In this third installment of my lab overhaul series, I’ll cover some of the most significant upgrades and migrations that I’ve implemented to enhance the performance, reliability, and versatility of my home lab environment. From flipping to Proxmox VE and leveraging TrueNAS with ZFS over iSCSI to migrating my smart…
vCenter 7.x introduced the concept of vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VMs. These small, lightweight VMs ensure critical cluster services like vSphere DRS and vSphere HA continue to run in the event vCenter Server itself becomes unavailable. By design, vCLS VMs automatically get deployed within every vSphere cluster. However, this automation…
The evolution of Speech-to-Text (STT) systems has opened new possibilities for voice-driven applications, from virtual assistants to real-time transcription services. However, delivering fast and accurate STT remains a challenge, especially in resource-constrained environments. A promising solution lies in combining the Wyoming Protocol, OpenAI's Whisper, and Nvidia TensorRT, as demonstrated in…
Introduction In the first part of this series, I covered the significant infrastructure upgrades to my home lab, including new compute hosts, a transition to TrueNAS, and a full networking overhaul. These foundational improvements paved the way for more advanced smart home and media setups. In this post, I’ll dive…
Introduction In the last two years, my home lab has undergone significant transformations to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability. In this post, I’ll walk you through the initial phase of these upgrades, focusing on adding two new lab hosts and transitioning from a single-node Ceph-based storage solution to a more…