Homelab Hero · No. 016

One incident. Three calls.

Sunday afternoon, the hottest of the month. Your AI node starts thermal-throttling mid-batch: intake temperatures are climbing, every fan is at full speed, and the photo backup is queued behind the job. The rack is hotter than it has ever run.

Your call:

A. Pause the batch, then find and fix the airflow fault — a failed exhaust fan, a clogged filter — before restarting anything

B. Cap the node's power limit and let it finish slowly while you order a replacement fan

C. Silence the temperature alarm and let it run — throttling is the chip protecting itself

100 Hero Points for the right call — 200 on the Friday Boss Fight. From Issue No. 016 of The Homelab Herald. Your result lands on the next page, ready to share.