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Storage Upgrades: Special VDEV, Compression Changes, and Rebalancing

I’ve been making more improvements to my ZFS storage setup, focusing on performance and efficiency. The key updates include:

  • Added a special vdev using 960GB Micron Pro 5300 SSDs
  • Switched compression from ZSTD-9 to LZ4 for better performance
  • Rebalancing the dataset to ensure even distribution across the pool

These changes should improve latency, space efficiency, and data distribution, making my storage more responsive for workloads.

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Swapping to the SuperMicro JBOD, Adding a Special VDEV, and Rebalancing ZFS

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been making significant changes to my ZFS storage setup. I replaced my EMC VNX 25-bay JBOD with a SuperMicro CSE-216BE1-741JBOD, added a special vdev using 960GB Micron Pro 5300 SSDs, and now I’m rebalancing my ZFS pool to ensure an even data distribution.

Each of these upgrades has brought noticeable improvements in performance, flexibility, and noise reduction, and I’m excited to share the results.

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About a Month Since My Last Post

It's been about a month since my last update, and during that time, I’ve made a lot of changes to my homelab setup. The biggest changes include adding two more servers to my Proxmox cluster, upgrading my JBODs, and finally racking my HL15 server. Each of these changes has helped optimize my infrastructure, but not without a few hiccups along the way.

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Migrating the First App

I started migrating my first app to the new structure and updating the documentation. It seems straightforward once everything is set up properly. The service I began with was Homepage, my dashboard for viewing all applications.

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Beszel

I’m considering Beszel for monitoring containers in my homelab. It has a clean interface, is easy to deploy with Docker, and should handle all the services and LXCs I plan to run.

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Should I do Ansible?

Ansible offers open-source automation that is simple, flexible, and powerful.

This makes me want to automate and deploy more consistently in my homelab. It seems like a solid choice for scaling automation. It’s also a useful skill to learn, whether or not it’s strictly necessary for my setup today.

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Blog Posts Everyday

In 2025, i decided to start posting to my blog everyday since the blog creation (or atleast try to). The changes into my homelab matter a great deal to me and its good to just write them down on paper. The changing of technology is also something that i love to learn and play with toys in the landscape.

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Hardware Options

  • Hardware
  • Dell Precision with Dual CPU
    • 128/256/512 GB of RAM
  • AMD Epyc with Asrack RomeD8-2T motherboard or Super Micro H12SSL-I
    • 256 or 512 GB of RAM
  • Minis Forum Ms-01
    • Max 96 GB of RAM
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Migration Plan

After finishing testing yesterday, I need a plan to migrate data to LXC on Proxmox. The plan is to migrate services gradually, moving them into their own LXCs.

I’ll migrate to LXC containers to make services more resilient. The question is which services belong in VMs versus LXCs—there isn’t a single right answer, and I like iterating on the homelab.