A few years ago I had a couple old and slow Optiplex’s running Hyper-V, with Windows/Linux VM’s, doing things like NPS, AD, etc.

Had some old equipment collecting dust, so I’ve built out a decent homelab and am curious if anyone else has done the same, and if so what are they running on them for fun?

In my new “rack”:

  • PowerEdge R430
    • Running ProxMox, with a Windows VM (DC), and a Linux VM with Docker for Plex
  • EqualLogic PS4100
    • VM storage for both PowerEdge servers (10TB)
  • Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 24 250w
  • PowerEdge R720
    • Running ProxMox, with some Linux VM’s, most utilizing Docker for Plex “assistance/automations” (ahem), NextCloud for phone photo backup and wife’s photography, and another DC as a failover of R430’s DC.
  • @L3sOPM
    2•1 year ago

    I hear you (pun intended, sorry I’m a dad) on the loudness, luckily we have a basement we don’t use very often, but it’s quite annoying when I game down there on the weekend.

    As for mini-PC, it’s probably worth making another post on /c/sysadmin about, I’m not sure how many people will stop in this post since it’s a little older and unfortunately I’m not much help there.