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HPR4215: My home lab

Hosted by Lee on 2024-09-27 00:00:00

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3 servers, a Mac Mini, and some old networking kit

Lee talks about building a home lab consisting of several servers and some networking equipment.

The home lab on Reddit: 3_servers_a_mac_mini_and_some_old_networking_kit

Rack is limited to 30cm deep due to closet dimensions. All three server cases have been modded in one way or another (most drastic was the DVR, cut down from 40cm deep with an angle-grinder). To save money / energy, the DVR is the only one always on, except in winter when I can justify the others heating the apartment.

The (fairly obsolete) Cisco Router and old WiFi broadband router together can provide a Wireless LAN filtered with an IP deny list.

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NAS Server (1U)
- CPU: Intel Celeron N4505 NUC
- OS/Software: Ubuntu 22.10
- Mem: 8Gb
- Storage: 4 TB
DVR (2U)
- CPU: 12-core 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700
- OS/Software: Manjaro / Jellyfin
- Mem: 16Gb
- Storage: 16 TB
Secondary WiFi
- Old TalkTalk Router
Switch
- Cisco SG-100-16
Router
- Cisco 1841 Router
Mac Mini
- CPU: quad core Intel Core i7-2635QM
- OS/Software: Manjaro
- Mem: 16 GB
- Storage: 1 TB
Proxmox Box (2U)
- CPU: 8-Core AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- OS/Software: Proxmox 7
- Mem: 64Gb
- Storage: 3 TB