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Creating videos and tutorials about Self-hosting, Homelabs, Networking, Linux, Containers, Home Automation and much more...
Hardware VLOG | Upgrading the Perfect Media Server with an Intel i5-13600k and Supermicro X13-SAE-F
Join Alex as he upgrades his Perfect Media Server to an Intel i5 13600k and a Supermicro X13-SAE-F motherboard.
perfectmediaserver.com/01-overview/alexs-example-builds/
A simple hardware vlog today, enjoy!
perfectmediaserver.com/01-overview/alexs-example-builds/
A simple hardware vlog today, enjoy!
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Hardware Vlog | Friday night building servers with Alex!
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In this latest hardware Vlog, Alex fixes some more things that didn't go quite to plan in the past. A CPU and RAM upgrade for the 45homelab HL15 box to a Xeon Silver 4214, fixing some power cabling issues, and installing a replacement LSI HBA card into Alex's media server. * Brother Label Maker - amzn.to/4cBiiBc * Kareon Kables Sliger CX4712 custom cables - kareonkables.com/ * LSI 16i HBA card ...
Alex rewires his rack with a Unifi PDU Pro, an 8 port HDMI PiKVM switch and installs new hard drives
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Time to put right some bodges that were in place whilst Alex was traveling. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do! In today's video Alex installs an upgraded power cable for the Sliger Epyc build, rewires the entire rack with a new Unifi PDU Pro unit for power monitoring and other remote power related goodness, and moves hard drives around between boxes for his ZFS master plan. * Disk burn-i...
An Epyc Homelab Monster: the Perfect Media Server mega upgrade
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With 24 cores and 48 threads, the EPYC 7402 is a monster of a CPU. Paired with the Supermicro H12SSL-i motherboard, and more PCIe devices than you can shake a stick at. Today, Alex builds the homelab box to end all boxes. Part 1 - My Perfect Media Server isn't so perfect anymore... th-cam.com/video/B2cjMSVRC-c/w-d-xo.html $1750 all-in gets you the CPU, Motherboard, 256GB ECC RAM and the CPU coo...
My Perfect Media Server isn't so perfect anymore...
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I gave a consumer platform the old college try, but it just didn't work out. Find out why in part 1 of a new series on the channel about upgrading the servers at Badger Labs. - perfectmediaserver.com/ - blog.ktz.me/asrock-rack-e3c246d4u-the-perfect-media-server-motherboard/ - CPU i5 8500 - amzn.to/3IapwhJ - Motherboard - www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C246D4U - RAM - amzn....
An Unbiased Comparison of the Prusa MK3 vs Bambu Lab X1-Carbon
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I wanted to hate the Bambu X1 Carbon and continue to be a Prusa fanboy. Join me for a discussion on whether that came to pass in this video. 🖥️ alex.ktz.me 🎙️ selfhosted.show podcast 🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger 🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
Let’s build an AMD Ryzen Framework 13 DIY together
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A new challenger enters the ring. The Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen CPU batch 10 arrived at Badger Labs this weekend, so Iets build it!! frame.work/products/laptop-13-gen-amd 🖥️ alex.ktz.me 🎙️ selfhosted.show podcast 🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger 🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
3D Printing in a Homelab | It's totally not just for toys!
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Join me in a VLOG style video as I go through upgrading the power supply on my PiKVM and install some 3d prints to tidy up my rack. www.printables.com/model/644173-dell-micro-1u-rack-mount blog.ktz.me/use-1-pikvm-instance-to-control-4-systems/ 🖥️ alex.ktz.me 🎙️ selfhosted.show podcast 🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger 🎵 I...
A Fancy Login Banner for your Linux Server
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Using github.com/arsham/figurine we make the most fancy login banner imaginable. 🖥️ alex.ktz.me 🎙️ selfhosted.show podcast 🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger 🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington 00:00 - Start 00:24 - Overview 01:49 - Installation Part 1 - Go, Go, Go 04:03 - Installation Part 2 - Binary 08:16 - Installation Part ...
HL15 from 45Homelab - Expensive, but good?
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Does the HL15 pass the test? Is it everything we hoped? Find out in todays video. For more information visit 45homelab.com Further thoughts in selfhosted.show/110. 🖥️ alex.ktz.me 🎙️ selfhosted.show podcast 🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
My Backup Situation is a Disaster!
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Things on my remote backup server are not in a good state. Join me today as I bring you along for the ride of upgrading some hard drives and moving a bunch of data to the UK. 🖥️ alex.ktz.me 🎙️ selfhosted.show podcast 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger 🎹 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
Is Quick Sync Video any good? Media Server Hardware Encoding Tests | Enquire within, help needed!
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If you're building an always on system which is doing any kind of video transcoding then you'll want to investigate Intel Quick Sync Video. Many common video applications can take advantage of this hardware transcoding technology such as Jellyfin, Plex, Frigate, Blue Iris, and many more. However, we don't really have any standardised testing to allow us to benchmark iGPUs for transcoding perfor...
Split DNS Magic with Tailscale - Access remote services from anywhere!
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Tailscales Split DNS function within the MagicDNS feature allows us to access devices by name, not IP. But what if we could also access any service running in a remote subnet via a Tailscale subnet router? That's what we'll cover in today's video. - Blog post - blog.ktz.me/splitdns-magic-with-tailscale/ - Tailscale MagicDNS blog - tailscale.com/blog/2021-09-private-dns-with-magicdns/ - Tailscal...
LibreSpeed: The Local Speed Test App with a Difference | A Self-Hosted App Spotlight
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In this video, let's take a closer look at LibreSpeed and explore how you can easily set it up on your own server. LibreSpeed is a lightweight and highly customizable speed test tool that allows you to measure your network's upload and download speeds, latency, and more. It's perfect for anyone looking to monitor their network performance without relying on third-party services. - librespeed.or...
Future-Proof Your Network: Upgrade to 10G with UniFi Fiber Gear
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Future-Proof Your Network: Upgrade to 10G with UniFi Fiber Gear
How hard can it be to deploy Traefik anyway?
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How hard can it be to deploy Traefik anyway?
Network latency monitoring with SmokePing | A self-hosted app spotlight
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Network latency monitoring with SmokePing | A self-hosted app spotlight
What Hard Drive should I buy for my DIY NAS?
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What Hard Drive should I buy for my DIY NAS?
Secret Management with Ansible Vault and docker-compose
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Secret Management with Ansible Vault and docker-compose
Is there a reason you don't go with IPPC-3000 fans from Noctua with your server?
got abo because of rimworld play in background panel 😁
The 0.1 volt does make a difference, I can't speak for Raspberry Pi, however where I chat mod on Twitch, for a truck driver, we recently swapped a LiveU Solo streaming encoder which was slowing dying for a Jetson Nano. We power it with a large power bank, and were saw regular under volt warnings, Belabox (the streaming encoder software) stats were telling us that it was receiving around 4.8v (despite the power bank claiming it will do 5v), we have got several other devices, including Sony action cams plugged in too, so maybe that lowered the overall voltage output, anyway we borrowed a power bank and saw 5.01v being reported, we're now using a smaller dedicated power bank just for the Jetson and that's giving a steady 4.9v, so definitely in our experience 0.1v can be enough to cure under voltage issues. Glad you find a Pi plug and it solved it, the newer low power SBC are power sensitive for sure. Also I love how 3D printing in being used practically for server/homelabbing, the SSF Dells look so good rack mounted.
Bit late I know, recently found your channel, really enjoyed going back to catch up, great content, originally came looking for info on the best platform for a low power but decent homelab, I'm currently running containers on my QNAP NAS but want to get into playing around with things, I use my NAS for client footage that I edit, so I can't really have downtime or risk data lose, really interested to get in Proxmox, some Dell/Lenovo SFF clusters, and various VMs. Anyway, you were talking about your aging 3rd gen CPU for your OpenSense router, you should check at out the Intel N100 CPU, I have PFSense running an a CWWK Mini PC that I got from AliExpress, added my old 256GB NVME drive that had my Windows daily driver on and got 16GB RAM, it's probably overkill for the application, but in the year I've been running it it's been faultless, not had to attend to it once. I had become sick of always restarting the ISP router, and even a consumer Netgear router. Using a Unifi AC Pro for AP, got that used off eBay, and self hosting Unifi Controller on the NAS, works really well. I know now that the N100 has been out a while there's a lot more offerings without going down the AliExpress route, ASRock definitely do a solution, as do Minisforum if you just needed the board. You're right about 8th Gen, it's a good CPU, when UK energy prices were out of control last year I bought a Dell Optiplex 3060 that has a 8100T for 50 quid, I run Linux on it for everyday browsing tasks and the like, I use an AMD 3950X with a 1080Ti for video editing, but being freelance you don't always work every day, so was a waste to run it just for some browsing. What I did learn though is Dell don't update their BIOS microcode, unlike Lenovo, so you can't upgrade the CPU, I was looking at putting a 9500T CPU in it, but since Dell have closed off that route, not gonna work, and it seems like a right odl ballache to get a cracked BIOS update, and jump though all the hoops. I guess that's why for the same 8100T/8500T in a Lenovo goes for double the price, coz you can simply make the whole thing last longer. Also agree on Cameron, I love his long form content, he's always informative, and it's all real world deployment stuff, if it's not for his own flat, it's for family or friends.
I started with a Wanhao i3+, now i have a Prusa i3 Mk3s+. I tought about buying a Bambulab p1p to cut my print time in half because “slow” 24+ hours print times are not the best for iterating things very often. So imagine my joy when i found out you can upgrade from mk3s+ to mk4 with an official Prusa kit. Problem is that the upgrade costs €639 and the Bambu p1p is €649 😂 This makes the bambulab an easy choice
30-40 hours to build a printer....? I build one several years ago and it took about 10h. And from what I heard experienced builders could do it like half that time.
Have you ever thought of having audio books of children's bedtime stories. SOOOTHING
Came for the smokeping help, left with my mind blown about the vscode ssh capability - thank you for that!
14:40 FROM UNDERNEATH?? Never even thought to look due to the absurdity. assumed they were rivets. It was easier taking apart the cage holding the 10 adapters (which isn't even needed).
The results are now published! blog.ktz.me/the-best-media-server-cpu-in-the-world/
The results are now live! blog.ktz.me/the-best-media-server-cpu-in-the-world/
I really appreciate how nerdy you were to fully map out your home network. That's really something. A question. Why didn't you buy a non-K 65w variant of the processor? Wouldn't that have been a better option for your use case?
Likely a non K would have been better but it doesn’t exist for this SKU. The KF does but that has no iGPU which makes quicksync impossible. There is a split in the 13500 / 13600 lineup where one is a rebadged 12th gen vs the 600+ being genuinely new and improved iirc.
Thank you for doing a build video without once mentioning bloody "gaming". Thoroughly refreshing. Thank you, sir.
The terminal is the only video game I need :p
Thanks, sound advice.
Your videos are great. I've came across them exactly for the point you made. Checking if my ISP in Bali is trying to kick the can down the road. I am a European living here with a private VPN home server abroad. The performance has dropped dramatically all of a sudden. The ISP came with a new router and blamed it on a broken sea cable in Singapore that I can't find much info on. Still digging into it further and learning a lot. Cheers mate!
Good luck!
I picked up my Bambu X1C. Here’s all I can say… It’s plug and play. I’ve never printed an item so fast, with such good quality, in so little time. My other two are dinosaurs compared to this.
The only thing I don't like is that the black flap cover doesn't also have indication that the RAM slot is underneath it. And for your own sake, dual channel would probably make a noticable difference in performance. CPU, and GPU especially, can benefit anywhere from 15-30% from the proper dual channel bandwidth.
Great work! I am following you to see what inspiration can I get. I was looking for a Supermicro motherboard and this seems to be the one. Do you know if 14th gen would work just the same with TrueNAS Scale?
14th gen are warmed up 13th aren’t they? If so I don’t see why not
Built my unRAID server using Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores 65 w with a Asrock H570 steel legend and an LSI card from art of server and I was gonna spring for a dedicated GPU for transcoding but I discovered quiksync and got it working in no time flat w Plex, so i bought a lifetime Plex pass instead. Been looking for this channel and I couldn’t remember your name lol I need some custom sata cables made for my define r5, I looked it up on you last video description
Kareon kables
I have recently discovered your channel and I really love the videos. Really interesting and entertaining content! Keep it up!
Nice video, just missing a top cam 😄!
Indeed! I wasn’t going to record and then last minute decided to do it so only had one cam this time.
It's morning :(
I swear you've upgraded with almost all the same hardware I've been looking thinking about. Proxmox server is now an Epyc 7302 in a CX4712 and I've been looking at the X13SAE for my NAS upgrade which will probably go in an HL15. I'll be keeping an eye out in case there is any follow up with the X13 board, even though it's a pretty popular board it's not easy finding much info from homelab users out there about it.
I’ll be doing a full review of the board soon. Some nuances to be aware of with stuff like the ipmi I touched on and no bifurcation support for example.
@@ktzsystems It seems a lot of the issues people were having have been fixed with the 2.0 bios but I'll still be looking out for that review, thanks.
Did that HBA turn out to be OK from your earlier issues, or did you have to get a replacement?
Yes! Thankfully the replacement LSI 16i has been perfect. Must just have gotten a bad one before. So weird.
Loving the Silicon Valley reference on the wall 😂
Hi this video was great I was struggling with tailscale so I can't wait to try this out. It's the first time I have seen the advertise marker will this only work on a router or could I set this up on a machine that is running tailscale?
FYI: That case has space for two SSD on top of the power supply, those could be your boot drives.
Indeed it does!
Dude this is one stupid ass comparison. What were u thinking??? Thumbs down.
I've also just realised you're the Tailscale guy whom I've been watching over and over this week. No idea why it didn't click... I was like " this guy looks familiar..."
c'est moi!
Thank you for the video, really interesting to watch and explained quiet a lot - excited about my build now. Dipping my feet into homelab stuff and just bought a H11SSL-i Mobo with a 7551P and 128GB RAM - I have so much more info now!
Q: You are using mkcert for the local SSL certificates or you are using the Tailscale HTTPS?
likely using the acme built in to whatever load balancer i hit via dns
Mine is on the fedex truck now. I went bare case with the rails. I wanted to customize the internals more... I think thats gonna either replace my backup storage server or a plex server upgrade
What an unfair comparison. Compare to the MK4 would be much more fair. Even the MK3.5 is two times faster than the MK3. And has the WiFi etc. So adding a RP to the bill is not fair as well. I could continue but all in all the video is imho useless. Sorry.
You are right this is not a fair comparison. A better comparison would be a Bambu lab A1 that is an open bedslinger with a larger bed size, camera, app integration and a host of other features. $400 as the base model or $560 with a 4 color AMS system (25 for shipping) Compared to $800 as parts or $1100 assembled not including $70+ for shipping Seriously, you can get nearly 3 printers (A1)for the cost of an mk4 assembled and shipped. 🤨 It gets even more drastic if you want multicolor printing.
The A1 was not out when this was made.
@@ktzsystems I'll admit I was giving a bit of a ribbing with my comment. Whether it was the higher end model X1C(1200) midranger p1s(700) or p1p(600) or the a(400), or a1 mini(300) there was quality competition at all price points. With AMS, add another 250 at purchase, it's not even close. Mk3, MK4 or mini all get beat for price, features, ease of use and that's OK competition is good.
wish you showed how to install smokeping
How's nixos working on the laptop?
Pretty good. discourse.nixos.org/t/exciting-partnership-announcement-framework-community-nixos-communities-join-forces/44640
I’m running 10GbE on my network everywhere and I regularly exceed 2.5GbE. I love it, BUT I was stupid for not laying fiber instead. I could even have my server room with all my PC’s rack mounted and centralized anything I want and had better scalability. I had a team come in for like a week to run it, so I do t want to redo the whole thing,e job 2 years later. Kicking myself.
This is how I feel now having gone fiber. So glad that I did because I know it'll last longer than I need it too for upgrades etc. Performance is superb and has been super reliable all year.
Did you ever publish the results?
Dude i love your content. It scratches the homelabber itch perfectly. Finally a youtuber who knows their way around a terminal :P
I hate the electronic space how companies work obviously a lot of features could be pushed and added to most of the electronics we get but instead companies trickle them down to you version after version so they can sell you a new product instead of making the best product to begin with and then working on making that even better
Thats better then my ssd fail rate i had 5 ssds 4 of them no longer can write and before thst there speed was down 55% when that happens i back up the data and wait for them to die to buy another now i just run everything off of a naz
Just letting you know I know what kills them is that I run full virus scans every 3 days because I download weird shit and i take all the processes that you should upload to virus total in chunks if you can run them in a vn before you put it on main but I'm just paranoid
is there a follow up video? the github shows, that 4k hevc will not even playback with a newer i5, is that correct? crazy to think that
Got something in the works soon(tm)
Excellent presentation. Explains the subject well. Great to have no background music and other distractions. Do continue to explore the different uses of Tailscale.
How did you get your Arc GPU properly passed through to your VM running Plex in docker? I have mine (a380) passed through from Proxmox to a Ubuntu 22.04 VM. The drivers are installed in the VM so that the card shows up in intel_gpu_top, but the VM crashes if I try to transcode with the card. I also get errors in dmesg about resizable BAR not working and only allocating 256MB to the card. Any tips?
The bios doesn’t have a resizeable bar option (yet). I read - forget where - it is coming soon so until it does I’m not passing through and just using the card for quicksync duties.
It's like fun with flags with sheldon cooper.
I can recommend an n100 firewall device. I got one from china and it runs opnsense right out of the box with 2.5g ports. sips power and can do a firmware update without the family even knowing the router rebooted.
Any chance you can show us how to do this in nix (if one does not use ansible?)
Sure here you go! github.com/ironicbadger/nix-config/blob/509182aefb43a8330407ac1e5b2547367880ee8c/hosts/nixos/morphnix/default.nix#L23
I’m relatively tech savvy and I don’t understand.
"Never mind my lego delorean." Proceeds to give us a 360 view with specs lol.
Zaphod for your server?
Bambu labs customer service is useless.