I finally built a real 3-2-1 backup system for my homelab.
Around 30TB of data, no giant cloud bill, and a setup I actually understand and trust.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwt9...
Everything I’m self-hosting in 2026 is live. Full breakdown from Proxmox + TrueNAS + K8S and all the way up through the apps.
What are you hosting right now?
youtu.be/efl2kuPNEpE
#homelab #selfhosting #tech
Thank you! I will check it out, it's most likely because I moved everything to my personal github!
Haha! No problem! I ended up finding one more issue with another port too! It was only partially pushed into my patch panel. When I pushed it in and heard that click I was like 🤦♂️
Last night I had a dream that I traveled back in time to 2003. I couldn't figure out where I parked my DeLorean so I was stuck there.
The scariest thing about being in 2003 in my dream was that when I looked at my phone it said I was connected at 3G.
ui screen reading ai anomaly score 20, poor AP link speed degraded
I decided to start with the easiest fix, cutting and re-punching the living room keystone jack. And sure enough, the cable tested clean and the anomaly no longer shows up on that port. It is still showing in the 24-hour AI Anomaly Score, so hopefully that drops off tomorrow!
So I pulled out my network tester. It showed that pins 7 and 8 were missing or wired incorrectly. I checked the server room end first and it looked good. Then I checked the keystone jack in the living room and that looked good too.
Today I decided to clear the error because I was sure it was wrong, but every time I cleared it, it came right back. I even went as far as remoting into the switch and clearing it via the CLI, and it still came back.
A little backstory...
For a few months, my switch had been warning that my connection was degraded and telling me it was probably bad wiring. But the device was still negotiating at 2.5 Gb/s and receiving PoE power so I kept thinking, "There is no way that's right."
klein network tester reading pass 12345678
After a month of troubleshooting my network, it ended up being a loose connection. Such a great sight to see!
My homelab has changed again… 2026.
Rack tour + upgrades: network, compute, storage, and power.
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KJ0...
#homelab #sysadmin #networking
When you need it, you need it
5 22TB enterprise drives stack on top of each other on a workbench. homelab
Just ordered (5) 22TB Enterprise HDDs. They support 7200 RPM and 100% paycheck deletion.
#homelab #storage
Really anything with tables or structured data. Vision models handles this so much better!
This little NAS is kinda stacked. 5GbE, NVMe, quiet, low power, comes with NVMe drive and 12GB DDR.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngqe...
#homelab #nas
homelab 1u server on a workbench with top removed
When you can’t build anything new due to prices of RAM, Storage, and Processors, you go back to your HomeLab roots.
#homelab
Self-hosting just keeps getting better! I finally took the time to set up PaperlessNGX. Local AI really took it to the next level with improved OCR.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAw...
#homelab #selfhosting
Last week I chatted with Adam from Changelog again about HomeLab in 2026. Always a good time talking about HomeLab hardware and software!
changelog.com/friends/125
#homelab
It’s 15
Homelab Network UPS back online. Thanks for the help Eaton! The battery tray design made it super simple to replace! Now time to get NUT working again.
#homelab
My UniFi Travel Router (UTR) setup: bind to home with Teleport, broadcast my home SSID, and record a G6 Instant back to my UNVR. I also tested WiFi uplink, wired WAN, and USB tethering.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiL...
#unifi #networking #travelrouter
Build a #UniFi observability stack with Unpoller, Prometheus, and #Grafana to collect and Learn how to build enterprise-style observability for a UniFi network using Unpoller, Prometheus, and Grafana in a repeatable homelab-friendly setup.
#homelab
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVCP...
Looks awesome! Next time I buy one I will go with that! Thank you!
I've been tuning my hybrid ZFS pool lately. Optane for metadata and small files, HDDs for bulk storage, and cleaned up my L2ARC. Things are finally starting to feel right.
technotim.live/posts/zfs-ar...
#homelab #nas #zfs
New switch. Who dis? #homelab
Yeah, at least in the Midwest moving East. Another one coming tomorrow too!
A smiling person sits at a table wearing a black “Dark Mode” hoodie and holding a matching black mug. Displayed around them are Black Friday merch items: a black “Dark Mode” T-shirt on a hanger to the left, a navy “HOMELAB” T-shirt on a hanger to the right, a black trucker cap with the Dark Mode design placed on a small black server case, a knit Dark Mode beanie on the table, a Debugging Duck, a penguin figurine, and Dark Mode stickers arranged on a silver server enclosure. Dramatic studio lighting highlights the products against a dark background.
Black Friday is LIVE - and a massive winter storm is hitting the US, so stay warm out there 🧊🧥
🖤 30% off hoodies, hats, mugs, stickers & collectibles
👕 10% off shirts (including the HOMELAB favorite!)
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Get cozy + get the goods:
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#homelab
Proxmox 9.1 adds support for OCI containers.
That means you can now run Docker-style workloads inside Proxmox using LXC.
I tested it, showed how it works, and covered the current limitations. #proxmox #homelab #oci
youtu.be/gDZVrYhzCes
Spent some time this weekend upgrading an old doorbell to a UniFi G4 (with a cover). It looks so clean now I’m seriously considering repainting the whole entryway
Back at it with another mini rack - this time in Dark Mode.
A private Kubernetes cluster secured by Tailscale. And the whole thing? It’s being given away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2D6...
#homelab #minirack #minipc #minicluster #kubernetes