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@whiskeylinux
3 ай бұрын
Maybe it's just my speakers, but I didn't really notice noise. Sounds good to me. :)
@blahaj___
3 ай бұрын
little bit of a hum, but not the end of the world
@domportera
3 ай бұрын
chad strategy
@froedge
3 ай бұрын
For networking, highly recommend Jeremys IT Lab CCNA course. You could or could not take the CCNA, up to you, but man did that give me an insanely strong foundation in networking. Completely free on KZitem, hands on labs for almost everything too. By the end you'll be able to configure an entire home network no problem. Awesome guy, just a recommendation for ya
@Marc42
3 ай бұрын
I love the course in principle, but I think it might qualify as Matt's warning of "overdoing your research"... 😅
@adammontgomery7980
3 ай бұрын
That would be good if he got a Cisco switch
@DextersLab93
3 ай бұрын
Yes!! Jeremy's IT Lab is so freaking good, I always recommend it. It gave me a great solid fundamental understanding of networking back when I was studying cyber security.
@froedge
2 ай бұрын
@@DextersLab93 Yupp, his course helped me pass the CCNA with flying colors first try and the course put my college networking courses to shame tbh. He just has a way of breaking it down so easily.. figured I'd recommend it as an option to Matt here :)
@TomasRamoska
3 ай бұрын
My Home Lab is my Raspberry Pi5 😅 I played with Docker and ran multiple services till I got bored and installed Open Media Vault and turned it into my NAS 😂
@schembeck
3 ай бұрын
As someone that started the homelab journey in 2019 with a box of scraps I couldn’t agree more with your topics. Doubling down on the network side, I think is important to research and plan a little bit on the infra, like if you gonna need a dedicated appliance for your firewall or a pci with multiple Ethernet ports. No use having an op system with a single gb port to funnel your data hehe and if you end up with multiple different systems onsite and offsite the knowledge you gain from dabbling in networking will pay off very quickly !
@krid78
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! Planning is the key! We all love getting down the rabbit hole. Unfortunately, time is limited. For production systems, my motto is “Do one thing and one thing right.” Today, we can do a lot of small things on an i5 with 128GB RAM and 2x1TB NvME. I would do the same today! Historically, I run a NAS for my web and cloud services and a small ThinClient that takes care of home automation. For my software lab, I use an older ThinkPad and a Dell XPS. Together, these systems have around 80GB of RAM and (without the NAS) around 2TB of storage.
@guyfeldman4697
3 ай бұрын
As someone with a similar fear of running out of storage, careful with the ceph rabbit hole. Before you know it you want 10gbe and a bunch of machines with ssds
@aedenspear2394
3 ай бұрын
I'm not running Proxmox and VMs but, as someone with a more basic workload, you don't need a big machine with a lot of memory or even a GPU. Get an old desktop, upgrade the memory to 16GB, and get started with a server distro. I've got a basic Dell desktop from my job. It's got an i7-9700 and 16GB of RAM; that's enough to run Ubuntu Server, Docker + Portainer with 10 containers (for example: Nextcloud, Kavita, & Tailscale), and Jellyfin running natively on the machine.
@DrathVader
3 ай бұрын
Before I upgraded my server to ryzen it was running on a $3 Xeon and a mutilated LGA775 board with 16GB of ram. It was plenty for a storage server + some lightweight services
@glebglub
3 ай бұрын
i mean, you might need a GPU if your CPU doesn't have an iGPU such as most Ryzen chips, but since most desktops you're going to find on the 2nd hand market are going to be low spec intel-based Dells, it's not much of a concern, but definitely worth noting to look out for as you'll need a GPU if it's a non-G variant Ryzen
@DrathVader
3 ай бұрын
@glebglub you don't really need one, unless its for media transcodes. My server runs on a Ryzen 3700X completely without a gpu, I just brute force jellyfin transcodes in software
@glebglub
3 ай бұрын
@@DrathVader fair play to ya, but the same can't be said for all SKUs (or maybe it can and I'm severely underestimating the ryzen 1200 and even pre-bulldozer chips).
@truckerallikatuk
3 ай бұрын
Errors I've made in homelab: Buying a short depth rack to save a bit of money, which couldn't mount my server... Buying a 3u rack case and not being able to afford the right PSU, buying a high end enterprise switch. All of these errors have left me with excess hardware, but the short rack is now my rack of regrets/dead stuff I don't want to throw out. Things I'll never regret: Startech adjustable 15u rack, Mikrotik switches.
@rickycartner1267
3 ай бұрын
This video sums up my current experience with Proxmox and my home lab. I want to do all the cool stuff shown on those other “high profile” KZitem channels, but lacking a specific goal and the network knowledge, I end up 20 half realized, incomplete projects hanging around. It’s really good to see that I’m not alone. And until this video, I thought that you had one of those $20,000 homelab setups somewhere off camera. Thank you for sharing your experience.
@murlock666
2 ай бұрын
As long as you don't give up. You WILL be fine. Hardware envy gets to us all. Fight that demon lol.
@patrickprucha5522
3 ай бұрын
i did the same and i did it as a file server attached to my desktop via ethernet. At the same time i used it for media server, backup server, file server, and it was available to every member of the family running windows via samba or nfs.
@fakecubed
2 ай бұрын
I wish I got a bigger rack and got a larger, managed switch with more PoE. Oh, and I would have gotten a used enterprise chassis for my unraid server instead of buying a cheap prosumer chassis that wasn't exactly in spec and has a few problems. A bigger rack isn't even because I need more room, it's just a real pain bending down so low for everything instead of having most things nearer standing height. A bigger rack does make for easier organization, too, though. A managed switch ended up being a lot more important than I thought it would be, and more PoE ended up being essential for a Raspberry Pi cluster. Also, I ran out of ports pretty fast with what I started with. I figured out all of these problems at the same time so I only needed to buy one replacement switch that covered all of my needs (with some room to keep growing). Whenever I feel like starting over with a new rack build, I would also go SFP+. I was largely unfamiliar with SFP+ and I've realized it's the way to go. I didn't even realize that datacenters dump their old hardware onto eBay until after I built my main box on the rack. I'm not unhappy with my set-up, now that it's built, but _when_ I need to replace a hard drive or add more drives to it, I would be in a lot better shape if I had a nice enterprise chassis. Also, mounting the box I got was far more difficult than it needed to be. I'll be building all my future computers onto a rack after this, just to banish noise and heat from my office for good, and when I do, I'll start each time with a nice enterprise chassis that actually fits properly with nice slide-out rackmount hardware. Enterprise hardware also comes with nice hotswap backplanes and stuff too sometimes to cut down on the insane numbers of SATA cables you might otherwise need to use. Just overall a better experience.
@chun-li-tq6lf
3 ай бұрын
You can use your extra nvme drives as backup volumes of your containers. I’m not certain if it’s nvme or spinning drives but their life spans increase by being powered on. So maybe using a mini pc or an nvme hub u can put them to use👍
@ironfist7789
3 ай бұрын
If you use zfs on the system it helps to have a lot of RAM also for speed, don't think it can be wasted there... but yeah extra VMS and all that
@martinborderland1671
3 ай бұрын
Just some general advice for folks in the comments who want to get into homelabs. You'd be surprised how little power computational power you can get away with. My first server was my dad's old computer which had a core 2 quad Q6600 I mainly used it as a NAS plus a few containers like nextcloud plex and latter jellyfin even a mincraft server which definitely was at the border of what it was capable of. I'v also done some light virtualisation on it though it did't have IOMMU so passthrough was kind of out of the question
@DanPratt
2 ай бұрын
I started with Proxmox and Docker on a NUC, then thought I wanted to do Kubernetes clusters so I bought two more NUCs…then figured out that was overkill for a home media server. Now I’m running a homebuilt NAS running Unraid as well as a standalone machine running PFSense. I do have my media server running great and am also hosting my own NextCloud instance. Major ADHD start but landed in a focused use case.
@keylowmike85
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the insight. I want build my home lab so I can tinker with it since I want to become a Linux Sysadmin, but I also have a couple of used tower servers for filesharing and a Mincraft server for the kids.
@lordkekz4
3 ай бұрын
I very much agree on the RAM side. Getting a little extra RAM doesn't cost a lot but you'll be glad once you run a bunch of containers, maybe a vm and use ZFS as a file system. Speaking of: Use ZFS! It's great and really fucking fast. I'm getting 300Mib/s random write speeds on my pool with 3 HDDs (each has about 280MiB/s sustained sequential write) and no L2ARC. Just 8GB ARC in RAM does wonders.
@stopspyingonme9210
3 ай бұрын
I have a dell optiplex you can get with just CPU and memory on eBay sub $100. Removed the optical drive and installed an ssd and 5tb of hard drives i had lying around from like xbox 360/one storage drives. Slapped debian and plex on it and called it a day. I don't see how an audiobook server to avoid audible makes much sense. If you want free books just go through the library. Or copy your calibre library every so often
@KeithBoehler
3 ай бұрын
My start with homelab was picking up at refurb Dell Optiplex. So far I only ssh to it and maybe run a few things. My laptop is pretty good , so there is not much that makes sense really offloading it, nor do I need more storage. I am happy just having it and messing around.
@nightshade427
3 ай бұрын
Great video! Im using a minisforum em780 (32G ram, 1tb nvme) with two external 8tb hdd in raid 1, it sites nicely next to my Internet router/switch next to my living room TV. Its running windows, wsl2, docker desktop, plex, moonlight/sunshine 1080p game streaming, mailcow, immich, matrix, gitea, mastodon, nginx for hosting my side project sites and portfolio (rails, next js, nuxt js, kore-c, postgres, redis, etc). I'm only using about 25%-33% of machine processor and 50% of ram. It all sits behind a tail scale intranet so I only have to expose nginx to outside for public to see my websites, the rest stays hidden behind tailscale. I can even access all my services just fine while out and about from my cell phone.
@derekp6636
3 ай бұрын
I think a lot of people start with the "i just want plex" mindset ;). Running game servers for kiddo and other friends is fun, setting up dashboards and seedboxes etc to automate a lot of things.
@milohoffman274
3 ай бұрын
There is a reason why networking is an entire IT Field specialty.
@MrSnivvel
3 ай бұрын
If I had a dollar for every developer I've met that thought they were competent at networking because they own a Linksys router...
@ahpadt
2 ай бұрын
i recently repurposed my old desktop hardware for a home server. thought for months of using freenas, proxmox etc etc but in the end due to my desire of hosting a gaming server and basic file hosting with raid, i just ended up running a debian with btrfs baked in from install, with raid10 of 4 drives, with snapshots etc. multiple vms overcomplicates things for the home imo
@gr8tbigtreehugger
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience! I am thinking about building a home lab for running open source LLMs (and other stuff!)
@ethanrivers4057
3 ай бұрын
*me watching this video with my Lenovo Tiny with 8GBs of RAM, a 2TB HDD and 12 containers*: “Hmmm I should probably upgrade…”
@UvekProblem
3 ай бұрын
Woah you have too much memory buddy I had to buy a separate usb to have some storage
@pasci_lei
3 ай бұрын
I use an old Lenovo ThinkCentre as a Homelab. I probably will never upgrade to a full server rack. The only upgrade I probably ever do is a Upgrade to an ARM server.
@pamina6572
3 ай бұрын
I was perplexed about which hardware to use also. I settled on a used Dell T7920 --silent. So I have powerful workstation and lots of disk space.
@Tech-NO-City
3 ай бұрын
I got a Cisco CCNP cert. I cant stop buying old cisco junk.
@benderbg
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for seeding all the Linux torrent ISOs.
@danielsolomon2585
3 ай бұрын
I would love to setup a server and yes it is intimidating to start
@Nope-iw7fm
3 ай бұрын
Start with an old laptop etc. I practiced on a 15 year old laptop that I got for free before commiting to a purchase :D
@murlock666
2 ай бұрын
Don't be scared to break stuff, it's part of the learning process. Proxmox is the way to go. I've been labbing for 3 years. I break stuff all the time lol. I laugh about it now. Spin up another VM and carry on. There's so many good folk out there that will help you learn. If you can dream it up, chances are there's someone who has already done it and written the instructions :)
@wyfyj
3 ай бұрын
Weird, I didn't get a notification for this video
@cheako91155
3 ай бұрын
I just wanted a place to put all the video files to play on a fireTV stick and steamdeck. I got like an N100 mobo for $70 and spent a little more for a 5bay case and PSU.
@shlokbhakta2893
3 ай бұрын
For anyone starting out, making mistakes is good 👍. I have accidentally rm rfed my whole setup twice lol. Thank god for docker and obsidian (I store my docker compose file there)
@user-hh4br5tk5p
3 ай бұрын
It is crazy to think that you need 128 GB of ram. What are you using that take so much?
@fakecubed
2 ай бұрын
A lot of VMs will add up quick.
@manojdaniel6941
3 ай бұрын
Try podman
@shlokbhakta2893
3 ай бұрын
Let him learn docker first 😅
@MrSnivvel
3 ай бұрын
@@shlokbhakta2893 Podman replaces Docker.
@wartlme
3 ай бұрын
My current setup is this. I have 4 Proxmox nodes(computers) in my cluster. 1) Dell R610, 98 GB RAM, two Xeon CPUs, 24 cores, 6 1TB hard drives, 12 3TB hard drives. This server is off. It costs too much to run. Uses so much electricity, 400 watts. Along with the electricity cost, it makes so much heat. Please do not buy a big enterprise server unless you want to spend money running it for years. 2) Ryzen 3800X, 16 cores, 32 GB RAM, 2 1TB M.2 for OSs, 8 8TB hard drives, and a GTX 1650 GPU. This is my central server, and it is always on. I just wanted to let you know that this is all you need. It is currently running TrueNAS, Plex, Minecraft, AgentDVR, and Home Assistant with no problems. 3) Xeon with 8 cores, 32 GB RAM, 1 1TB SSD, 500 GB SSD, 3 2TB hard drives. This server, a reliable workhorse, is primarily used for testing and hosting the Proxmox Backup Server. 4) Intel N5105 CPU, 32 GB RAM, 1 1TB M.2, 6 2.5 GB/s NICs. This server hosts my pfSense, website, and Dashy. This stays on all the time. Servers 2 and 4 stay on all the time. When I can afford it, I will upgrade the RAM on server 2 to 64 GB or 128 GB. I learned a lot about networking using my home lab. Although I am a network engineer now, I had this home lab before. I am 100% sure helped me get my current job. If you want a server, more CPU cores, more RAM, and more hard drives are key. You want it to be fast, and you want to try things.
@giorey8555
3 ай бұрын
What’s the consumption of the second server?
@wartlme
3 ай бұрын
@@giorey8555 I'm not sure. I have not connected the meter(Killawatt) to it. Based on how little heat comes out of it, I am guessing it is under 100.
@giorey8555
3 ай бұрын
@@wartlme uh it’s not bad at all, I’m currently running a laptop 24/7 with an i7 3537u and 8gb of ram, it runs pretty good for my needs but I also got a pc standing by in my wardrobe with an i5 6400 and gtx 1660, I could think of using it as a server (I’ve been worrying about the power consumption so I’m not using it)
@wartlme
3 ай бұрын
@@giorey8555 I know there are several things you can do to make your servers more power-efficient. Hardware Haven and other KZitemrs have videos on how to do this, such as setting power states and spinning down your hard drives when not in use. I think the PC will work fine for you. You can use it to see how it works.
@giorey8555
3 ай бұрын
@@wartlme thank you a lot man , I appreciate it
@AggressiveHayBale
3 ай бұрын
Honestly my best advice would be to start on the small (or on free month trial) Linode or Hetzner rented cloud server. You don't need your own machine and you have a taste of how it is to have a server and what can you do with it.
@MrSnivvel
3 ай бұрын
When you run Linux locally there's no benefit of using a remote VM.
@MENTOKz
3 ай бұрын
lol love it matt
@stopspyingonme9210
3 ай бұрын
How many ebooks do you have and what are you paying for now?
@donkey7921
3 ай бұрын
hehe, one thing I wish I knew was that while my CPU supports 128gb of ram, the chipset z370 (or at least the motherboards using it) don't support 128gb...
@impersonator4439
3 ай бұрын
Start with a raspberry pi 4 or 5 before going in like this.
@thermionictetrode
2 ай бұрын
No ragrets!
@CRYPTiCEXiLE
3 ай бұрын
25 years of GNU/Linux RTFM is the the only way to learn.
@shanagondaarun2436
3 ай бұрын
We are all nerds😂
@user-pv8yj7mg2o
3 ай бұрын
$ info info
@UnhingedNW
3 ай бұрын
First kinda
@slickdrickle8191
2 ай бұрын
Buddy needs to start networking with some dieticians.
@instillenergy7803
2 ай бұрын
There is no need to use managed switches for home labs... there are plenty of decent cisco, Ubiquiti, xyxel, and many more that have smart web managed switches that are perfectly fine and very simple to configure..
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