diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c1ed05e..d00e9b6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ The PWS 2.0 redesign, successor to https://github.com/runyanjake/whitney. ## About ### Background -Whitney was the codename for my first homelab setup (For reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/). It was built out of my friend's handmedown hardware in an old server case that was e-wasted from school. This initial build was on the "janky" side, featuring an unmounted power supply in the optical bay, secured only by some green yarn. (Fire hazard, anyone?) -[Picture Here] +Whitney was the codename for my first homelab setup (For reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/). It was built out of my friend's handmedown hardware in an old server case that was e-wasted from school. This initial build was on the "janky" side, featuring an unmounted power supply in the optical bay, secured only by some green yarn. (Fire hazard, anyone?) +[Picture Here] I ran a lot of services from this box - my personal website/online resume, side projects, a Covid-19 data tracker, game servers, and a lot of other projects that taught me lessons in DNS config, networking, maintaining persistent storage and others. But eventually I started running up against the limits of the box. The machine's CPU was released in 2008, which was indicative of the age of most of its hardware. After spending a lot of work on the original Whitney config in the first repo, I decided that I had learned enough to warrant an upgrade. ### The Upgrade PWS 2.0 was given the nickname of "Olomana", a second step in this pattern of mountainous server names. Mount Olomana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olomana\_(mountain)) is a mountain on the Windward side of Oahu, Hawaii. It has 3 peaks which are are a popular, albeit difficult and dangerous hike. While visiting family in Kailua, I hiked the Ko'olau range and snapped this picture of the rarely seen backside of Mount Olomana. -Olomana, the web server will be a significant upgrade over its predecessor. I am building it as a 4U rack-mounted machine with new components. The 16U rack it is mounted in was sourced from the popular website www.racksolutions.com. The build itself includes a number of current gen budget components. Cricital resources like Ram and CPU cores are more abundant in the new build. I got a UPS and a dedicated write drive that were tested on PWS 1.0 to combat some data corruption issues I had faced on the old hardware. +Olomana, the web server will be a significant upgrade over its predecessor. I am building it as a 4U rack-mounted machine with new components. The 16U rack it is mounted in was sourced from the popular website www.racksolutions.com. The build itself includes a number of current gen budget components. Cricital resources like Ram and CPU cores are more abundant in the new build. I got a UPS and a dedicated write drive that were tested on PWS 1.0 to combat some data corruption issues I had faced on the old hardware. [Picture here] ## Setup @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Olomana, the web server will be a significant upgrade over its predecessor. I am ### Hardware #### Hard Drives/Filesystem -Manage disk partitions with `gdisk`, configure mounts by editing `/etc/fstab`. See https://techguides.yt/guides/how-to-partition-format-and-auto-mount-disk-on-ubuntu-20-04/ -Configure ZFS pool using at least `raidz1` for data that should not be lost. Other data can go in drives directly mounted at the root. +- Manage disk partitions with `gdisk`, configure mounts by editing `/etc/fstab`. See https://techguides.yt/guides/how-to-partition-format-and-auto-mount-disk-on-ubuntu-20-04/ +- Configure ZFS pool using at least `raidz1` for data that should not be lost. Other data can go in drives directly mounted at the root. #### Nvidia GPU Setup -Install Nvidia Drivers, see https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#ubuntu -Resolved issue with old key by following method 2 in this issue: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-repo-management/issues/4 -Install `nvidia-docker`, see https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html#docker +1. Install Nvidia Drivers, see https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#ubuntu +2. Resolved issue with old key by following method 2 in this issue: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-repo-management/issues/4 +3. Install `nvidia-docker`, see https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html#docker ### Software