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As I rely more on my home lab server, I'm starting to worry more about it getting stolen. If someone breaks into my home, I think the server will be a pretty attractive target.

Do y'all just stick it in a closet? That seems not great for cooling...

One of my neighbors recently got broken into.

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[–] itztalal@lemmings.world 13 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Home... lab?

Dude, it's just a computer.

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago

Lol all I have is the remnants from my ship of theseused main rig chilling in a 3d printed enclosure running a single game server (sometimes) and I call that my homelab. Mostly because anyone I actually talk to in real life has no idea what the fuck I'm talking about anyway.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 17 hours ago

But I put it in a really expensive cabinet that I did not measure.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

maybe they have switches and computers and whatnot, different units