Wishlist
I have a lot of project ideas that I haven’t prioritized enough to spend money on. So, here are some thing I’d like to experiment with:
Computer Hardware⌗
I do love computers! Here are some things I’m particularly interested in!
- Mikrotik pretty much anything
- CCR2004 PCIe - trying so hard to find one!
- CRS500 series to go with the 25G card
- Any other 10G or 25G cards to go with a high bandwidth Ceph setup
- Rack-mount small servers (especially 2-post rack style, I like small efficient things)
- LTO Tape Drive (LTO 5 or newer, SAS) or tape library
- Asrock Rack PAUL IPMI Card - these are basically impossible to find!
- Obscure but still usable storage hardware (PCIe?)
- Mid 90s UNIX workstations
Power⌗
Power is important for a functoinal home lab!
- Rack mount PDU, trying to find a smart one that I can connect to Home Assistant, preferably with power monitoring so I can do testing of power consumption of my clusters
- UPS backup, preferably with Ethernet
- Solar power to save money on running servers
Communications⌗
- Any somewhat modern fiber communications equipment to play with
- Software Defined Radio Projects - 4G/5G using srsRAN?
- WiFi hardware
- Mikrotik Audience - supports WifiWave2, but seems more useful to me personally than hAP AX2/AX3
- Some hardware supporting OpenWRT for testing of that maybe?
Home Automation⌗
I’m open to playing with … some things in the HA space. Nothing cloud-based.
- IP-based thermostat
- Z-wave dimmer switches (the more the merrier)
- Energy Monitoring
Camera Gear⌗
I’m hoping to upgrade my camera gear over time, but a few things that would be helpful to me:
- Teleprompter
- Very small monitor for better framing
- A better tripod