Homelab 2nd Edition

Shortly after I published my previous post about my homelab, it suddenly died.

I performed various diagnostics, and it appeared that the problem was caused by a faulty power supply. (It was sold as a bundle, so don’t blame me.) The voltage was noisy and damaged the board capacitors. The board was booting, but as soon as it started any serious workload, it would crash. And by serious workload, I mean booting the OS.

FriendlyElec support wasn’t responsive and claimed that the warranty was expired. And I’m not alone, there have been reports of similar issues.

Well, that’s it, I decided. It was a nice experiment, but I’d like to go more mainstream.

After a long conversation with the AI and searching for various options, I ended up purchasing a Xyber Hydra N150. It offers similar 4 NVME drive capabilities but runs on an Intel chip, proven by many homelabers.

I reinstalled everything and restored data from the backup. It’s running smoothly since then.

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