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Pfsense router/firewall handling openvpn, and primary DNS functions. This lab network is separate from my main household network, and this pfsense router is the entryway into the lab. Currently unused HP disk shelf connected to the supermicro server below it. Supermicro server:
TrueNAS Core
2x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620
128GB ECC DDR3
3x 10TB WD Gold HDD for Plex primary media storage (ZFS RaidZ1)
3x 1TB SK Hynix SSD for VM storage (ZFS RaidZ1)
3x 8TB WD Red HDD for VM backups and other PC backups (ZFS RaidZ1)
1x 120GB Intel SSD boot drive (old) Custom 4U server, was my first proxmox host:
Rosewill Chassis
Intel Xeon 1230 v2
32GB DDR3 ECC
2x ADATA 120GB SATA SSDs for boot (RAID 1) These next two are identical:
Dell R630 1U
Proxmox hosts
64GB DDR4 ECC
2x Intel Xeon 2643 v3 CPUs
2x ADATA 120GB SATA SSDs for boot (RAID 1) 10gbps network switch
MikroTik CRS317-1G-16S+RM
The 3 proxmox hosts and TrueNAS servers are connected through here 1gbps network switch
Cisco-SG-300-20
Handling IPMI/iDRAC/Proxmox management ports, and other low bandwidth services Tripp Lite 1500VA UPS Server rack is a 25U Rosewill For running public things, like this site, I have a cheap dedicated Proxmox host in a datacenter:
2x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v2
64GB DDR3 ECC
500GB SATA SSD
$33/month Software Proxmox VMs: All VMs are generally running Ubuntu 20.04 or Windows Server 2022. A couple Windows 11 VMs for testing, and opnsense allowing for DNS resolution of lab services on the main network. I chose to go with VMs over Proxmox LXC containers here because I wanted high availability support with live migration.
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