In this video, I’m upgrading my home lab to explore cutting-edge storage technologies like Gluster, CEPH, and NVMe-over-Fabrics (Liquid Storage). This proof-of-concept lab is designed to handle real-world workloads like 4K video editing directly off the network, leveraging the latest hardware and software innovations, but I don’t want to spend a lot of money. I’ll also share the results of a fascinating benchmark comparison between FreeBSD and Linux for NVMe SSD performance, which could shape the future of my lab. Join me as I take my six-year-old lab to the next level with AMD Ryzen processors, ARM efficiency, and robust security upgrades. If you’re into lab builds, distributed storage, or just curious about what it takes to run a 4K video workflow off the network, this video is for you!
And looking at a benchmark on FreeBSD using BHyve which outperforms Proxmox…
I think this might be one of the benchmarks:
Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:37 – The Plan
00:41 – To-Be
02:06 – AS-IS
03:11 – Arm Machines
07:04 – One more thing…
08:39 – Wrapup
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Excellent video 🫶 Thank you and God bless 😇
PoC Environment for the win. Sounds amazing, curious and flexible as all get out. Cannot wait to see what works, what doesn't and what metrics are derived.
And Minisforum, seen good things about that brand on H2R Discord by the UK event support Pros. It's a quality device.
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Sorry DJ WARE.
I didn't conduct the tests myself. I just happened to be reading related stuff when you came up with the topic.
Cheers!
Recently i've kind of standardized my lower power stuff to the n100 cpu which i really like. Have a fanless type unit for my pfsense box (with 6 2.5gbe ports). Also am using it for a minipc with n100 for my plex needs which has been awesome. I used to have to store multiple different resolutions because transcoding on my current setup (in proxmox) didn't work. The n100 (with quicksync) has been a transcoding beast for how low power it is. I have yet to give it anything it struggles with. Usually running multiple 4k–>1080p & it just rips through multiple streams without much struggle. Most of my storage needs have been served by synology pretty well. Using SMB/NFS/iSCSI & that has worked well. Most of my proxmox VMs are using NFS for their storage. I did upgrade my synology unit to dual SFP+. I would definitely like to look into distributed storage int the future gluster/ceph
Dear @DJWare. We're both know that in the world of virtualization % of performance isn't a matter, but orchestration is the king. While PVE tried to reach VSphere in this specific topic, I don't think (forgive me if I'm wrong) FreeBSD can offer something close enough.
"Dusting: an excuse to upgrade existing hardware." No kidding!
Do mention names so we know what not to get.
The Intel N100 is a good inexpensive low end CPU that can replace RPI's and other ARM based PC's.
My homelab is currently just three mini PCs, two of which are running Proxmox. I'm still using a gigabit LAN, so am feeling a bit like a caveman these days – especially when my friends are showing me their home networks with 600+MB/s transfer rates (I'm stuck at 100MB/s). For my personal use cases, I don't really "need" anything faster, I just feel pressured to keep up with the Jones''s at this point. I tried going IPv6, but that failed miserably (because I have a consumer grade router provided by my ISP, and could switch off "RA" on it). I think I might just focus on upgrading to IPv6 for now instead of going for a 10 gigabit network… 🤔
Looking forward to watching this. Tempted to do something similar.
Looking forward to seeing this project unfold! I just bought 3 new wd red plus drives because SSDs are so expensive.