Dedicated section for homelabbing / NAS?

[DrFreeman]

There are a couple of long running threads like these:

Proxmox Thread - Home Lab / Virtualization

I’ve been tinkering with Proxmox lately on my NUC. Im wondering if anyone else here is also into it or working on other platforms like Unraid, VMware etc.

Planning My First Home Server: Hardware & Setup Advice Needed

Hello everyone, I’m new here and just starting out with building my first home server. I’m in the research phase—watching videos and browsing forums to learn as much as I can. My Planned Setup Storage Goal: About 8TB total. Hardware Considering: Lenovo P330 workstation, 32GB RAM, 4 x 2TB NVMe drives for storage, plus a 256GB SATA SSD for the operating system (OS). Prioritizing NVMe speed but can’t allocate more storage just yet. Network: Current router with 1Gbps Ethernet; not planning to u…

Need your advice on a budget NAS build

Hello everyone! I’m new here and looking to build a NAS that better fits my needs. I’ve done some homework on the potential setup and would like to know your thoughts on it. A bit of context So I’ve been running a tiny storage setup with a raspberry pi 4B hooked up to a 4TB 3.5” HDD and a 120GB SSD for a while now. It acts as my primary backup and media server, supporting 1-2 users, mostly over my local network. Recently, my 4TB drive decided to give up, taking four years’ worth of memories an…

HomeLab Upgrade

TL;DR Looking for a suitable OS for setting up a home lab My current home lab setup involves a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB version running PiHole, Deluge, Samba, and Plex while connected through a USB 2.0 port with a Seagate HDD dock running a 1TB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM disk. Now I have decided to upgrade it and consolidate the disks that I have. Following is the config of new Server; Yes please. The config of machine for this as below; Processor Intel i3 12100 RAM G Skill 2x16 GB DDR5 SSD1 Crucial T50…

This is the one I started:

Home Server and Lab - Thread

Mine included 2 cage nuts, 2 screws. Might be worth discussing with whomever you got it from. I got mine from fgtechstore. Got both loaded and unloaded patch panels