Hi all, long time reddit lurker, first time lemmy poster here.

This is the current state of my tiny homelab. I use it for learning and self hosting some services.

Top to bottom:

IPS modem / router

• only used as cable modem
• all other functionality is disabled

HP Elitedesk 705 G3 Mini

• Proxmox VE Host
• 4C/4T - 16GB RAM
• 128GB SSD for Boot
• 500GB NVME SSD for VMs
• replaced 2 Pi4 and still gives space for experiments
• Services: NodeRed, InfluxDB, Grafana, PiHole, Uptime Kuma, Observium

Kobol Helios64

• ARM-based NAS running Armbian
• 6C/6T - 4GB RAM
• 128GB SSD for Boot
• 3 x 1TB HDD as raid5 for storage
• Services: personal Nextcloud instance, that I use for file sharing and synchronization between my devices and also as WebDAV target for Joplin

4-Port Firewall-Appliance

• runs pfSense CE
• 4C/4T - 4GB RAM
• 128GB SSD for Boot
• manages VLANs, DHCP and reverse proxy (HAProxy)

not in picture

• managed switch: TP-Link TL-SG116E (looking to upgrade to a switch with some 2.5G Ports)
• UPS: Eaton Ellipse ECO 650

All together this pulls around 60W from the wall. Happy to answer questions.