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From a Patchwork ARM Homelab to Three x86 Servers: Julien’s Migration
Julien moved a varied ARM homelab to three compact x86 hosts with Debian, Docker, ZFS, Borg and Caddy, migrating services one at a time.
One Blade, Three Households: How a Tiny x86 Board Became My Family’s IT Department
Vladimir Penkin shares how two compact x86 servers became family infrastructure across countries, from a Tailscale exit node to Immich photo uploads.
Barely Works, but Getting There: Chris’s Mixed x86 and ARM Homelab
Chris pairs a dependable two-drive Debian NAS with a ZimaBoard 2 and Raspberry Pi cluster, experimenting with k3s, Ollama and a Pi Pico backup display.
From Pi-hole to a Family Server: u/2Hard4Him’s ZimaOS Story
A Self-Hosting Day story about a first network project becoming a family server, with practical lessons for service ownership, photo recovery and local storage.
Twenty Years of Self-Hosting: Why u/jc-21 Keeps a Small Homelab
A Self-Hosting Day community story about a compact daily-service core, clear workload boundaries, and a practical place for shared local storage.
How ASNetworking Installs Proxmox: ECC, ZFS & Network Pinning
ASNetworking walks through Proxmox host requirements, BIOS settings, installation, filesystem choices, and stable management networking, with ZimaBoard 2 among the lab hardware shown.
ZimaBoard SE + OpenClaw: A Real-World AI-Assisted Homelab Setup
A real ZimaBoard SE homelab using OpenClaw, Hermes, Docker, monitoring, smart-home tools, and AI-assisted server administration.
Thanksgiving Family Media Server: Share Old Photos and Home Videos on the Big Screen
Turn a Thanksgiving slideshow into a tested big-screen family library with curated access copies, permissions, storage, and recovery.
