First time posting here, finally ready to share the home lab!
So, I'm a first time poster - as the subject says.
After a lot of tweaking, purchases and scavenging - I'm ready to show off the lab!
From bottom to top:
2x HP DL380 G8's with 24 bays each. Soon to be running TrueNAS for backups, private cloud & Jellyfin. Each with 1x Xeon E5-2620 v2 and 96GB Memory. With 4x 10GB Links going back to the switch (40GB Aggregated)
5x Dell PowerEdge R630's, with the top two powered on running ESXi. The third one is ready to be added to the cluster at a moments notice. The fourth hasn't got a purpose as of yet, but the 5th will soon be 'decomissioned' as it's currently a TrueNAS box, which will be replaced by one of the below HP's.
Each PowerEdge has 2x Xeon E5-2650 v4's with 384GB Memory and 2x 10GB Links going back to the switch (20GB Aggregated). The top three servers are loaded with 8x 500GB SSD's - currently operating as local storage, not vSAN.
A couple of OptiPlex desktops for 'Client' machines, and a couple of laptops knocking about too.
For switching, I have an HPE 5406r ZL2 with 2x 8 port 10GB Copper, 2x 8 port 10GB Fibre and 2x 20 port 1GB PoE+ with 4x 10GB Fibre.
I bet you're all wondering, what it's used for? Mostly for labs. Although, it's also performing home networking duties and hosting of various applications & services.
The switches get powered on from time-to-time (there's something I just prefer about physical tin, rather than GNS3).
So, I'm a first time poster - as the subject says.
After a lot of tweaking, purchases and scavenging - I'm ready to show off the lab!
From bottom to top:
2x HP DL380 G8's with 24 bays each. Soon to be running TrueNAS for backups, private cloud & Jellyfin. Each with 1x Xeon E5-2620 v2 and 96GB Memory. With 4x 10GB Links going back to the switch (40GB Aggregated)
5x Dell PowerEdge R630's, with the top two powered on running ESXi. The third one is ready to be added to the cluster at a moments notice. The fourth hasn't got a purpose as of yet, but the 5th will soon be 'decomissioned' as it's currently a TrueNAS box, which will be replaced by one of the below HP's.
Each PowerEdge has 2x Xeon E5-2650 v4's with 384GB Memory and 2x 10GB Links going back to the switch (20GB Aggregated). The top three servers are loaded with 8x 500GB SSD's - currently operating as local storage, not vSAN.
A couple of OptiPlex desktops for 'Client' machines, and a couple of laptops knocking about too.
For switching, I have an HPE 5406r ZL2 with 2x 8 port 10GB Copper, 2x 8 port 10GB Fibre and 2x 20 port 1GB PoE+ with 4x 10GB Fibre.
I bet you're all wondering, what it's used for? Mostly for labs. Although, it's also performing home networking duties and hosting of various applications & services.
The switches get powered on from time-to-time (there's something I just prefer about physical tin, rather than GNS3).