Homelab - Day 1 - Really Ghetto Data Storage

Posted on Tue 11 February 2025 in homelab

Setting Up Storage for the Kubernetes Cluster

The first step in setting up my homelab Kubernetes cluster is ensuring some reliable data storage. Right now, I have two main categories of data in mind:

1. Operationally Critical Data

  • Needs RAID with redundancy
  • Requires both on-site and off-site backups
  • Approximately 1TB …

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Homelab Setup: The Journey to Kubernetes

Posted on Mon 10 February 2025 in homelab

Why I'm Migrating My Self-Hosted Services

I've decided to migrate all my existing self-hosted services—and add a few new ones—to a Kubernetes (K8s) cluster that I'm going to build. There are several motivations behind this decision:

Learning Kubernetes Beyond Ephemeral Clusters

  • My role as an Engineering Manager at …

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