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Does anyone else use old equipment for homelab use? If so, what are you running? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by L3s to c/sysadmin

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A few years ago I had a couple old and slow Optiplex's running Hyper-V, with Windows/Linux VM's, doing things like NPS, AD, etc.

Had some old equipment collecting dust, so I've built out a decent homelab and am curious if anyone else has done the same, and if so what are they running on them for fun?

In my new "rack":

PowerEdge R430
- Running ProxMox, with a Windows VM (DC), and a Linux VM with Docker for Plex
EqualLogic PS4100
- VM storage for both PowerEdge servers (10TB)
Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 24 250w
PowerEdge R720
- Running ProxMox, with some Linux VM's, most utilizing Docker for Plex "assistance/automations" (ahem), NextCloud for phone photo backup and wife's photography, and another DC as a failover of R430's DC.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like the portable rack config! That would be ideal!!

Very similar set up:

Dell R440 (local storage, sadly)
Ubiquiti USW-24
Low-end Antsle D for random container & VM shenanigans.

I'd like to mess around more with a Pi cluster (or some other low power/RISC setup) or an Intel NUC to keep the noise and power consumption down.

[–] L3s 1 points 1 year ago

Very nice!! Running anything fun on it?