Kaizen #4: Overhauled Homelab
A tech enthusiast details the iterative process of upgrading their home server setup, moving from a tangled rack to a more streamlined Zimaboard configuration. The post highlights challenges with NixOS, network infrastructure in a new home, and the ongoing process of managing backups.
Why it matters
It provides a practical look at the challenges and technical decisions involved in maintaining a personal homelab environment.
I started this "blog-series" to force myself to write more about my set up, and my continuous iterations. But it didn't happen… until today! This post has been a long time coming, and I have kept the ideas in my head and notes.
I will walk through everything I did, in order:
Two years ago, I revamped my homelab . I had just bought a new machine to use as my main home server, coming from a 9U server rack with a bunch of machines tangled together. Back then I finally sat down to figure out how I want things. And it has worked great… until it hasn't.
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