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Lots of stuff; my 'home server' is probably a little more elaborate than a lot of people would want to deal with. I bought a 42u rack years ago and stuck it in

Lots of stuff; my 'home server' is probably a little more elaborate than a lot of people would want to deal with. I bought a 42u rack years ago and stuck it in my basement, and it's got a bunch of old enterprise-type hardware in it. It contains: Hardware: - ESXi vSphere server - Old ESXi vSphere server (being decommissioned) - pfSense firewall - Big NFS/CIFS storage server (60TB) - Windows workstation/gaming desktop (lives in a rack-mount case connected to a KVM; cables run upstairs to my 'office') - Linux workstation (also on KVM) VMs include: - Linux dev server for miscellaneous projects - Pi-hole DNS - Personal Gitlab - Personal wiki - Plex - k8s dev environment for a defunct project that I haven't deleted in case it becomes un-defunct for some reason. - Suricata/Zeek IDS - Windows domain controller, for reasons

holsta 4y ago
> - Windows workstation/gaming desktop (lives in a rack-mount case connected to a KVM; cables run upstairs to my 'office') I am thinking about doing this. What cables are you running and what display resolution is the system running? I am thinking I could get away with a single DP cable for 4K display and a powered USB cable going to a USB hub. Do you have a KVM you would recommend?
- CommieBobDole 4y ago
  I am running displayport at 1440p at 60Hz - I used these cables, and they work fine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HN8PR4J https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HN8PR4J However, based on some of the reviews, they will probably not work for higher resolutions or refresh rates at that length. There are active/amplified cables available, but I don't know how well they work. KVM is a Black Box KV6202A-R2. Which I think is discontinued now, but the same people make similar items. The important thing is to get a KVM with EDID emulation - a lot of the cheaper KVMs don't have it and will tell the non-active system that the monitor is disconnected every time you switch, which causes all sorts of problems.

holsta 4y ago

> - Windows workstation/gaming desktop (lives in a rack-mount case connected to a KVM; cables run upstairs to my 'office') I am thinking about doing this. What cables are you running and what display resolution is the system running? I am thinking I could get away with a single DP cable for 4K display and a powered USB cable going to a USB hub. Do you have a KVM you would recommend?

CommieBobDole 4y ago
I am running displayport at 1440p at 60Hz - I used these cables, and they work fine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HN8PR4J https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HN8PR4J However, based on some of the reviews, they will probably not work for higher resolutions or refresh rates at that length. There are active/amplified cables available, but I don't know how well they work. KVM is a Black Box KV6202A-R2. Which I think is discontinued now, but the same people make similar items. The important thing is to get a KVM with EDID emulation - a lot of the cheaper KVMs don't have it and will tell the non-active system that the monitor is disconnected every time you switch, which causes all sorts of problems.