When I first build my desktop RAM prices were at the their peak. At the time 8GB of DDR4 was $100USD with a limited budget I was only able to purchase 8GB. Since then I added several HDDs and even SATA add-in card to hold my very large Plex media files in Windows Storage Spaces.Continue reading “RAM Upgrade”
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New Hardware Projects
After a fun experience with pfSense in a VM the itch to work on hardware is getting more intense. Having one powerful RAM limited 16 thread desktop is not as exciting as I thought it would be. Now I want a half dozen second hand computers to host Pi Hole, pfSense, Unifi Controller and 3CXContinue reading “New Hardware Projects”
Virtualized pfSense
After making excuses for myself about my limitations due to funding for projects I decided to suck it up and try running pfSense in a VM. Now I had to get over the hurdles of enabling SVM in the UEFI then, enable IO APIC in virtual box to get it running. The installation required aContinue reading “Virtualized pfSense”
Jemuel|Griffith 