homelab.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/jonhohle on 2024-12-27 20:57:46.

Our existing cable internet infrastructure is crumbling and it seems like it's time to move to fiber, but I'd like to do it right and avoid the cable company drilling a hole into the nearest bedroom and calling it a day.

The house was wired with CAT5 for all of the phone lines, which I've converted to network drops. I ran these to a converted closet (previously a wet bar). For the fiber, however, I think running into an interior laundry room makes more sense, especially for anyone who might buy the house down the line.

I initially though I could have an outdoor ONT because all of the phone lines (CAT5) run to the exterior wall and are easy to tap into, but the tech said outdoor ONTs can't handle the heat, so they no longer install them.

My plan was to add new conduit where the cable and phone lines currently enter the house (an exterior garage wall), then add an outlet and keystone for fiber and network in the laundry room. Should I consider somewhere else (e.g. pantry, bedroom closet)?

Would it be best to pre-wire the laundry room keystone and have a coupler at the exterior of the house or have the cable company fish the wire through the attic? Is there advantage or disadvantage to running a duplex cable if the cable company uses SFP?

Before I get too deep into ripping up walls, I just want to make sure I'm not backing myself into some corner I haven't thought of.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Jaxondevs on 2024-12-27 20:45:11.

Sorry if this sounds very dumb, I have a home lab I don’t know what else to do with it, I have a nas, a server for downloads 🏴‍☠️, NAS had a game server VM on it but I don’t know what else to do, thanks in advance for the suggestions.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/SmartHomeLover on 2024-12-27 20:34:28.

Hey guys,

I am planning to get the mentioned GPU for speeding up transcriptions with Whisper - because for HomeAssistant the transcription times are too long for daily usage.

Is that gpu well supported under Linux? I found official drivers which goes up to Ubuntu 24.04 - does anybody uses this kinda old GPU and can share his thoughts or alternatives (if you know some or you think the P4 is not the ideal choice).

Best regards :)

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/PANiCnz on 2024-12-27 20:05:49.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Specific-Action-8993 on 2024-12-27 20:02:32.

In case anyone is looking to build a nice little low power NAS or otherwise is needing lots of storage in a small package, it is possible to get 4 SSDs into an Elitedesk 800 G4 micro with no modifications to the chassis. You can fit:

2x 2280 NVMe in the normal slots

1x 2.5" SSD in a modified caddy

1x 2230 NVMe in the wifi slot

All of this is possible thanks to /u/lab_pro who modified a 3d printed caddy he made to give a bit of extra clearance over the drives. In the end the extra clearance was not needed so the linked caddy would probably also work.

The other thing you'll need is an adapter for the M.2 wifi slot. I found this one which reverses the direction of the installed NVMe drive so you have no issues with clearance at the side of the device. There are a few videos and other posts using different adapters (L-shaped or long ribbons) but using these require chassis modification which I wanted to avoid.

You will also need to remove the guts from the 2.5" SSD and mount it on the 3d printed caddy directly so that you have room for the both the SSD and the fan. I just secured both to the caddy with zip ties and a small bit of thermal tape.

Pictures:

1. M.2 Adapter and 2230 NVMe
2. Adapter installed
3. All 3 NVMe drives installed (the adapter support bracket fits underneath the middle drive)
4. 3d printed caddy with SSD and fan installed and mounted in the chassis
5. Clearance between the drives and the fan
6. Final product. Idle power consumption is 6w.
7. Everything looks good in proxmox

A couple of extra notes:

I have the 65w version of the Elitedesk which includes the perforated top chassis cover and a second internal fan that is normally mounted on the stock 2.5" caddy. If you have the same unit and install a 2.5" SSD, you must connect the fan otherwise you get a BIOS error that requires manual acknowledgement before you can boot.

If you have the 35w version that does not have the fan or a Prodesk 600 G4, you can leave the fan out but its a good idea to use it and get the perforated cover, otherwise all these drives could generate too much heat (maybe).

I installed a TrueNAS VM on the main host OS drive and passed through the 2x large NVMe drives to the VM. The 2.5" SSD can store ISOs and backups.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Hopping_JinTu on 2024-12-27 19:51:06.

A few years back I spent some time installing a structured media cabinet in one of our closets. I was a ton of work, but as an essential interconnect for my homelab, it continues to prove it's worth years later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlU6bF4iISU

Specs:

• Channel Vision C-015E enclosure, lifting brackets, expansion plates, extension ring and locking cover
• Leviton brackets and plates
• Cat6A F/UTP runs to all drops
• RG11 runs in and out of SMC
• OM4 MTP-12 runs to office rack and media closet
• FS OM4 dual MTP-12 to LC cassette and custom mounting bracket
• Cable Matters Cat6A shielded RJ45 keystones
• Cable Matters Cat6A shielded 24 port RJ45 patch panel with shutter
• Tripp Lite 6U wall mount rack enclosure
• Ubiquiti USW-PRO-24-POE
• CyberPower CPS1215RMS Surge Protector
• ESPixelStick v2, 5V power supply, 5V WS2812B pixel strip

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/A-Fredd on 2024-12-27 18:39:50.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/boxorandyos on 2024-12-27 18:05:42.

I want to build an extremely robust and scalable web server using nginx and MySQL as the database behind it. No I don't need to, this would just be for fun and a learning experience.

The problem is I really don't know where to start with a proper base plan to this.

I own two houses in neighboring towns with gigabit Internet at each location. I have unifi networking hardware at both locations with a VPN enabled between. Currently no servers at the one location and the VPN is used for cameras routing back to the other location.

I have a stack of HP mini PCs of which I currently have a few running XCP-NG with a storage cluster across and running just a few base servers such as domain controllers and a few Linux servers hosting a handful of applications that we use around the house.

I have a half dozen more identical machines at my disposal but I don't know that xcp is the proper hypervisor for this project in the first place. I have never done anything truly highly available or multi datacenter before.

Since this is for fun and not because I need to, there is not a huge budget but I do have a little money to play with that I would like to use in the best way.

I am flexible with replacing firewalls if there is something that will get me closer to my goal.

I am ok with some licensing, preferably one time cost.

Any thoughts? Or is this something that's outside of reach of a home lab budget?

Edit: I do have a Synology with quite a bit of storage but that is dedicated to backups and will not be used to store any live data.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/snorixx on 2024-12-27 17:25:56.

Has someone tested the Gewkworm X680 4 port PiKVM with its extension it has nearly everything an IPMI has and can control up to 4 devices for ≈ 250$ (with extension cards) that would be a great solution to cheap out on motherboards if IPMI is required because IPMI boards for example for AM5 are starting at ≈300$++ If someone has feedback to that devices, because it would be super interesting for me and would save me a few bucks

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/DubiousLLM on 2024-12-27 17:22:42.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/helskor on 2024-12-27 17:10:32.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/ChokunPlayZ on 2024-12-27 17:06:41.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Atmos_760h on 2024-12-27 16:34:32.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/machinule on 2024-12-27 16:07:17.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/DefinitelyNotWendi on 2024-12-27 15:30:24.

Why is only one bank of drives flashing? Both sides are empty/no files. Right now they are populated by 1.2tb drives as an array of 3 each. Giving me 2tb of space.

https://youtu.be/f-a4zUo_zLI

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/notl22 on 2024-12-27 15:25:57.

For the new year I'm looking to add some backups to my life. Thinking of adding some home storage to run immich server and serve as a backup for proxmox and cloud accounts (google drive, photos, etc). I really just have about 1-2TB of data so looking I'm caught between a few solutions;

• buy some USB drives and connect to existing minipc proxmox servers
• get a new machine, thinking HP Z workstation SFF that has multiple SATA ports that I can add some drives to
• buy QNAP or Synology
• buy chinese n100 NAS boards with 4x Ethernet port and build a new machine

Things that matter to me are price, learning, power draw and stability (don't want anything failing on Christmas).

What are your thoughts?

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/mk_ccna on 2024-12-27 15:23:25.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/47boo on 2024-12-27 15:13:53.

My Startech 4 port KVM recently died and looking for recommendations for a replacement that doesn't break the bank. The startech one was bought for me by a previous employer so don't want to pay the £700 to replace that one.

Use case is I have a two monitor setup at my desk, one 1440 165hz and one 1080 75hz, with two permanent devices in use. A Windows PC and my work MacBook Pro. I have a number of other servers, PC's and laptops I use intermittently use so a 3 port minimum is needed. Any ideas are appreciated.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/scoffey834 on 2024-12-27 14:29:24.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/CorrectPirate1703 on 2024-12-27 13:43:56.

I purchased Ryzen 9700x and Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX Ice with 32 GB DDR-5 RAM. I plan to upgrade my current desktop with it. It has native Windows 10 install on 500 GB M.2 SSD, 48 GB of DDR-4 RAM which won’t be supported by AM5. CPU is Ryzen 5 1600 and a 2 GB 1050 GPU.

I plan on running promox on the upgraded build but I need to transfer the windows stuff and use the old RAM. What’s the best thing to do here ? Get a mini pc with integrated graphics that can support an M.2 and 48 GB of RAM ? Or dual boot Proxmox and Windows on the same build and keep the DDR-4 RAM aside ?

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/JMLenterprise on 2024-12-27 12:48:09.

Hello, master of data science student at the university of Colorado boulder here… just took 3 courses in networking and would like to improve my privacy and security by moving away from WiFi broadcasting to just Ethernet using cash prepaid sims as a primary source of internet (and Starlink perhaps).

Currently living in Portugal so this gateway will have to support 5G sims from companies such as Vodafone and NOS.

Appreciate any help, tips, advice! As mentioned earlier my primary focus is data science but would love to pivot into networking with a focus on privacy and security. I’m becoming kind of passionate about networking so I would really appreciate some good pointers. Thanks a lot.

So far I’ve been recommended the Teltonika TRB500, link attached.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/nicnic2001 on 2024-12-27 11:44:46.

I currently have a dedicated server from Hetzner I want to get rid of (specs are i7-8700 & 64GB RAM) so I want to build a NAS in a Fractal Design Node 804. The NAS will run Proxmox and will be virtualizing a few VMs. I have read that nowadays a QSV CPU is recommended over something like AMD + Quadro but ultimately just looking for the cheapest option. This is my build so far https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VHZWt3 but it seems a little on the steep side.

The i7-8700 I use in my dedi is great considering it's 7 years old but it is showing its age so I'm just not sure what CPU to go for.

EDIT: I don't even mind if its not a Fractal Design Node 804, its just that was the goto when I was looking at this a few years ago.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/WyleyBaggie on 2024-12-27 11:41:54.

I have loads of music on my media server and mostly I just use Jollyfin and random play but the is the ability to build play lists. This is very time consuming but yesterday I was listening to my music when I thought I don't like this song I should delete it. That's the problem when you do albums the are always some you don't like. So I was thinking if I could just be listening and then when a song came on I could say "delete that" or "add that to list" - anyone want to do an app like that? is it here already or can if be done at all

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/koetsuji on 2024-12-27 09:32:53.

The original post: /r/homelab by /u/StewieStuddsYT on 2024-12-27 09:05:27.

Basic rundown of my network. My server is running proxmox that is running multiple vms. The vms that are important are pi hole and ubuntu that is running pterodactyl panel. I have every device on my network using my pi hole as its dns aswel.

I have managed to successfully get connection to my server using my domain name, but I have not been able to get the sub domain name to work. I set the srv record to point toward the main domain, set the port correctly.

When i run nslookup for the main domain, it shows my public ip correctly and my pi hole as the dns server. But when I do it for the sub domain, it is unable to show my public ip and only my pi hole ip.

I have been at this for 2 days now, please someone help