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Brandon Lee

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Sep 20, 2024 9:23 am

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I'm starting a new thread for home lab pics in 2024, getting ready for the next giveaway - A $799 mini PC! Post a picture and specs of your home lab as it sits in 2024. We will be randomly choosing a winner from posters here in the forum with their home lab pics in a week or so after the next video.

Rules:

Mini PC can only be shipped to a winner in the U.S. and Canada due to shipping costs
You can post multiple pics to a single forum post and also comment on others posts, but the winner of the give away must post pictures and specs of his or her home lab

The mini PC (It runs VMware ESXi and Proxmox!!!)

Read my review here: Beelink Sei14 Mini PC Review as a Home Lab Server with Intel Arc - Virtualization Howto

Beelink SEi14 - Beelink SEi14 Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Mini PC 14C/18T Frequency up to (bee-link.com)
12th Generation Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Meteor Lake processor with base clock at 3.0 GHz and turbo up to 4.5 GHz.
14 cores and 18threads
18 MB of smart cache
Intel Arc Graphics 2.2 GHz (7 cores of graphics processing power)
4k UHD with support for (3) monitors
Maximum of 96 GB of DDR5 memory
(2) M.2 slots with a max of 8TB of NVMe storage at max 4 TB per slot (this will be great for more storage, or using the other M.2 slot for NVMe memory tiering in VMware ESXi)
Lots of connectivity options, including:
- USB-C 10Gbps, USB 3.2 10Gbps x2, USB 2.0 480Mbps x2, RJ45 2.5GbE
  Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps/TBT4/PD/DP1.4)x1, DP1.4a (4K144Hz)x1, HDMIx1
  Audio jack

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adm2k

Sep 20, 2024 1:49 pm

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Well my lab has been constructed with a combination of devices. I run Proxmox VE's serving up a variety of VM/s and CT's. I have two HP G3's running Proxmox in a high availability environment. I use an "old" Raspbery Pi Zero to provide quorum for the Proxmox HA. Another G3 functions a Proxmox backup server. An old Lenovo N22 runs Proxmox backup server and syncs to the primary backup server. I also use Tuxis Cloud for an off site backup.

In the photo the top shelf is home for the Lenovo backup server. Next down is an 8 port switch and the Proxmox Backup Server. Next down is the Raspbery Pi mini rack (only running one to provide quorum) and the second Proxmox VE finally the bottom shelf is for a Chromebox and the primary Proxmox VE server.

This has been running for a year now without issues. Thanks for considering, I sure would like to Beelink Sei14

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Brandon Lee

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Sep 20, 2024 2:07 pm

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@adm2k Very nice! Thank you for posting, great setup and it sounds like it has served you well. Thanks for entering the giveaway!

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Sep 27, 2024 6:47 am

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@adm2k Loving the mini lab!! I user SFF devices too.

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adm2k

Sep 20, 2024 2:33 pm

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Thanks Brandon,

Just recently found your YouTube channel and have subscribed.

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Sep 20, 2024 2:58 pm

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@adm2k Really appreciate it! Hope you enjoy the content.

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jorgeg73

Sep 21, 2024 10:09 am

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Hi following you for a while.

Here is my home lab.

Have a proxmox cluster, that run diffrent CT's, media and DVR for my camaras.

An unRaid server for all of my important data/

My son change hes motherboard and cpu, so i build another proxmox machine, because this one has a lot of power i run mostly VM's for testing.

My unify router.

Last a zima blade that runs HA, other CT's.

Is a mess but it works.

The Beelink SEi could be a nice addition to this setup.

Everything is in a plastic self,

Thank you, for the time and effort.

have a nice day

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Brandon Lee

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Sep 21, 2024 11:54 am

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jorgeg73

@jorgeg73 Nice setup! Don't worry, we all have the need to tidy up a bit in our labs, but the spirit of what you are doing is the same for all of us. Thank you for sharing and posting!

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Sep 27, 2024 6:49 am

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@jorgeg73 Nice, real DIY look. Love seeing mini pcs as I use them as well.

Brandon Lee

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Oct 03, 2024 6:13 am

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@jorgeg73 congratulations! You won the giveaway! You can see the drawing on my latest video. Reach out to me on my discord server and send me a message there and we can sync up: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3

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Oct 03, 2024 8:55 am

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@brandon-lee I will like to thank Virtualizationhowto. For the beelink SE14

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Oct 11, 2024 5:28 pm

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@brandon-lee i Will Like thanks virtualizationowto, Yesterday i revive the beelink SEI14. Its going to be a busy weekend. Planning on installing proxmox. Whit it replace my proxmox cluster. Thanks again

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davidpet86

Sep 21, 2024 6:08 pm

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Here's mine:

Unifi UDM PRO
Unifi 10g Aggregation Switch
Unifi 24 Port Enterprise POE
Synology DS1621+ w/32gb and 4x4TB drives
Synology DS224 for snapshot replications and playing around
Miniforum MS-01 w/64GB and 2x1TB NVMe
External 14TB HD for backups
VOIP Adapter
APC UPS

Miniforum is running:

Proxmox VE
3 VMs for family members
1 Docker host with about 30 containers
3 node K8S cluster for learnins
Connected to Synology NAS with 10gb SFP+ and NFS shares storing my docker persistent volumes and Proxmox backups