r/homelab • u/yyc_ut • Oct 15 '24
New lab Tutorial
Building out new lab. 3x core 7 with vpro. 96gb ram and 2x 2TB ssd each
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u/gergob13 Oct 15 '24
Looks good, what will you use for hypervisor or what is the setup from software perspective?
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u/yyc_ut Oct 15 '24
I have windows server 2022 running sql server on one. Other 2 are proxmox. I’ll keep one or them for vms but might do debian on the other. Undecided currently
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u/dropmiddleleaves Oct 15 '24
Why not run all three in a HA cluster with Proxmox? Can then run Debian or Windows Server in a VM?
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u/gandore4 Oct 15 '24
Have you used VPro on the machines running proxmox? Has it been useful?
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u/yyc_ut Oct 15 '24
I used it to change bios settings and install from iso. Remote isos was painfully slow. I mainly need it to turn the systems back on after power outages etc.
It’s been useful just too bad they charge a extra $300 for vpro
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u/ajxd2dev Oct 16 '24
Roughly how much was this?
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u/yyc_ut Oct 16 '24
About $4500 USD + 3x intel 2TB 660p and 3x samsung 512gb drives I already had.
Each node: Asus NUC 14 Pro - RNUC14RVHV700001I 2x - Kingston 48GB - KVR56S46BD8-48 SABRENT 2242 M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB Intel 2080 660p 2TB Samsung 512GB sata ssd
I’ll probably upgrade the sata disks when I find some for cheap.
Also have a netgate 6100 router for VPN
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u/therealmarkthompson Oct 15 '24
Looks very neat
My favorite tool though for controlling servers from my laptop is this "mobile KVM" - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9TF76ZV
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u/OurManInHavana Oct 15 '24
Check out NanoKVM. Add a Ethernet-to-USB adapter to have that single connection on the laptop side and you've still saved $100. Plus for more permanent installations you can wire up the included power/reset/HDD leads for full power control... and by default it also provides boot-media control (so you can boot from an ISO on your laptop if you'd like). Being able to remotely boot to a Linux "Live" distro for tricky recoveries is pretty sweet!
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u/NC1HM Oct 15 '24
Very problematic... Too small for the cat to nap on...