homelab

Wanted to share something I ended up building after going down a fairly deep rabbit hole with my home router setup. Backstory: I was running Home Assistant on Proxmox and kept hitting mDNS/SSDP discovery problems from VMs sharing a bridge — fixed that with SR-IOV for a while, but that comes...

Hey all, long time reader and lurker here and I'm sorry my very first post is a "HELP" post but hopefully someone(s) can help. I am looking for some tech support from those of us who are of the nerdy variety. I have a Dell R720xd which I have done some decent upgrades to. In the last 3 days I...

Hello, I am new here. Would like to ask you help me choose right mb and cpu. I did read quite a lot, browsed eshops checked benchmarks however as I dont really do these things, cannot really see the connection between hw capabilities and sw requirements and efficiency (from NAS point of view -...

Hi STH community, Selling a pristine Dell Optiplex 3070 Micro. This is the perfect 1L machine for your next TinyMiniMicro project, Proxmox cluster, or low-power ESXi host. The jump to the 9th Gen i5-9500T gives you 6 true physical cores while maintaining an incredibly low idle power draw...

Hi everyone, Long-time reader, first-time seller here. I have a batch of 3x Dell Optiplex Micro form factor PCs. They are in excellent condition, thoroughly cleaned, repasted, and tested. They make perfect low-power nodes for a Proxmox/VMware HA cluster. Specs (per node): CPU: Intel Core...

I recently installed a passive Quadro RTX 6000 in a Lenovo P620 workstation. Since passive GPUs normally require directed airflow similar to a server chassis, the stock workstation airflow was not sufficient. To solve this, I designed a small duct system using a Delta blower fan and several 3D...

Howdy! I have six (6) SK hynix 32GB DDR4 ECC Registered (RDIMM) server memory modules for sale. All modules are used, fully tested, and in great working condition, pulled from a clean enterprise server environment. Specifications Brand: SK hynix Capacity: 32GB per module Memory Type: DDR4...

Hello everyone, I’m planning to build a small “headless homelab / mini data center” setup at home and would like some advice before I start wiring everything up. Current idea / architecture Backend (headless room): Windows laptop with RTX 3060 → acts as GPU workstation for CUDA / ML...

Hey, I'm planning a compact but powerful microserver build and would really appreciate your input. I'm currently considering three configurations — but maybe there's a better option I'm not aware of: Ryzen 9 5950X + ASRock B550 Pro4 (ATX, traditional build) MINISFORUM BD795M (Ryzen 9 7945HX...

Hello, I'm pretty new the to home lab adventure. I experimented somewhat with old laptops and mini PCs. But I now want to build my own rack mounted home lab server. I read a bunch of posts and articles, and watched videos from Wolfgang' channel, hardware haven, raid owl, wundertech etc. I...

Hi there STH, Im trying to decide on an efficent Server/NAS setup for my home, I’ve been going around in circles and finaly I’ve decided I need to engage others with more experience than myself. My goal is to host SMB shares, Plex, Sonar, Radar, Jellyseer and Home assistant OS. Currently im...

Hello! I am setting up my first homelab and I was wondering if y'all could help me out (I've been stuck for days on this). Objective: Create an internal "LAN" network separate from my Home network "WAN". All my servers will live in here and my OPNsense VM will be the gateway (10.10.0.1)...

Build’s Name: The BIG one Operating System/ Storage Platform: Linux/Proxmox CPU: Intel 14500/14600 (?) Motherboard: Asus W680 IPMI (?) Chassis: Fractal Define XL 7 (?) Drives: At least 12x20TB Exos drives RAM: 64/128GB non-ECC Add-in Cards: LSI HBA 16 slots (?), Intel 2xSFP+ Power Supply: (?)...

Hello everyone, I currently have a basic homelab comprising of a low end NUC machine running homeassistant and a synology NAS that serves double duty of data warehousing and also hosting a bunch of other services I use via docker. This includes things like Pi-hole, portainer, *arr stack, amongst...

Selling an Ice Lake Xeon Gold 5320 (LGA 4189). The processor was purchased new in November 2022 and I have been the only owner. It has been a fantastic processor for my workstation and is in like-new condition. Specifications are given below and pictures attached. Specs: - Total Cores: 26 -...

Got a China OEM Epyc from ebay. Put it into my compute server, now only need silent cooling set up. Specifications: Architecture: Zen2 Cores: 48(96) Base Clock: 2.6GHz Boost Clock: 3.3GHz L3 Cache: 196MB TDP: 240W This CPU will serve in a Gigabyte g292-z20 8GPU server and will mainly do FEM...

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Hello everyone, I'm in the process of setting up my own homelab and would greatly appreciate your recommendations and advice. Below, I provide the details and requirements of my project: Goals and Essential Requirements: Homelab Server with Proxmox: I want to create an environment to learn...

Hi there, Here in Bulgaria, in the middle of the street we have metal boxes which hosts ISP telecom active equipment. Yeah they have ventilation holes, but hey - when outside is almost 40C degrees, do they are able to cool down? I'm not sure.. Do you have the same in your countries? Have you...

Good evening everyone, I was hoping someone here could possibly tell me if a Supermicro CSE-847BE1C-R1K28LPB would be compatible with a PWS-1K11P-1R -48vdc PSU? I've contacted Supermicro directly and have basically gotten the basic "It's the PWS-1k11P-1R is a direct swap for the PWS-1K28P-SQ...