If you had to start your homelab from scratch... - eviltoast

For reasons unexplained, you have no homelab hardware, but $1,000 in cash earmarked for the purpose.

What are you buying, what are you installing on it, and how is it different from what you’ve done previously (i.e. lessons learned)?

  • StraightMethod@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Wish I had skipped the Frankenstein and mini PC steps.

    Here’s two reasons enterprise servers are the way to go:

    • Remote management is awesome. Remote KVM, remote serial terminal, mounting ISOs remotely. If your homelab is in a not-so-accessible place (e.g. cupboard or garage), this saves so much frustration.
    • High quality rack rails. You’re more likely to be tinkering around the back of your server than a company that throws it in a data centre. It’s almost like rack rails were built for homelabs.

    I wouldn’t worry too much about noise. $1000 will easily get you an R730 or T630.