https://homelab.tod.net/tags/migration/Recent content in Migration on Tod's HomelabHugoen-usSat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://homelab.tod.net/posts/why-im-replacing-a-homelab-that-still-works/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://homelab.tod.net/posts/why-im-replacing-a-homelab-that-still-works/<p>For several years my homelab has run on two 1U Supermicro servers — <code>chimaera</code> and <code>basilisk</code> — paired together as an XCP-ng pool. Each has two Xeons, 128 GB of ECC RAM, dual 10-gigabit networking, and local disk. Between them they offer 24 cores, 48 threads, and 256 GB of RAM. They work. Nothing is failing. That is the part that makes a setup hard to walk away from.</p> <figure><img src="https://homelab.tod.net/posts/why-im-replacing-a-homelab-that-still-works/server-stack.jpg" alt="A stack of home server hardware: two 1U rackmount servers on top, two small mini PCs side by side in the middle, and a larger NAS chassis at the bottom."><figcaption> <p>Top to bottom: <code>chimaera</code> and <code>basilisk</code> (the 1U servers being retired), then <code>proxmox-mini01</code> (left) and <code>proxmox-mini02</code> (right), with the NAS underneath. The two small boxes in the middle are set to replace the two big ones above them.</p>