Hardware
There are plenty of radiators and fans for the small single-board computer – but how big is the impact of using cooling? Don’t get me wrong – having a cooling system is always better than … Read more
In the last part of this series we linked Rhasspy and Node-RED to teach the assistant its first function: reading the current date and time. In this part we will focus on measuring temperature via … Read more
In the last part of this series we checked-out and installed software for building our own voice assistant without leverage cloud resources. In this article we will focus on linking both Rhasspy and Node-RED. At … Read more
Voice assistants are omnipresent gadgets loved by technophile geeks. They support ad-hoc tasks (set tee timer, announce outdoor temperature) and integrate flawlessly into home automation and other third-party systems. Unfortunately, data privacy is often subordinated with these … Read more
Some months ago, I built a small VSAN home lab. Gradualy I expanded the setup – e.g. I moved from a hybrid setup (HDDs and SSDs) to all-flash (SSDs only) to utilize deduplication. Because errors … Read more
2016 seems to be the year of big hardware renewals for me – after completely overhauling my virtual infrastructure, I also needed new hard drives for my NAS after nearly 4 years. NAS, DAS, what? … Read more
I was puzzled when I saw that the ESXi hosts of my new lab are generating critical CPU fan errors. Strange, I’m sure I mounted the fan correctly – otherwise the system would have been … Read more
In 2008 I started working as VMware administrator and thus also began using vSphere at home. You might know this – as an IT person you want to have a lab at home that can … Read more
2016 seems to be the year of hardware upgrades for me. After replacing my ESXi host with a VSAN cluster recently, I also had to replace the D.I.Y. router after upgrading my internet connection. At … Read more
New HP Smart Array controllers built into a HP Integrity machine are basically unconfigured. When running the EFI Shell, you will probably see the following message: HP Smart Array P800 Controller (version 7.22) 0 Logical … Read more
