Blog Now on AlmaLinux OS 9
This blog now runs on AlmaLinux OS 9
Installing Proxmox VE 8.1 on my QNAP TS-x73A
I installed Proxmox VE 8.1 on my QNAP TS-473A.
These are my installation notes.
Proxmox VE, upgrade from 7 to 8.1, on Dell T7910
I upgraded my existing ProxmoxVE version 7 install to version 8.1.
As expected, this was hassle free.
These are mainly my notes on cleaning out previous CephFS fiddlings.
PiKVM V4 Mini for my four Ceph nodes
These are my configuration notes on using a PiKVM V4 Mini to connect to my four Ceph nodes via a cheap 4-port KVM switch.
Wayland, KDE Plasma, Steam and Vulkan; change screen resolution on game launch
A launch command to lower the resolution of my primary display from 4k to FullHD when playing Steam games and switch back when I exit the game.
kscreen-doctor output.DP-1.mode.1920x1080@60 ; %command% ; kscreen-doctor output.DP-1.mode.3840x2160@60
Ceph cluster, SATA HDDs out, SATA SSDs in
When I built my Ceph cluster in March 2020, I used old SATA HDDs I still had on the shelf. It was always clear that at some point these old consumables would die and need replacing. That time has come and I went with 3x 2TB SATA SSD OSD per node.
Dell T7910 with Proxmox VE, HDD to SSD
Since I mostly do LVM and sometimes btrfs, here’s a short braindump of my first ZFS on Linux rodeo.
QNAP TS-473A Firmware update
These are my notes on how to upgrade the UEFI firmware on my QNAP TS-473.
Four TerraMaster F5-422 Ceph cluster, state after 3 years
Just a short write-up on the state of my TerraMaster F5-433 Ceph cluster now that it has been in use for about 3 years.
Framework Laptop 13 (12th Gen Intel CPU) with Fedora 37
These are my notes on installing a brand new Framework Laptop DIY Edition (12th Gen Intel® Core™) from Batch 1 for myself.
Framework Laptop (11th Gen Intel CPU) with Fedora 35
These are my notes on installing a brand new Framework Laptop (Batch 9) for a nephew of mine. It is the model with 11th Gen Intel Core.