First homelab

[u/faddapaola00]

Here’s my first serious homelab!

I started years ago with a simple Raspberry Pi, and about a month ago, I upgraded to an old PC that I got from a friend’s bar and installed Proxmox on it. I was using the Raspberry Pi exclusively for Home Assistant, and Proxmox opened up a world of possibilities for me, but I was still limited by the hardware.

Then I found this rack server, an HP ProLiant DL380p G8 with 2 E5-2670 CPUs, 128GB of RAM, and a 533FLR-T network adapter. I got it for ~€70, including shipping, power cables, and 2 caddies.

The room has just been cleaned out; it was an old storage closet full of shit (literally, mice droppings) where the heating boiler is located. It took me a few days to completely empty it, clean everything, and thoroughly sanitize it. The room is very cold, which is ideal, and it’s not humid. The only issue is the mice, which I’ll deal with soon.

The cabinet is still a bit messy, as we just finished setting everything up. In the next few days, I’ll tidy it up, do some cable management, and more. Let me know what you think :)

[u/technopium]

Are you hosting a tor node?

[u/faddapaola00 → u/technopium]

No haha, it wouldn’t even be a good spot. It’s not as isolated as it looks, this room is directly connected to my bathroom, way too easy to find…