I'm just getting started! My homelab currently sits under my desk, and consists of a Mac Studio, a NAS, and a DAS. Yes, there is a NUC in the photo, but it is broken, and I'm looking for a replacement. That's what led me to your review of the Beelink SER9!
My plans: I am exploring virtualization and learning about everything I can. I have used Docker for years at work, but I've never tried to do much with it at home. I am primarily a software developer, so I will be looking to see how I can make use of Docker in that domain.
Thanks for the great videos! I've learned quite a lot in the past couple of weeks.
Hi All IT Enthusiast fellow ship!
Just re-built our house after a house fire last year and added a special corner for the toys:
This is my current setup
12U Wall Rack Mojo Tech
Stationary Wall From the top
Patch Cables
JukeAudio 6 Channel for the Tunes around the house
USW-Pro-48-POE Switch
330XG old Sophos converted to pfSense firewall
4 Raspberry Pi holder UCTRONICS
Holds the following Pi-Hole, Home Assistant, sFTP Server and UPS Pi-Nut
Brush Cable manger strip
Spectrum Modem
HDHomeRun Tv adapter local stations
VEVOR Shelf
CyberPower1500w power supply for only wall rack
Pyle Power Switch
The front orange ethernet cables are temporary until I get the server rack
Temp Server rack until the real one on wheels comes in
Temp Rack from the top
3x CyberPower 1500va Power supply for Each Server and Synology on the floor currently
USB Drive 2 Gig to backup Music for the Car
USE Drive 4gig to backup Documents
Synology DS1515+
Upgrade to 16gig
5x 10TB RED Western Digital
Dell r740xd 768gig Ram 2x 6150 Gold 6x9TB Drive and 2 SDD Running ESXi VMware 8.3 and Nvidia M10
Running the Home Business of Multi brands of Linux and also Windows Domain and RDS servers
Dell r740xd 768gig Ram 2x 6150 Gold 6x9TB Drive and 2 SDD Running ESXi VMware 8.3 and Nvidia M10
Running Multiple Docker Linux Redhat servers, ARR Media Stack Servers, IT Tools, Networking tools and more
HP DL380p Gen 8 368gig Ram 2x E-5 Xeon 2620 8x 1.2TB running ARC Loader Synology booting as DS3416+
Next few Months
Adding 8 Cameras to Synology
Adding another Dell r740
Adding a 45drivedata storage to compliment the Synology NAS and server
Once Rack is in then making the Wall rack pretty 😉
This thread has given me ideas about upgrading my homelab, note to self, do not mention price to wife. I'm adding 5G/LTE as soon as it arrives (thank you US Mobile's $167/1 yr BF67 deal on Black Friday). Then, I just need to get G Skill to un-lose my doubled in price lost DDR4 to revive my NAS. At least I was able to move HOAS to a dedicated machine.
This would allow me to build a mini server and start to rack everything for once. I would also LOVE to stop relying on 6GHz backhaul, so getting everything working on the CAT5e is paramount- bought this house over 2 yr ago. I use this MacBook Air for everything, but it can't do some things.
I'd love to add a 45 drive Storinator or the like, but that's not in the cards. Heck I could spend $100k homelabbing