Building a server for all your needs.
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@a_skeleton_03 I am looking to setup my first homelab. How did you determine what hardware you needed to run what you have? Right now I am looking to run three game servers, Plex, and ownCloud. It is the same cost for me to get a rack mount PowerEdge R610 or an Intel NUC. Is the rack mount overkill? Is the NUC not powerful enough?
Let me look into the R610 but I think it is a huge electricity hog for very old tech that a NUC can outpace easily.
One thing though is hard drive mounting for a NUC.
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For those of you running OwnCloud, make sure you stay on top of updates I've been reviewing CVEs for years and that software regularly appears there.
I used to use a lot of VMs but a while ago I switched to using lower power systems instead. A raspberry pi 3 is generally fast enough costs practically nothing.
I used to use a lot of VMs but a while ago I switched to using lower power systems instead. A raspberry pi 3 is generally fast enough costs practically nothing.
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A few months ago I picked up a used lenovo m92p for right about $200 to use as a Plex + home server.
i5 3470T, 4GB ram, 500GB hd that I swapped out for a 120gb ssd I had laying around. Came with a Win10 pro eom key. Also have a 3TB WD NAS to host media/etc.
65" smart samsung in the living room, 50" or 55" w/ chromecast in the bedroom. With just the wife and I, don't think we've had more than just 1 stream going. Owncloud sounds pretty interesting and I'd like to get sql server lite up and running to play around/practice analysis/reporting for work.
i5 3470T, 4GB ram, 500GB hd that I swapped out for a 120gb ssd I had laying around. Came with a Win10 pro eom key. Also have a 3TB WD NAS to host media/etc.
65" smart samsung in the living room, 50" or 55" w/ chromecast in the bedroom. With just the wife and I, don't think we've had more than just 1 stream going. Owncloud sounds pretty interesting and I'd like to get sql server lite up and running to play around/practice analysis/reporting for work.
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Recently I have become a big believer in virtualization for my home lab. I run ESXi, just because it's what I know, but Hyper-V's feature set is probably better at this point. Sucking power is the biggest concern at home, but Supermicro's X10SRH-CLN4F paired with Intel's Xeon E5-2630Lv3 (55W TPD) fits the power budget nicely while providing enough horsepower to spin up as many VMs as I need/want. I put in 64Gb of RAM (supports 512Gb). Supermicro's integrated IPMI 2.0 is a really nice added bonus with no additional licensing and has come in useful more than once. I would guess though I have about $2k tied up in it, but at the same time I am running one very efficient machine instead of 5 clunkers like I used to have. I think I am saving about $26/mo in power costs, but that is subject to debate as a couple of things all changed at the same time (gas dryer and furnace).
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Good to know. I'm running mine on VPS and it runs like dog shit. Probably because i'm using the $4 a month plan, probably should upgrade to double the specs for $7 a month.
lol I know that pain
Glad that I moved my to a colo, probably cheaper than the power alone would be.
Glad that I moved my to a colo, probably cheaper than the power alone would be.
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If you hate couchpotato @a_skeleton_03 you might want to take a look at Radarr . It's a fork of sonarr and i've been using it a couple of weeks and so far so good. It's also being updated and worked on.
Yeah been using it for a month but this reminds me I should work on this thread again.
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So that was easy.
I can't say that I am able to give it a full rundown right now. Pros: it's so tiny, quiet, much more powerful than my last server, IPMI management is pretty sweet, low power usage. Cons: it cost a hell of a lot more money than I spent on the POS old poweredge 2950 I was running before, cost translates to pressure to actually follow through on my 1900348 projects I have shelved so I can play video games and do ctfs and shit.
Also, the performance is really, really nice. But it has exposed the real weakness in my janky setup: my nas running on an ancient 32 bit XPS. It's fine, for now. But I need to plan out a real nas solution.
I can't say that I am able to give it a full rundown right now. Pros: it's so tiny, quiet, much more powerful than my last server, IPMI management is pretty sweet, low power usage. Cons: it cost a hell of a lot more money than I spent on the POS old poweredge 2950 I was running before, cost translates to pressure to actually follow through on my 1900348 projects I have shelved so I can play video games and do ctfs and shit.
Also, the performance is really, really nice. But it has exposed the real weakness in my janky setup: my nas running on an ancient 32 bit XPS. It's fine, for now. But I need to plan out a real nas solution.
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