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What is the most painful step on setting up a homelab in your experience? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by submain@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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For me it is writting docker compose files describing my services. I like to test them on my machine before pushing them to the server(s). But I guess that's my own fault for not using something like portainer or even SSHFS.

What's the most annoying / painful step for you?

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[–] Odd-Fishing5937@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finding obscure "outdated " parts to upgrade a system that's "outdated".

[–] Jacksaur@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Truth.

I kept an old (Only 8th gen!) CPU around because I thought it'd be easier than a full build for one of my systems.
Took far too damn long to find a good Mini ITX motherboard for it, let alone one in stock, and in the end the one I did get didn't even come with a CMOS battery.

[–] Dangerous-Ad-170@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This isn't entirely related to homelab, but I had this exact problem dealing with my mATX gaming PC a few years back. Spilled a beverage on it and somehow the mobo was the only casualty. But it wasn't that easy to find a six-gen mATX mobo for under $100. If I actually had the time for games, I'd probably use it as an excuse to upgrade everything, but I only keep it around for the occasional indie or Fallout 4 binge or Fortnite session with my son.