!!THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!!
What will this post be about?
This post will be a (hopefully) short introduction to my current homelab setup. As I am currently in the middle of moving to my first apartment this post will be written over multiple weeks. There will be “3 main sections” to this post, my current setup, my setup after the move and my wishes/plans for the future.
I hope you enjoy reading this and if you have any recommendations or questions don’t be afraid to comment or send me an e-mail via my mail!
My current setup
As of this day and age 25-03-2025/31-03-2025, my homelab consists of 6 servers, of which 3 are active and 3 are inactive as of the writing of this post. 1 24x 10Gbit SFP+ switch, my main desktop and 1 working 3D printer. I’ll put the current specs below (when I have time).
3D Printer:
- Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro
Desktop:
- Ryzen 9 5900x
- RTX 3080 Ti
- 2x 32GB 3600MHz CL16 DDR4
- Mellanox Connect-X 2 (more details at a later notice)
HPC server:
- Ryzen Threadripper 3960x
- RX 6800
- 4x 16GB 3600MHz CL16 DDR4
- Mellanox Connect-X 2
Mixed server:
- Dell R630
- Xeon e5-2697A v4
- Tesla P4
- 256GB 2400MHz DDR4 ECC
- Mellanox Connect-X 2
- 5x 512GB SAS HDD
- 1x 128GB SATA SSD
Storage server:
- Dell R630
- Xeon e5-2623 v3
- 80GB 2400MHz DDR4 ECC
- Mellanox Connect-X 2
- 8x 512GB SATA SSD
Update 27-03-2025
So I just got my new router + fiber optic box, and it’s a stupid media converter. So lucky me, I have to buy a SFP+ transceiver to convert from SFP+ to RJ45. Now that might not seem as a big deal, as it mostly isn’t… But! This costs me an extra €55 just to connect my personal router, how stupid! Now the router they did send me has a 10Gbit LAN port, but that’s also RJ45, and my router only has 10Gbit SFP+ and only 2.5Gbit RJ45. I know this might sound like a rich first world country ramble, but it genuinely pisses me off that fiber optics still aren’t “mainstream”. I get that SFP and SFP+ is slightly more expensive, but the transceivers are lower power, lower heat output and generally have better long distance latency due to using lasers/LEDs.