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The feeling you get when you see them laying down fiber in your city, but your apartment complex refuses to get it installed.

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／u／mono_void
The feeling you get when you see them laying down fiber in your city, but your apartment complex refuses to get it installed.

I was excited to finally get fiber since I moved to Fullerton (Southern California) three years ago and could see it being advertised everywhere. I currently have cable and get 400 down and only 20 up on average. The pricing for the fiber is not only cheaper, but it is 1G up and down! I got an email from the folks who are managing the fiber saying that they needed my help to get apartment property managers to opt into the program at no installation cost, so I sent that out to my landlord and the response I got was, “were not interested in doing that”, no other explanation whatsoever. I even pitched it as a plus for them: they could now advertise options for new residents. Oh well, I guess, what a bummer.

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Homelab v.4 - Moved Back Home

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／u／GBKPres
Homelab v.4 - Moved Back Home

Not to bore anyone with the long of it all, but moved back to Tanzania and had to revamp the whole homelab. Started with the two HPE Microservers and built up from there.

15U - Pyle PDU 220V - 10 plugs Power Distribution Connected to EVI UPS for Powering the whole Rack

14U - Unifi Dream Machine Pro. DHCP Server, DNS Server, Firewall

13U - Empty used as cable passthrough

12U - UNIFI 24 Port POE Switch, Dedicated to my Office and Server Rack

11U - 9U (Right) - Servarr Hyperion - HPE Microserver Gen 10 Plus (Intel E-2224, 32GB Ram, Quadro P400. 1TB SSD for Boot Drive/App Storage. 1TB SSD Downloads Storage Pool. 2x8TB in mirror for addedl storage. Services Running: Bazzar, Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Readarr, Tdarr, SabNZB,

11U - 9U (Left) - Media Theia - HPE Microserver Gen 10 Plus (Intel E-2224, 32GB Ram, Intel A310
, 256G Boot Drive. 256G SSD for Plex n Jellyfin Install and Metadata. 2X8TB in Mirror for Added Storage. Services Running: Plex (Family) n Jellyfin (Others)

8U - Proxmox Prometheus - Dell Poweredge R230. 3.0GHz Quad Core Xeon E3-1220v5, 64GB DDR4 RAM. 256G SSD Boot Drive 1TB Container/VM Storage, 2x8TB HDD for Additional Storage
Services Running: Homarr, Home Assistant, Next Cloud, NUT Server, Web Server Tools

7U - UNRAID Atlas. Dell Poweredge R230. 3.0GHz Quad Core Xeon E3-1220v5, 32GB DDR4 RAM. Running on Unraid with ZFS file system, connect to JBOD with LSI 9200-8e in IT Mode. RaidZ1 Pool (4x18TB) Backup Storage for Server Rack.

6U - 4U - Gooxi 3U JBOD -ST301-S-24REJ - 24bay 3U JBOD, 24X10TB, ZFS Pool RaidZ2 (8HDD VDEVs) - 180TB. Primary Storage for Server Rack

3U - 2U - EVI 2000VA / 2000w Online UPS 230v, connected to mains with backup generator.

1U - Not used as the bottom lip blocks access to it.

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Alternative to Unraid under a VM

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／u／gunsuka
Alternative to Unraid under a VM

I have a Dell R720, connected to a bunch of MD1200 enclosures.

OS is UNRAID.

The R720 sucks up too much power, so I want to replace it with a more modern machine.

I want to use Proxmox for the OS, so I can do more on the server than just act as a storage box.

So if I have Proxmox running, I want to then run something in a VM to provide access to all the storage.

Can anyone suggest some NAS type software that I can use to share all those disks under a VM.

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Slight improvement - Cabinet -> 42u. I swear i'll fix cabling *soon*

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／u／dopey_se
Slight improvement - Cabinet -> 42u. I swear i'll fix cabling *soon*

I always intend to do the amazing cabling you see around here. But the moment i power down the stack I have the urge to get things 'running again', which results in cabling spaghetti.

I do already see some things i'll change (patch panel not smashed between two network devices, as impossible to cable some ports then).

I *think* I'll order some stuff to help with cable management then recable things *soon*.

The cabinet will be thrown away this weekend, now that i've emptied it. Giving space to either side and back of the rack in the room.

Atleast all servers are in one spot now :)

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Ikea Eket // network rack

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／u／Astrofrogger
Ikea Eket // network rack

I recently moved into my house and the previous owner couldn't care less about cable management. All ethernet cable just terminated into the living room out of the floor. I had to be creative with cleaning it up. I saw a post about an Ikea Eket rack and decided to go for it. Here is my build!

My server is upstairs in my office which hosts home assistant and pi-hole with unbound. In the rack is an extra pi-hole on a pi zero w for if my server goes down. Looking to upgrade to a Ubiquity system for router and access points to fully utilise our 1G fiber internet.

Please note that we are mid renovations and still need to paint the wall 😅

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How many of you are running Windows Server(s)?

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／u／buzbe

Specifically for Active Directory?

When I started my homelab, I started with a Windows AD server (as I thought it was the “done” thing back in 2020).

Today I’m running two Windows Servers, namely for

  • Active Directory (which is used to authenticate the Synology)
  • Radius (which syncs to the UniFi UDM for VPN auth)
  • DNS (which has piholes downstream for DNS).

Reflecting on this, although they’ve been very reliable - it just seems overkill especially as I’m looking to use Authentik for SSO (via the AD).

So I’m wondering - is this still the best setup, or am I best to shift 100% to Authentik and reduce the complexity / overhead?

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My year-long power savings journey summed up in one chart

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／u／Abren01
My year-long power savings journey summed up in one chart

Just some data nerd stuff. My utility company keeps raising electric rates, so I started tracking hourly power usage for my server rack & networking gear. I made a small program to pull instantaneous usage directly from my primary UPS and aggregate it.

The power logger covers:

  • My servers (formerly 2 ASUS consumer-grade machines I built using rackmount cases)
  • Unifi networking gear (10G aggregation switch, 24-port pro switch, 2x WiFi APs)
  • RFoG fiber converter + modem from internet provider
  • Protectli SBC running pfSense
  • POE security cameras (5)
  • NAS

I built a new server, intentionally making it as power-friendly as possible with enough redundancy to run solo. Then I started to virtualize or containerize everything and migrate it over. You can see the dip on 7/16/24 when I deleted one of the old servers, then again on 2/24/25 when I finally got around to killing the second one.

Power usage has continued to taper off as I work on other offenders - I virtualized pfSense and deleted the Protectli. I replaced all spinning metal drive with NVMe. This had the side effect of dramatically reducing the large power spikes that occur when nightly backups trigger. Since everything is now on one machine, VMs and containers use virtual switches. This allowed me to delete the 10G Unifi switch too.

Still have room for some more minor improvements but current usage is down 61% on average to date.

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The motherboard does not see SAS disks

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／u／No-Fix6321
The motherboard does not see SAS disks

Hello everyone! I bought a motherboard from an INSPUR NF5240M3 server. It has two SFF-8087 connectors. When trying to connect SAS drives via an SFF-8087 to SFF-8482 cable, the drives are not displayed in the BIOS. However, when connecting via an LSI 9208-8i controller, the drives work. I'm new to this topic. Please advise what I'm doing wrong (.

PS... I may be making mistakes - I'm using Google Translate.

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i3-12100 Energy Efficient as Homeserver?

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／u／sushikingdom

Darn it!

I bought this a few months ago for unRAID and now I'm learning that it might not be energy efficient? I have it running 24/7 and hosting Jellyfin and Immich.

Refurbished PC: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115945368838?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=afYn7nlBQpS&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Anybody know what the typical watts this type of CPU pulls? With 2 SSDs and a 16TB HDD?

Arghhh, is there anyway to make it more power efficient?

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Bought a used HP DL380p server hard drive not recognized

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／u／fordgoldfish

I am using a caddy with a Crucial BX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch. The caddy I'm using says HP Sas 400G. Not sure if it's OEM. The drives don't light up. There's a power light that's green on the board on the back of the drive bay that is green. I also reseated the SAS 11 and 21 cables on the back plane. When I try to install proxmox 8.4 VE it says Drive not recognized. Please help!

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3-Year Overview of my first server

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／u／ShiningCandy25

Hello fellow Homelabbers, I was moving out of my apt into my new (to me) house when I got sentimental over this little machine that has been a workhorse over the years. So I wanted to honor it by sharing my experience with the first server I built in October 2022 to my fellow Reddit nerds. It's been my daily driver ever since then and has taught me so much. It's been through multiple living locations, and has benefited my life immensely over the years. I knew I didn't want anything flashy or rack mounted to start so I went with the Jonsbo N1 case.

Here are the specs as it sits now:

  • OS: UnRaid
  • MOBO: ASUS STRIX B550-I
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5500
  • RAM: 32GB DDR4
  • CACHE: 2x 2TB FireCuda 2TB (2TB Pool for redundancy)
  • Storage: 26TB Total (11.5TB Used // 14.6TB Free)
    • Parity: 16TB
    • Data Disks: 3TB/3TB/16TB/4TB
      • Everything but the 16TB's are old drives bummed off of friends and will eventually be upgraded as they fail/need more space

Why I wanted a server

I had a few goals in mind with this:

  1. I work in IT (even more so now) and I wanted a good way to tinker and learn the world of server management and best practices.
  2. I wanted it to be small, and pleasing to look at, while also having a surprising amount of utility.
  3. I edit a lot of high-res video files. So it needed to have storage and be fast over local network.
  4. I'm a HUGE smart home nerd, but I wanted control of my own data. (Yes, Home Assistant.. don't get ahead of me! )

In the early days, It was basically just a NAS that also ran Home Assistant as a VM, and I loved it. I would try to implement something that I wanted- it would break, then i'd fix it. Rinse, and repeat for a few months.

I was in the mindset of "I already have the hardware, I might as well try to use it as much as I can". These are the utilities I have setup and have been using for a long time now and I cannot recommend them enough.

Current Services

  • Home Assistant (VM)
  • Jellyfin (+ arr stack)
  • Immich (If you haven't used it already- try it)
  • Game Servers (Minecraft/palworld)
  • Mealie
  • Grocy
  • YouTubeDL
  • Netdata

Conclusion

Over the next few years I added in these services, upgraded some hardware, and after a while it got to a point where I wasn't tinkering with it anymore. It just... worked. Home Assistant controlled all of my smart devices to a point where I barely needed to use my phone app or voice commands. Jellyfin removed my reliance on streaming services. Mealie was the answer to all of the shitty recipe websites swarmed with Ads and life stories that I never asked for. Immich is basically a locally hosted cloud phone backup that has a beautiful UI. Also if you setup CloudFlare SSO OAuth it feels professional as hell. Grocy is scary at first but is very useful for people who want an inventory of their kitchen. YouTubeDL is underrated as hell and is huge bonus to have in my toolkit. Netdata, i'm gonna be real idk what 99% of it is I just like pulling it up because it looks cool and use it *occasionally* for troubleshooting.

But that's kind of it, I ran it like this for a long time and it's been seriously useful. It's funny because once I got to a certain point, I kinda forgot about it and was using it all the time without even thinking about it. I plan on moving this into my new place along with some Unifi hardware I just purchased and will keep her going for years to come! Maybe even a future post with my new toys!

If anyone has any questions or just wants to share what their first server experience was like that would be sweet!

TL;DR - This is the story of my first server. It did everything I wanted it to and then some. She's a beast and I love her.

Pictures

Here are some pics of the build, stock images, and a graphic of my services and how they're setup.

https://imgur.com/a/ZxzpdWV

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Supermicro 25G (SFP28) motherboard Micro-ATX

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／u／kY2iB3yH0mN8wI2h

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/x12sdv-14c-spt8f

The above motherboard is that the only one Supermicro has that offers 25G?

I'm thinking of replacing my three ESXi hosts with 2x10G and move to 1x25G (or two) instead to free up 10G ports on my switches.

I'm really happy with Supermicro but I'd like to explore AMD CPUs this time (not a big fan of E cores for virtualization)

Are there ant options? Searching Supermicro website is a pain and no real good fillers.

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H12SSL-NT

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／u／poynnnnn
H12SSL-NT

I need help placing my 2 storages on my motherboard, can anyone help if possible?

i have 2 of these storages:

Samsung PM9A3 3.84TB 2.5" U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 MZ-QL23T80 MZQL23T8HCLS-00A07

and i am trying to connect them to my motherboard using these cables:

U.2 NVMe to MiniSAS Cable with SATA Power Connector for 2.5" U.2 NVMe SSD, SFF-8643 to SFF-8639 Cable SI-CAB40120

I am just not sure where to place them and where to connect them, can you guys guide me what is the the correct place to put them in? if possible can you point in a red color on the motherboard image itself where to place? thank you 🙏

I already have 2 MZ-1L23T80 Samsung PM9A3 3.84TB PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe M.2 22110 SSD MZ1L23T8HBLA connected on the motherboard

https://preview.redd.it/zib2poommlve1.png?width=1179&format=png&auto=webp&s=54a7555e46a325bfc6a438938e0d5a3ce3ea5cec

https://preview.redd.it/zhkaosrnmlve1.png?width=771&format=png&auto=webp&s=21b74b1cdf34b164ec15d1a7a762f18f30b15ac2

https://preview.redd.it/7560o1b5nlve1.png?width=820&format=png&auto=webp&s=bae141e5c082a23254ffe2291cfc14ec1486fba0

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Raspberry Pi vs Mini PCs vs NASs

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／u／max-pickle

As per the title really I'm interested in peoples thoughts about the Raspberry Pi compared to Mini PCs and NAS Boxes in the modern era.

I have Pi 1 (with the original t-shirt) plus a couple of 2s currently unused and a two 3s or 4s (they are in 3D printers so I'm unsure of the versions) but have been considering buying a Raspberry Pi 5 however looking at the prices of Mini PCs I'm left wondering are they good value still?

For GPIO projects would your instinct be to look at ESPs or Arduinos and then MQTT back to a VM?

I have a couple of NAS boxes which I have used for Web Servers and VMs in the past and most recently I purchased a Mini PC as more suitable hardware for VMs.

Why would I buy a RPi5 when today I can get a "Mini PC Intel 12th N100 Mini Computers 16GB DDR4 512GB SSD Windows 11 Pro Mini Desktop PC, Dual HDMI,4\USB Gen3.2,Type-C, WiFi5, BT4.2, 2.5G LAN"* on Amazon with a £60 voucher for £160?

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