Servers: TOTAL:CPU 84 Core/ 168 + 16 CoreRAM 1.5 TB + 128 GBNVMe 89.44 TBSSD 4.4 TBHDD 4.5 TBNetwork 100 GbE + 10 GbE ESX-1 CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 28C 56T LGA3647 Skylake 165W CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D9 DX-3647 4UMotherboard SuperMicro X11SPi-TFNetwork NIC 2x RJ45 10GBase-T portsNetwork NIC 1x RJ45 1GBase-T ports RAM…
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Another Significant Achievement: My Home Lab Just Got 1.5 TB RAM! 832GB Just Arrived!
NB: It arrived in July, and I wrote about it then, but I only made the post publicly available now. I’ve been looking forward to this since I started my Home Lab. I wanted to put as much RAM as possible in each ESXi server. RAM used to be really expensive, about $900, but now…
Resolving the 503 Service Unavailable Error in vSAN After ESXi Host Restart: A Simple, Patience-Based Solution
vSAN Error: 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x00000089b916ed00] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _po Error: 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x000000a63051bb30] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _port = 8309) You have vSAN and have restarted your ESXi host. Everything boots up and appears normal, but when you…
My Experience with the Sonos Era 300 as Computer Speakers
I’ve been on the lookout for good computer speakers. I started with an old Philips music center and then moved on to the Sony HT-A7000 soundbar. The Sony was great but way too big for my desk and took up a lot of space. I like a clean desk, but I needed better speakers for…
Selling My Soul and Personal Life to the Devil: My “Deep Dive” into Meta Quest 3
I thought I’d try VR Headset and gaming. Recently, Meta Quest 3 came out and I bought one. When I was setting up this headset, I constantly felt like I was selling my whole soul and private life to the devil. Now Mark Zuckerberg has a direct video overview of my apartment and he can…
Replacing the iPhone SE (1st gen) battery with an iFixit replacement
I’ve been using the iPhone SE (1st generation) since it was first released (31.03.2016). It was my phone from 2016 to October 2023. The phone appears to be in very good condition, and everything functions properly. However, the battery was completely dead, so I had it replaced when Apple offered an official replacement service a…
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After restarting the nested ESXi 8.0U1a hosts, the management configuration will either be erased or not properly saved.
ESXi-8.0U1a-21813344-standard I encountered a strange issue while setting up my nested ESXi lab. Specifically, when configuring the management IP of the ESXi host, I noticed that it was not being saved after a system restart. Take a look at the video to get a better understanding of the problem. Just to be sure, I am…
VMware Explore 2022 Barcelona, Spain- IT Enthusiasts Disneyland or Legoland
It is about the community, not the sessions. I had an opportunity to participate in VMware Explore 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. It was formerly known as VMworld. NB! The Explore reminds me so much of Internet Explorer, which everyone uses only for downloading another browser. I hope VMware understands the big mistake and changes it…