Homelab

Last updated: February 18, 2025

I started my homelab over 2 years ago with a Raspberry Pi 5 running Ubuntu and 2 external 5TB drives. From there I bought an 8U StarTech rack and Dream Machine Pro. The 8U rack was quickly filled and about a year later I upgraded to an 18U rack which is currently what I’m running with.

Quick Links: PDU Toggle Switch Layout

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Hardware Overview

Infrastructure

• 18U StarTech Server Rack (Amazon)

• ADJ 8 Outlet Toggle Switch PDU (Amazon)

• 8 Outlet StarTech PDU (Amazon)

• CyberPower UPS (Amazon)

Network

• Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro (UniFi)

Compute

• Dell PowerEdge R730XD - TrueNAS server

• Supermicro SYS-6016T-NTF - Proxmox VM host

• Silverstone RM44 Chassis - Gaming/Dev machine

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Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro

Network gateway with Teleport for remote access. Handles DNS, ad-blocking, region filtering, firewall, network analytics, and camera recording/storage.

Silverstone RM44 Chassis

Windows 11 and Pop!_OS Gaming/Dev Machine

Components

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

• NVIDIA RTX 3080Ti

• 128GB DDR4

Dell PowerEdge R730XD

Primary TrueNAS Server

My workhorse running TrueNAS for storage and Docker app deployment.

Components

• 2x Xeon E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz (56 cores total)

• 128GB DDR4 ECC

• 32TB usable (RaidZ2)

Docker Apps

Deployed

• Excalidraw - Whiteboard for brainstorming

• WeTTY - Web-based terminal with NeoVim for remote development

• Linkding - Bookmark manager with custom CSS support

• FileBrowser - Multi-user web-based file storage

• Ollama - Local LLM hosting

• Open WebUI - Interface for Ollama models

• Meshtastic - Meshtastic device client

• Plex - Local media streaming

• MakeMKV - Media ripping (docker image)

• Nginx Proxy Manager - Reverse proxy for local subdomain routing

• Dell Fan Controller - Custom fan curves for non-Dell hardware compatibility

Planned Additions

• Jenkins - Build automation for Rust/Python projects across multiple platforms (MacOS, Windows, Debian, Fedora)

• Immich - Google Photos alternative (waiting for stable release)

Supermicro SYS-6016T-NTF

Proxmox VM Host

Older 1U server running Proxmox for virtualization. Handles development VMs and services that don’t need to run 24/7.

️Virtual Machines

• Ubuntu - General testing & Debian-based app builds

• Fedora - Non-Debian Linux builds

• Windows 11 - Multiplayer client testing for Rust game/editor

• MacOS Sierra - Mac app builds

• Ubuntu - Minecraft server

• TrueNAS - Testing deployment

• OpenMandriva - Experimentation

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Media

Rack Photos

Current 18U Setup

Laid out in RackViz

Original 8U Setup