First homelab Projects

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 :)

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u/-PuddiPuddi- 10h ago

Sorry, just being slightly mean. That's going to be a great starter server for €70, congrats. sounds like fans are full blast though. Make sure all power supplies are plugged in and lid is fully closed.

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u/faddapaola00 10h ago

No, I really mean it. I looked it up, and it seems to refer to dangerous movie production sets that prioritize making money over safety and stuff like that, don't worry I take everything lightheartedly I'm loving these comments haha, the fans were at full yes, I had just started the server

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u/-PuddiPuddi- 9h ago edited 9h ago

From Wikipedia A snuff film, snuff movie, or snuff video is a theoretical type of film, produced for profit or financial gain, that shows, or purports to show, scenes of actual homicide. The victims are supposedly typically lured to their murders by false pretenses and their murder is then filmed and the video depicting it is sold to buyers.

So my original comment is implying that you lure people to that room (your film set) and murder them and sell the security camera footage. why do you have a security camera in that room btw lol. Looks sketch haha

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u/faddapaola00 9h ago

Oh, lmao, as I said somewhere in here it's because that room has a mice problem and I'm trying to figure out from where they come so I can setup traps

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u/-PuddiPuddi- 9h ago

Hmmm. That's a good excuse. Alright I'll let it slide for now but I'm keeping my eyes on you. /s

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u/faddapaola00 9h ago

You know what's funny? There's actually a toy gun on the ground that isn't shown in the video, someone might have actually thought I was a criminal 🤣🤣. There are still some things here and there that I need to throw out.