
<h2 id="servers-a-mac-mini-and-some-old-networking-kit">3 servers, a Mac
Mini, and some old networking kit</h2>
<p>Lee talks about building a home lab consisting of several servers and
some networking equipment.</p>
<p>The home lab on Reddit: <a
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/16tvugj/3_servers_a_mac_mini_and_some_old_networking_kit/">3_servers_a_mac_mini_and_some_old_networking_kit</a></p>
<p>Rack is limited to 30cm deep due to closet dimensions. All three
server cases have been modded in one way or another (most drastic was
the DVR, cut down from 40cm deep with an angle-grinder). To save money /
energy, the DVR is the only one always on, except in winter when I can
justify the others heating the apartment.</p>
<p>The (fairly obsolete) Cisco Router and old WiFi broadband router
together can provide a Wireless LAN filtered with an IP deny list.</p>
<p>Top to bottom</p>
<ul>
<!-- <li>NAS Server (1U) -->
<!-- <ul> -->
<!-- <li>CPU: Intel Celeron N4505 NUC</li> -->
<!-- <li>OS/Software: Ubuntu 22.10</li> -->
<!-- <li>Mem: 8Gb</li> -->
<!-- <li>Storage: 4 TB</li> -->
<!-- <li>DVR (2U)</li> -->
<!-- <li>CPU: 12-core 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700</li> -->
<!-- <li>OS/Software: Manjaro / Jellyfin</li> -->
<!-- </ul></li> -->
<li>NAS Server (1U)
<ul>
<li>CPU: Intel Celeron N4505 NUC</li>
<li>OS/Software: Ubuntu 22.10</li>
<li>Mem: 8Gb</li>
<li>Storage: 4 TB</li>
</ul></li>
<li>DVR (2U)
<ul>
<li>CPU: 12-core 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700</li>
<li>OS/Software: Manjaro / Jellyfin</li>
<li>Mem: 16Gb</li>
<li>Storage: 16 TB</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Secondary WiFi
<ul>
<li>Old TalkTalk Router</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Switch
<ul>
<li>Cisco SG-100-16</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Router
<ul>
<li>Cisco 1841 Router</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Mac Mini
<ul>
<li>CPU: quad core Intel Core i7-2635QM</li>
<li>OS/Software: Manjaro</li>
<li>Mem: 16 GB</li>
<li>Storage: 1 TB</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Proxmox Box (2U)
<ul>
<li>CPU: 8-Core AMD Ryzen 7 3700X</li>
<li>OS/Software: Proxmox 7</li>
<li>Mem: 64Gb</li>
<li>Storage: 3 TB</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p><img
src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4215/hpr4215/3-servers-a-mac-mini-and-some-old-networking-kit-v0-o6tflmur1vqb1.webp"
width="540" height="748" alt="Picture of the rack" /></p>
