homelab.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/lorenzopicoli on 2024-12-28 16:13:05.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/UrTwiN on 2024-12-28 16:01:29.

I'm looking for GPU options for the MS-01. The Minisforum site says that it's compatible with GPUs "up to" the RTX A200 Mobile. I am under the impression so far this is mostly due to the size of the coolers on other would-be options like the A4000, but that with modified coolers these cards can work.

I'm not familiar with Nvidia's GPU lineup beyond the cards typically marketed at gamers so I'm not sure what to go with here. There are seems to be a few new cards like the NVIDIA RTX 2000E Ada that I haven't seen mentioned.

Does anyone know if the RTX 2000E Ada is plug-and-play with the MS-01 or will I need a modified cooler?

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/krystalnightmare on 2024-12-28 15:43:19.

Hello everyone, i collected a bunch of switches and some other stuff, so i searched of ebay the item sold with the relative model but the prices are really f*cked up and i don't really know how to place them, could you help me? Here's the list

• Nas Ctera 4 Bay (have to figure out the model)
• Patch Panel Panduit Modular NKFP24Y
• Switch Aruba 2530-24G J9776A
• Switch Aruba 2530-24G J9782A
• Switch Aruba 2530-8G J9774A
• Switch Cisco Business CBS250-8PP-D
• Switch Cisco SG550XG-8F8T 16 Port
• Switch HP 1810-8G J9802A
• Switch HP 1820-8G J9979A
• Switch HP 2530-24 J9782A
• Swtich HP 2510-24G J9279A
• Swtich HP 2510-48 J9280A
• Swtich HP 2530-48G J9775A
• Swtich HP 2530-48G J9781A

I'm in Europe so i'll need the quotation in Euros. Thanks to all who can help :)

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/SamDaaEpic on 2024-12-28 13:54:46.

So like I'm thinking of upgrading my little homelab from using a i5 3rd gen. Here's the deal I'm getting from facebook marketplace:-

I5 11400 + Asus Prime H510M-E for around $120

and 2*6TB Hard Disks(2 years uptime) + 32GB DDR4 Ram for like $80

For around approx $200 is this a good deal?

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The original post: /r/homelab by /u/sidius_wolf on 2024-12-28 13:30:07.

I own a Synology 2-bay NAS that is about 6 years old. It's just stopped getting major OS updates from Synology. It also doesn't support Docker, which would be very handy.

I currently use my Synology as a Plex server with an Nvidia shield, backups and a general file server. I've enjoyed the simplicity of the OS. I'm pretty good with Linux (Software Engineer background) but don't want to do an enormous amount of tinkering.

I was thinking of upgrading my Synology for the following reasons:

• Add more storage. I have to delete films and manage storage quite a lot with the 2 bay 4tb I have at the moment.
• Support some other streaming clients with Plex transcoding (not super urgent)
• Have access to Docker support for adding a Ghost blog.

Options I've considered:

• TerraMaster F4-424 Pro and install Unraid, TrueNAS or OpenMediaVault. It is currently on sale from Amazon for €550 which seems like an excellent price.
• Add a Mini PC and then install a Linux distro on it, and connect it on the network to the current 2-bay NAS. I have seem forum posts of people doing this but I can't decide if having a NAS OS for a Mini PC is weird; or having 2 machines running instead of one.
• Buy an Aoostar (N100 or Ryzen) and also install Unreaid or TrueNAS. This works out a little cheaper than the TerraMaster but is from a much smaller company. I also might incur import duties.

Can anyone offer any advice? Please also feel free to suggest different options.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/UniqueTumbleweed6998 on 2024-12-28 13:18:28.

I own a Synology 2-bay NAS that is about 6 years old. It's just stopped getting major OS updates from Synology. It also doesn't support Docker, which would be very handy.

I currently use my Synology as a Plex server with an Nvidia shield, backups and a general file server. I've enjoyed the simplicity of the OS. I'm pretty good with Linux (Software Engineer background) but don't want to do an enormous amount of tinkering.

I was thinking of upgrading my Synology for the following reasons:

• Add more storage. I have to delete films and manage storage quite a lot with the 2 bay 4tb I have at the moment.
• Support some other streaming clients with Plex transcoding (not super urgent)
• Have access to Docker support for adding a Ghost blog.

Options I've considered:

• TerraMaster F4-424 Pro and install Unraid, TrueNAS or OpenMediaVault. It is currently on sale from Amazon for €550 which seems like an excellent price.
• Add a Mini PC and then install a Linux distro on it, and connect it on the network to the current 2-bay NAS. I have seem forum posts of people doing this but I can't decide if having a NAS OS for a Mini PC is weird; or having 2 machines running instead of one.
• Buy an Aoostar (N100 or Ryzen) and also install Unreaid or TrueNAS. This works out a little cheaper than the TerraMaster but is from a much smaller company. I also might incur import duties.

Can anyone offer any advice? Please also feel free to suggest different options.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/AceKillar007 on 2024-12-28 09:06:48.

I recently bought an HP 2920 J9729A network switch, and the fans are ridiculously loud. So, I decided to replace them with three Noctua NF-A4x20 fans for the chassis. When I went to install them, I noticed that all the wire colors are the same (Yellow, Green, Black, Blue), but the switch has a connector for all three fans, while the Noctuas each have individual connectors.

To make it work, I used the extension cable that came with the fans, cut off the end, and spliced the wires together. After booting the switch, I got a fan fault error. All the fans dropped in RPM, and about 10 seconds later, they spiked back to max speed.

I only installed one fan to test it, and while it worked, the fan fault error didn't go away. This is the first time I’ve tried any hardware modifications like this, but I found a few Reddit posts suggesting that I remove the tachometer pin from the connector and create a jumper from ground to the tachometer wire.

At this point, if I can't figure it out, I’ll probably just use black tape, but the nerd in me really wants to find a proper solution. I feel like i have the wires wrong even though there the same color. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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The original post: /r/homelab by /u/kaitlyn2004 on 2024-12-28 05:10:17.

I have an ancient synology NAS that will need replacing soon.

The idea of something like a costly DS923 + multiple 14tb+ drives adds up quick… and isn’t so exciting.

I mostly remember buying my synology to have network-accessed storage for multiple computers, being able to pool the disks into one large storage share, and as a primary backup.

But my question, I think, is mostly about specifically RAID. What do I gain with something like a RAID 10 vs having a shared external drive + another external drive that gets backed up to.

I always hear raid is not a backup. Now with a single drive coming in as big as 24TB - far more than exceeding my current+foreseeable future needs… I’m not totally remembering why even set up a whole RAID array vs one large disk + a backup disk (+backup to cloud)?

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Obsidianxenon on 2024-12-28 03:18:41.

I have an old iPad Air 1st gen that can't go up to iOS 13, and I was wondering if I could use it as a Grafana machine or something? If it is, how would I do so? Thanks.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/bostonmacosx on 2024-12-28 02:44:09.

Going into uncharted territory....

looking to build out my Fractal Design into a small home NAS.. nothing extreme..maybe about 10GB ZFS with cold backup drive.

Go.... ;)

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/KhellianTrelnora on 2024-12-28 01:51:47.

Hey all.

Sorta just starting out, so I’m curious — what did you do for your first homegrown NAS setup? 1u with SAS attached storage? A 2u with 8 bays to get yourself started?

Basically, I’m looking for something reasonably priced that has enough power to run vms and containers, and have enough drive bays to get a decent NAS setup. There’s TONS of options, and most of them are less than budget friendly. Am I looking in the wrong places?

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/-rwsr-xr-x on 2024-12-28 01:17:00.

To begin, I have a bit of a homelab (probably more of a /r/HomeDataCenter) problem

I'm trying to untangle a bit. It's grown from a small handful of machines, to machines + VMs, to a 25U rack to now a 42U rack that slides in and out of a closet on drawer slides. There are ~90 separate devices at the moment, between wired and wireless.

So I'm trying to map everything out, using Xmind at the moment, because a mind map is the quickest/easiest way to get it all down in a logical, connected fashion.

But as I'm doing this, I realize there's multiple ways to represent the components in my homelab.

I have infra components (APs, switches, UPS', routers, NAS) baremetal machines (lab machines, build boxes, arch-specific machines), virtual machines, docker running on baremetal, docker running in VMs, LXD clusters with their own containers and LXD VMs, LXD on metal, LXD in VMs, and so on. Every single component has a very specific role to play in this chorus.

Do I group everything:

• by physical topology (cabling and device-level), or
• by role (monitoring, web, services), or
• by network (carve up the /22 and number sequentially), or
• by application (apache, nginx, ldap, docker, rustdesk, guac, etc), or
• by profile (virtual, baremetal, container, infrastructure), or...

There's multiple ways to represent how the services and machines inter-operate, and probably no one "correct" way.

How do others decide on how to map this out?

Thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/SocietyTomorrow on 2024-12-28 00:47:19.

I'm not sure whether I am likely posting this a few other places in hopes someone else has had the insane idea I just did. In short: do you think HP handicaps lower model boards in the same series by just not attaching headers and sockets, while having identical board internals?

I recently ordered a new HP mobo for my failed 40L-GT21-0000x but replaced it with one from a 45L GT22 series. Same size, almost identical part placement, with a couple small differences, mostly in lacking onboard part headers. I don't want to put this into an X-ray rig (have access to an electronics fabricator) to see if all the traces go completely through the board, but what do you think the odds are I could get away with tossing this thing on the hot air rework station to insert headers for the couple missing things that would be nice to haves. Not mission critical, because it's just the RGB 2-pin header (using as a workstation for CAD and LLM work, so RGB is meh), and front USB 2.0 headers (only have the 2 USB3.1 ports right now)

I am almost curious if I could get away with adding in the missing PCI-e x4 socket, because all the vias are there just nothing attached, and the silkscreen layer visibly appears as though the traces are all intact.

What say ye, internet?

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/sajlenty on 2024-12-28 00:11:35.

hi i am very new to all things linux considered, but recently been following some tutorials to set up simple dashboard and few docker containers using docker compose. it crossed my mind to maybe try and host minecraft on the laptop i am using as the server, just to test things out. i have set up a server using docker compose but now something fairly important came up, that maybe i would not want to give my friends my ip address so they can log in. what are my options with this? i am a huge noob when it comes to networking, i understand basic terms and some configuration but i have no idea if I can somehow "spoof" my ip address.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/jjsto on 2024-12-27 22:43:52.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/anonuser-al on 2024-12-27 22:35:50.

I like dockers but not always and not on everything. Frigate looks amazing but if it would be standalone will be amazing.

With what I can replace Frigate whats a good NVR

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/HTTP_404_NotFound on 2024-12-27 21:44:04.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/YawnRogue on 2024-12-27 20:44:17.

Trying to set up a homelab. Key use is backup and media center. Saw this on marketplace. For $500.

Dell PowerEdge T430 server. Dual Xeon E5-2620 v3 processors. PERC H730 RAID Controller. Dual hot plug power supplies.

8 gb SD card for IDSM. 32 GB RAM (4gb x 8). 9 -600 gb SAS 2.5” hot plug hard drives. On board LOM. Dual Broadcom 1GB NIC.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Totalkiller4 on 2024-12-27 20:07:54.

Hi Everyone i come seeking help from your collective brains

I have a system with a Ryzen 5800X and an NVIDIA CMP 100-210 in it, using an ASUS motherboard running Ubuntu Server, specifically set up for LLM (Large Language Model) Local AI work. It lacks native IPMI and has no video outputs, but I'm getting a new "NanoKVM " on the way. How would I add this to my system? Would I just need to add a cheap PCIe GPU, or is there a USB video card that could be used for KVM purposes only, without needing any advanced features? any ideas would be really appreciated

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Own_Tomatillo2521 on 2024-12-27 19:27:59.

pls help

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Intrepid_Document804 on 2024-12-27 19:07:25.

I’m trying to use ceph for docker swarm cluster, but I’m trying to get my head around how it works. I’m familiar with computers and how local hard drives work.

My setup is a master and 3 nodes with 1Tb nvme storage.

I’m running Portainer and Ceph dashboard. The ceph dash shows the OSD’s.

I want to run basics- file downloads, plex, etc.

1. Should I run the nvme in stripe or mirror mode? What if the network is a point of failure, how is it handled?
2. How do I access the drive from a folder/file structure point of view? If I want to point it in the yaml file when I start a docker container, where do I find the /mnt or /dev? Is it listed in the ceph dashboard?
3. Does ceph auto manage files? If it’s getting full, can I have it auto delete the oldest file?
4. Is there a ELI5 YouTube vid on ceph dashboards for people with ADHD? Or a website? I can’t read software documentation (see ADHD wiki)

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/finmaker on 2024-12-27 18:51:20.

Hi I wanted to get 10GB between my NAS and workstation with two HP Ethernet Dual-Port 10GbE 530SFP+ cards and an HP 487658 cable (alongside leaving them plugged in via RJ45 for internet), should this config work or do I need an SFP switch? Thank you.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/JosephDaedra on 2024-12-27 17:08:30.

Hello, I am relatively new to all of this, but this is my first "project" I suppose? It may be simple for some, but for me it feels like a big accomplishment and I am extremely happy with how my setup has turned out. If this guide even helps one person in the future I would be very happy. Please let me know if my guide is ever of any assistance to anyone!

My reason for setting this up was to have all of my qBittorrent traffic routed through NordVPN securely on my Ubuntu Server without it affecting my regular traffic such as minecraft or plex servers.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/8192K on 2024-12-27 21:13:13.

It was on offer back then from the regular 500€. It was the bundle that came with a keyboard and a mouse.

Bought it in October 2020. Version has two DP ports and one VGA.

Beginning to think I could have gotten this machine or something similar for a lot cheaper. For some reason I didn't do much research.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Kirys79 on 2024-12-27 20:59:41.

Hi all

Doing some cleanup I've found my old home server MB

a Fatal1ty Z77 Professional with a i5 3470t and 32gb of ram

It's missing: a case, power supply and an heatsink (I've moved the heatsink on the current server cause noctua provides upgrade kits).

It used to work till 4 years ago. Not sure if it still does.

Do you think would be worth salvaging for making a NAS or not?

Thanks

K.