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What to do with new server? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone. So I just inherited a Dell R720 from work. I don’t know the full specs on it yet, but it’s got a 24 core processor and about 380 GB of memory. I need to buy my own drives, though. I honestly have no idea what to do with this. I’ve dreamed of having a home lab, but only ever thought about hosting a Unifi controller and a plex or jellyfin server. I’ll probably put Proxmox on it to manage everything. What recommendations do you all have for making use of this server? I’m honestly open to anything!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know how much power it uses?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No idea! That’s one of my main concerns - justifying the power bill with hosting some cool stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think it depends on what you want to learn! I wanted to be able to clone a lot of systems I have at work, so I installed VMware via VMUG, then installed AD, radius, ADFS, SCCM, and some Linux hosts.

[–] jgkawell 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of my favorites is Home Assistant. I run it in a VM on Proxmox and tinker with home automation all the time. I also recommend PiHole as a network-wide ad/tracker blocker. You can also virtualize a NAS using something like TrueNAS and store all your photos, videos, files locally.

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