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SRV.HOME - My Home Server Setup

In a way, I’ve got a mini-datacenter here at home! I use it for learning new software, testing new setups, developing new code, and hosting some of my own cloud services. It’s my baby! Basic details below, or, check out the page list here for more details.


Please excuse the messiness, basements do be like that

Details:

  • Rack: Rosewill 12u 4-post rack
  • Dell FY452 - Keyboard Mouse Monitor Rack Console
  • Cisco 2960G 24-port Network Switch
  • Avocent 3200 KVM Switch
  • Dell R610 - Off / Standby
  • Dell R710 - Off / Standby
  • Dell R720XD - Main Server
    • CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 3.000GHz
    • RAM: 96GB DDR3 ECC
    • Data Storage: 6x 2TB HDD (ZFS / RaidZ2)
    • OS Storage: 2x500GB (Linux MD, Raid1)
    • OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
    • Hypervisor: QEMU / KVM
    • Containers: Docker
  • APC SmartUPS 1500

    • Hosted Services

    • Virtual Machines:
      • pfSense Router
      • Development VM's
    • Docker Containers:
      • Jellyfin - Media Streaming Server
      • NextCloud - Remote File Storage / Sync
      • Nginx Proxy Manager - Hostname based matching to backend web services
      • Minecraft Servers

SRV.HOME - Drives and Such

So I’ve been playing around… Alright, so the H310 from the Art of Server came through - after figuring out the latch on the motherboard, it was an easy drop-in replacement, and it is tested to be working fine....Read More

SRV.HOME - Setting up the operating system.

The R720XD has a couple drive bays in the back. These are 2.5” SFF drives. I am populating them with a couple repurposed 500GB Dell drives to fill the role of the operating system storage....Read More

SRV.HOME - Getting Started 2020-01-05

Chassis and Parts So far, I’ve got most of the stuff to get started sans a couple parts. I’m basing this build on the Dell R720XD - which recently became affordable on the second-hand market, and will be replacing my R710....Read More

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