The state of homelab tech (2024) (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Techno Tim is back with Adam to discuss the state of homelab in 2024 and the trends happening within homelab tech. They discuss homelab environments providing a safe place for experimentation and learning, network improvement as a gateway to homelab, trends in network connection speeds, to Unifi or not, storage trends, ZFS configurations, TrueNAS, cameras, home automation, connectivity, routers, pfSense, and more.

Umm, should we make these conversations between Adam and Tim more frequent?

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Featuring:

• Techno Tim – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Ubiquiti and Unifi
• Cisco Meraki
• pfSense
• TrueNAS
• Proxmox
• Intel Core i9-13900K
• Plex
• Home Assistant
• OCuLink Interface
• OpenZFS
• Changelog & Friends #7: Dear Red Hat… (w/ Jeff Geerling)
• (Byte My Bits) Intel 13th Gen + Unraid + Plex = OMG4K!

YouTube Channels

• Byte My Bits
• Crosstalk Solutions
• Tom Lawrence (Lawrence Systems)

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Capitole

1. Let's talk homelab tech! (00:00:00)

2. Techno Tim is back (00:00:37)

3. What's trending in homelab? (00:01:13)

4. Storage is trending (00:06:38)

5. CPUs with GPUs are trending (00:09:51)

6. Jason / Byte My Bits inspired Adam (00:11:53)

7. What even is homelab?? (00:15:43)

8. Homelab renewed Adam's curiosity (00:18:29)

9. When homelab applies to work (00:22:06)

10. Homelab provides a safe intro to Linux (00:23:13)

11. It begins with the network (00:24:18)

12. Plex is a gateway to homelab (00:27:27)

13. Tim agrees network is a gateway (00:27:46)

14. Sponsor: Vercel (00:31:09)

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15. To Unifi or not? (00:34:37)

16. Custom router with pfSense (00:41:27)

17. pfSense + Unifi switches (00:42:47)

18. Unifi Protect and the UNVR for raid (00:43:15)

19. Let's talk storage (ZFS!) (00:46:31)

20. Why ZFS? (01:00:51)

21. Sponsor: Read Write Own (01:09:11)

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22. Homelab and connectivity (01:10:33)

23. Homelab and home automation (01:17:39)

24. Homelab this year (01:34:21)

25. We love talking homelab (01:41:32)

26. Join the community (01:43:11)