Got the itch to upgrade various things at the moment, all while renovating a whole house. Turning into a hectic year!
I have come a long way in recent years, see my original build log at https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ld-vsphere-cluster-and-network-overhaul.1712/ where I probably bought items without too much thought into how they will be used. Will try not continue this but given I probably have a spending problem, I make no promises.
Recently posted a rough outline for upgrade options here https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/homelab-update-options-advise.18954/
This thread probably won't be on the same level as some of the incredible setups posted here, but still hope some find it at least remotely interesting
Current setup
Rack
I have come a long way in recent years, see my original build log at https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ld-vsphere-cluster-and-network-overhaul.1712/ where I probably bought items without too much thought into how they will be used. Will try not continue this but given I probably have a spending problem, I make no promises.
Recently posted a rough outline for upgrade options here https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/homelab-update-options-advise.18954/
This thread probably won't be on the same level as some of the incredible setups posted here, but still hope some find it at least remotely interesting
Current setup
Rack
- APC UPS - SMT1000RMI2U
- APC PDU ZeroU
- Dell PowerConnect 5525P
- Dell PowerConnect 5524 (stacked with above)
- MikroTik CRS317-1G-16S+RM - not used currently, this will be the core switch
- Main Server running ESXi 6 - runs 24/7
- Supermicro X9SRL-F
- Xeon E5-1620v2
- 128GB ECC DDR3
- 2x M1015 HBA
- Samsung Evo 840 120GB boot drive
- Samsung SM961 1TB NVMe - primary datastore
- Samsung Evo 850 1TB - local backup datastore
- WD 6TB Red - Media storage due to storage constraints on ZFS pool
- 12x Hitachi/HGST 3TB 5k3000 drives (might be 1 or 2 7K3000 drives mixed in)
- Intel X520-DA2 SFP+ NIC
- Secondary server running ESXi 6 or what ever OS I need to experiment with
- Asus Z9PE-D8 WS (with IPMI chip)
- 2x Xeon E5-2660
- 128GB ECC DDR3
- Mixed old SSDs for testing
- 3-4 Hitachi 3TB 7K3000 drives
- Asus HD5450 (used to passthrough to VM)
- Intel X520-DA2 SFP+ NIC
- Desktop running Mac OS
- Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H
- i7 4790K
- 32GB Corsair DDR3
- Samsung SM951 512GB
- Samsung 940 Pro 256 GB (Windows boot drive)
- Corsair CX650
- GTX 980
- Myricom 10G-PCIE2-8B2-2S (dual port SFP+ card)
- Generic bluetooth/WiFi card for Mac
- 3x Dell P2715Q Monitors
- Apple Keyboard/Trackpad
- Razor Mamba Mouse
- Audiolab 8000P Amp
- Audolab M-DAC
- B&W 685 S2 speakers
- 15" MacBook Pro 2014 (i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)
- Sonnect Echo Express with Myricom 10G-PCIE-8B-S (1 port SFP+ card)
- UniFi AP Pro
- Various IP PoE cameras (yet to be purchased)
- 3 Intel NUC for media PCs
- Around 10 wireless devices
- Numerous wired devices around the home
- Dedicated pfSense box
- Storage upgrade
- Storage performance
- New desk
- Network reconfigure
- Server upgrade