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. Top to bottom 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 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
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. Top to bottom 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 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