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== Building the Homelab ==
=== Setting the Scene ===
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! Types of Homelab !! Common Requirements !! Other
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* [[Single Host Virtualisation]] - ''jonythunder''
* [[vInception]] / [[vTARDIS]] ✔
* Physical cluster 
** Array of Inexpensive PCs (AIPCs) 
* [[Cloud Homelabs|Cloud]]
* Hybrid
* Gathering requirements - ''Alex'' ✔
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* Use cases ✔
** Study ✔
** Media ✔
** CCTV ✔
** Pics ✔
** Blogs ✔
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* [[Wife Acceptance Factor]] - ''Alex''
* Budget
** Capex vs Opex
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=== Hypervisors, Power, Cooling, Noise and Compute ===
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! [[Hypervisors]] & Ecosystems !! [[Power]], [[Cooling]] & [[Noise]]!! Compute !! Cream Boxes
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* [[VMware vSphere]] - ''Bryan''
* [[Microsoft Hyper-V]]
* [[KVM]] ''-Sketch''
* [[XenServer]]
* Nesting hypervisors ✔
* vInception ✔
* vTARDIS ✔
* [[OpenStack]]
* [[bhyve]]
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* [[Power]]
** [[UPS]]
** Locating your lab with your employer
** Choosing low power components ''- Alec''
*** Intel CPU Differences 
*** Networking power
*** Storage COnsiderations
** DPM
*** Use more power hungry machines?
*** Turn off when not in use
*** Scripts to power on/off 
* [[Cooling]] and [[Noise]]
** Comparing CPUs and heat
** Chassis size is inversely proportional 
*** heat exchange
*** noise
** Summer vs winter
** Tips for cooling
** Airbricks!
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* I3 vs i5 vs i7 vs Xeon
* Clock speeds
* Hyperthreading
* More, cheaper vs fewer, faster
* AzureStack RAM requirements
** Config file change for 32GB
* Loadsa RAM
* Optimum ratio of cores to RAM
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* Whitebox or vendor?
* [[Racks]]
** [[Racks#Small Racks|Small Racks]]
** [[Racks#Silent Racks|Silent Racks]]
** [[Lack Rack]]s
* Tower or Rackmount
** Chassis
*** [http://openhomelab.org/index.php?title=Corsair_Obsidian_900D Corsair Obsidian Series 900D E-ATX Super Tower] - ''Ather'' ✔
*** [http://openhomelab.org/index.php?title=Corsair_Carbide_400R Corsair Carbide Series 400R ATX Mid-Tower] - ''Ather'' ✔
** [[Intel NUC|Intel NUCs]] - ''Alex'' ✔
** [[HP ML110]] - ''Dave''
** [[HP ML115]] - ''Dave''
** [[HP ML305]] - ''Mike''
** [[Apple Mac Mini]]s
** [[Gigabyte BRIX]]
** [[HP MicroServer|MicroServers]]
** Supermicro microtower with Xeon-D - "Joep"
** BLADES!
*** Dell M1000e
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=== Networking, Storage, Cloud Labs and Other ===
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! [[Networking]] !! [[Storage]] !! [[Cloud Labs]] !! Other
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* Ports
* Multi-NIC configs
* [[VMware NSX]]
* Standard vs Distributed Switches
* Other uses (e.g. CCNA study)
* [[Cisco SG300]] - ''Dave''
* [[10Gbps Homelab Networking|10Gbps]] - ''Erik''
* [[Infiniband]] - ''Erik''
* [[Cable Management]]
* [[Managed Switches For Home Use]] - ''Alec''
* Multiple switches and using port channels
* Tips when [[Flood Cabling]] your house
* Tips when [[Retrofitting Cabling]] to your house
* [[Powerline]] adapters - ''Alex''
* [[Home Wi-Fi]]
** [[Cisco Meraki]]
** [[Open-Mesh]]
** [[Ubiquiti]] - ''Alec'' ' ✔
* [[ZeroTier]]
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* Home array types / NAS boxes - ''Alex'' ✔
** Synology
*** [[Synology DS 1513+/1515+]] - ''Alec''
*** Synology DS713+ - ''Pietro''
*** [[Synology DX 213 Expansion]] - ''Alec''
*** [[Synology DX1513 Expansion]] - ''Alec''
* Reclaiming storage from machines
* Best way to lay out iSCSI drives
* VAAI
* Flash vs spindle ✔
* Flash
** NVMe
** PCI Cards
** SSDs
* Mixing lab data and home data ✔
* Local drives (vInception) ✔
* Storage Software ✔
** [http://www.freenas.org/ FreeNAS]
** [https://www.openfiler.com/ Openfiler] - ''Keiran S'' 
** [https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free Starwind]
** [http://community.netapp.com/t5/Developer-Network-Articles-and-Resources/Data-ONTAP-Simulator-Introduction-and-Download-Information/ta-p/85285 NetApp Data ONTAP simulator]
** [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/scaleio.htm EMC ScaleIO]
** [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/vvnx.htm?PID=SWD_vvnx_trialsoftware EMC vVNX] or [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/vvols.htm with VVol support]
** [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/isilonsd-edge.htm EMC IsilonSD Edge]? Not sure if standalone
** [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/isilon.htm?PID=SWD_isilon_trialsoftware EMC Isilon Simulator]
** [http://www.emc.com/cloud/vipr/try.htm?PID=SWD_vipr_trialsoftware EMC ViPR]
** [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/data-domain-virtual-edition.htm EMC Data Domain VE] - 0.5TB or replication
** [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/ecs.htm?PID=SWD_ecs_trialsoftware EMC ECS Object storage]
* Enterprise storage
** Uses more power than you would think! :o ✔
* [[Hyper-convergence]] ✔
** [[VMware VSAN]] - ''Frank B''
** [[Nutanix CE]]
** Atlantis?
* Local caching
** [[PernixData]] ''- Gareth :) or anyone else can help''
** [http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/software/intel-cache-acceleration-software-performance.html Intel CAS]
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* Intro to [[Cloud Homelabs]] - ''Alex'' ✔
* How much time monthly spent in the homelab? ✔
* Amazon [[AWS]] Free Tier - ''Alex''
* [[Azure]]
* GCP?
* [[Ravello]]
* Bare Metal Cloud – baremetalcloud.com
* Free labs ✔
** VMware HoL
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* Containers
** [[Docker]]
** Rkt
** [[VMware Photon]]
** [[Kubernetes]]
** [[Mesosphere]]

* Licensing
** [[VMware Licensing]]
** [[Microsoft Licensing]] - ''Chris B''

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