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This is a changelog documenting various software and hardware modifications to my HomeLab. Since I found many of my earlier blog posts rather dull and overly mundane—hardly worth a standalone article—I've decided to create this single page to record minor or trivial changes. Entries before 2024/11 are backfilled from historical records, while entries after that date will be updated in real time.
2024-11-08
- PVE has been running stably for over a year, with the main changes being updates to backup scripts
- Since I couldn’t even come close to filling up the SN640’s capacity, I sold it and replaced it with a 1.92T Dongting-N2 drive (enterprise-grade SSDs really are worth it—and I actually made a profit on the SN640 sale)
- Sold the i3-10100 and upgraded to a QTB1 (an ES version of the i9-10900) at nearly no extra cost; haven’t encountered any issues with the latter
- After spending ages trying to move my NAS to the cloud—total failure. Migrated cold data from the SN640 back to HDDs, and now use OneDrive purely as a backup (storing data accessed once a year on an SSD is just too extravagant)
2024-09-20
- Started using Ansible to manage PVE host configurations, preparing for future hardware changes
2024-08-01
- Replaced my custom zfs send backup script with restic for cloud backups
2023-12-16
- Enabled GVT-g to virtualize the integrated GPU for VMs (though the Windows GVT-g driver has some bugs that can occasionally freeze the guest OS, and Intel officially discontinued GVT-g support in 2024)
- There are plenty of GVT-g guides online, so
I won’t bother writing one myself
2023-09-17
- Added a DIY IPKVM for remote management
2023-07-08
- Acquired a 7.68T U.2 SN640, which was more than enough to hold all my data (
though I later realized I didn’t actually need that much) - Switched from unRAID to PVE, details here
- Funny enough, the system that ended up lasting the longest was the original black DSM (Synology), used solely for its QuickConnect feature
- Of course, the Windows & Ubuntu 22.04 test VMs from two years ago are still running—Windows was upgraded once from version 10 to 11
2023-07-02
- The originally purchased ST4000VX013 from JD.com triggered SMART warnings twice. After claiming warranty service, I was able to return it for a full refund at original purchase price—customer support wasn’t bad
2022-08-13
- Purchased a Samsung PM983a (PE4010) and used it with a 2280->22110 adapter
2022-07-08
- After a year on ESXi + black DSM, switched to unRAID due to difficulties upgrading DSM, details here
- Didn’t purchase an unRAID license, but
cracking unRAID is pretty easy anyway
2022-05-16
- Gradually acquired two 32G RAM sticks, upgrading total memory to 80G (16+32+32)
- Added two 4T OEM HDDs (Seagate + WD) for the unRAID array
- Reused a 512G NVMe SSD from an old laptop
2022-02-04
- Upgraded AC2100 OpenWRT to the official stable release, replacing the previous custom mod (has since only run a DDNS service, stable for over 2 years)
2022-01-21
- Running various Docker containers on the Synology
- Figured out how to
proxy any protocol over QuickConnect using VMess(QC as a universal proxy)
2021-08-13
- Running black DSM and Windows, with HDDs passed through directly to DSM for storage management; DSM hosts various Docker containers (crawlers, databases, etc.)
2021-07-28
- Despite its beautiful industrial design, it had too many bugs—sold it on Xianyu (Chinese secondhand marketplace)
- Built my own HomeLab host using a B460M motherboard and an Intel i3-10100, details here
- Tried installing ESXi on an external USB drive, but it turned out to be unstable—ended up buying a 16G Optane drive specifically for ESXi
2021-07-22
- The iLO management system had a bug: during boot with a network cable plugged in, it would throw an error about an
Intel(R) PRO/1000 9.4.06 PCI-ENIC—even though this machine didn’t have that card - Sent it back to the lab in Wuhan for repair; fixed after a firmware update
2021-07-02
- Received the HP Gen10+ from Germany, installed ESXi as the base system (and yes, this model has a cracked iLO card)
2021-06-09 (Where the dream began)
- Ordered an HP Gen10+ from Amazon Germany
- Bought a Redmi AC2100 and flashed it with OpenWRT
- Purchased a 4TB HDD for storage
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Author: lyc8503, Article link: https://blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/aio-changelog/
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