains a test data set). Perhaps you are trying to get experience working with interrupt pinning and CPU affinity before you have to do it for real. Of course, I also notice that some of us are using your home labs to mine bitcoins, or maybe do deep learning, or use docker to roll your own code out as part of a side-gig.
So, what do you use your home lab for? Are you happy with the choices you made in terms of purchases, both hardware or software tech? Would a discussion regarding the challenges of running a home lab be helpful?
So, what do you use your home lab for? Are you happy with the choices you made in terms of purchases, both hardware or software tech? Would a discussion regarding the challenges of running a home lab be helpful?
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