Home Lab

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My Home Lab at a glance.

Compute Tier

HVNODE-01: Dell Optiplex 7040 Micro , i3-6100T / 3.2 GHz, 32 GB RAM 2133 DDR4L

OS : Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition
HDD 1 : Apacer Panther AS330 240GB
HDD 2 : Crucial MX300 525GB M.2 Type 2280SS Internal SSD
USB NIC : D-Link DUB-1312 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

HVNODE-02: Dell Optiplex 7050 Micro , i3-7100T / 3.4 GHz, 32 GB RAM 2400 DDR4L

OS : Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition
HDD 1 : SK Hynix 128 GB NvME M.2 2280
HDD 2 : Hyper-X Savage 240 GB SSD
USB NIC : D-Link DUB-1312 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Storage Tier

LanBox01 : QNAP TurboNas TS-251, upgraded to 8GB RAM

HDD 1 : WD Red 3TB SATA 6GBps
HDD 2 : WD Red 3TB SATA 6GBps
RAID : Configured in Raid 1
Network : NIC Teaming using both Gigabit NIC’s
Services Running : iSCSI Target Server, CIFS, NFS, OpenVPN

Network Tier:

Access01 : HPE OfficeConnect 1820 24G Switch ( Configured several VLans for Internal, Lab and Backup Traffic )

Home AP : Apple Airport Express

Pool and Study Tier:

Pool 01 : Dell Optiplex 9010 MT , i5-3570 / 3.4 GHz, 16GB RAM 1600MHZ DDR3, Samsung EVO 860 500 GB, HDD WD Enterprise 500GB