Server update: it’s all (almost) set-up

Hi readers,

Welcome to this server update post. I’ve made some changes to the system, and it’s almost done! Sadly, right now it’s come of a stop, because of lack of storage space.

It’s not a big update. Hardware-wise, nothing changed. I am planning to go 10 gigabit though, whenever I have more monthly income, because with what I earn right now, it would me impossible.

VM-wise, I added a virtual machine for peering with a Virtual Internet Exchange. Currently I am working on my own Virtual Internet Exchange, which would be for people who want to learn BGP, routing and more.

Sadly, the thing holding me back from expanding (A Horizon lab, Steam Cache and apt mirror), is that I am out of storage space.

In the server, there are two 500GB SSDs that I already had. Both come from my old servers. There is a second 320GB HDD in there, a very old one, that I put in as an emergency. The server only takes 2,5″ drives, so I’m limited to that. It supports SAS, but I have all SATA disks in them, since SAS drives are too expensive for me. I’m trying to get a 2TB SATA drive, which hopefully I will be able to buy in August or September.

Stay tuned, there will still be blog posts, I have one planned for my GNS3 lab, and a to-do post where I will explain what I’m saving up for and trying to get.

Thank you for reading this and see you soon.