All of these items are projects I'm working on, have completed or progressing on as part of my websites and home networks. The majority of the posts are written on my blog now as I'm keeping the html side of my website for any longer detailed car repair articles that I write or static posts. You can read more about each item in the links below.
Whilst this project isn't fully complete, it's pretty much there how I want it now. Around 90% complete, I had to change the build slightly (mainly because I was finding difficulty with the card conneections not the fitment). It's a 1U sized router, which will function as a replacement for my ISP router. This will allow me greater control and segregation over my home network. The server is equipped with a Gigabyte GA97 LGA1150 Motherboard and 4-Core CPU with Hyberthreading, and 16GB of DDR3 memory. OS is installed on a 256GB Patriot NVME drive. Networking is provided through onboard NIC for management, and a Chelsea 4-Port 10GB RJ45 Adapter. I wanted to have dual NIC on this build in a 1u Form factor, however getting the PCi-e connections to fit was problematic. I either need to make a custom mount, or use ultra low profile cards in order to fit. I may swap in cards for different ones at a later date for better latency, and optimum compatability, like 2 port fibre cards, and 2 port copper cards. As Chelsio provide a lot of unified wire adapters designed for server offload and low latency, so I want to maximise throughput and experiment. I will see how things progress as all of this is part of a bigger home network upgrade. Final things I will be doing to this after testing is carried out, will be 3D printing rear IO, Fans shrouds and mounts to fully enclose it. As it will be mounted in a custom built 8U rack under my book shelf. Internet will be provided by a custom made Cat6a Certified 10Gbase-T network cable for WAN uplink, for future proof upgrades.
