Homelab – April 2020

I thought it was the right time to give you an update from my homelab.

A shot overview of what I got there (top to bottom)

– Supermicro 24/7 NAS Server (Freenas, X3470, 16GB RAM, 2x 4TB mirror, 6x 4TB Raid Z2)

– Supermicro CSE-815 24/7 VM Host #1 (ESXi, E3-1240, 32GB RAM, 4x 2TB Raid 5)

– DL360 G7 Lab-Host (ESXi, 2x QC CPU, 96GB RAM, 2x (4x 600GB Raid 5)) as Host for Lab-VMs

– First DL160 G6 currently GNS3 Host (Win 10 Pro, 2x QC CPU, 64GB RAM, 2x 300GB mirror, 2x 2TB miror)

– 2x DL160 G6 for Cluster-Setups (ESXi, Proxmox, Xen, xcp-ng, Hyper-V etc.)

– HP Storageworks (1x 6C CPU, 32GB RAM) used to be my primary NAS but to power hungry

– RX200 S7 24/7 VM Host #2 (1x E5-2670, 128GB RAM, 4x 600GB Raid 5) and my favourite server so far

– Netapp DS2246 (24x 600GB SAS) to play with – to power hungry for 24/7 (searching for an afordable server with 24 bays)

– BX900 S1 with 18x BX920 S2 (2x E5603, 16GB RAM) and 4 Blade Switches (to play with, „replacement“ for c7000)

– C7000 with 1x BL460c G1 (to test the system), 5x BL460c G7 (2x Barebone, 3x Dual CPU+RAM) (for fun)

On the Back:

Netgear GS752TXS as ToR

Avocent KVM

PDUs

Cables

How much power does this draw? Is it very loud?

Depending on load for the 24/7 stuff ~250-450w. When I play with the blades >=2kw I plan to implement a dedicated circuit but until now it is „shared“ It’s not enough heat for cold days. Maybe when I turn on all servers but i don’t plan to replace my heater with it and yes it is loud but it is on the basement and i can’t hear it from other rooms