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[[Category:Open Homelab Project]]
== Intro ==
This section is simply a list of all of the ideas we have for sections. After each section title feel free to update your name against the line item in ''italics'' (double apostrophe on either side of your name) if you would like to complete the initial build out of the content for that individual page. Once you have completed it to a satisfactory level, please mark it off with a checkmark (✔) to enable us to track our progress against the list.

Alex has pre-assigned a few where people may be best suited to doing the initial content creation, or people had already expressed an interest!

== The Open Homelab Project ==
* [[About|About the Project]] - ''Alex'' ✔
* Founders and Mods - ''Alex'' ✔

== Building the Homelab ==
=== Setting the Scene ===
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|+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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|+Hardware Basics
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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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|+Hardware Basics
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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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== Managing your Homelab ==
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|+Managing Your Homelab
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! Directory Services !! [[Backups]] !! Configuration Management !! DNS & IP Management !! Automation & Code
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* [[Active Directory]]
* Univention
* OpenLDAP
* vCenter SSO
* Other LDAPs etc
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* Backup to the cloud?
* Free backup products, e.g.
** [[Veeam]] NFR licenses ([[Veeam#Veeam Backup & Replication|Veeam Backup & Replication]])
** [[Nakivo]] NFR licenses
** etc
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* [[Puppet]]
* [[Chef]]
* [[Ansible]]
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* DNS Tools
** AD Integrated
*IPAM Tools
** MS IPAM
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* [[AutoLab]]
* [[Ravello]]
* VMware Templates
* vRealize Operations
* vRealize Automation
* SCOM
* Puppet Razer
* GIT
* [[Jenkins in the Homelab|Jenkins]]
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|+Managing Your Homelab
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! Patching !! [[Monitoring]] !! [[Logging]] !! Load Balancing !! Email !! Other
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* [[WSUS]]
* [[Spacewalk]]
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* SCOM
* Spiceworks
* Veeam One
* Sensu
* Observium
* PRTG
* MRTG
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* VMware LogInsight
* Splunk
* ELK
* Syslog Basics
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* NetScaler
* [[KEMP]] - ''Gareth''
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* SMTP
* Exchange
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* Should I run a separate management cluster or server?
* VCSA vs Windows vCenter?
* [[Managing without vCenter]] (tips and tricks if you're not a vExpert/VMUG Advantage) - ''[[User:Chris|Chris B]]''
* [[Managing via Xbox]]! - ''[[User:Chris|Chris B]]''
* [[Managing your Homelab from a Mobile Device]] - ''k.i.n.g''
* [[Managing your VMware vSphere Homelab from Mac OSX]] [http://frankdenneman.nl/2016/04/21/managing-your-virtual-datacenter-and-home-lab-with-a-mac/ Franks Original Article] - ''Frank D''
* Best practices and recommendations for running a homelab
** [[Keep It Simple Stupid|KISS]]
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== Securing your Homelab ==
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|+Securing your Homelab
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! Security & remote access !! [[Firewalls]] !! Other
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* [[Remote Access|Remote Access and VPNs]] - ''Alex G''
** VPN
*** OpenVPN Appliance with free SSL Certs from startSSL.com  - ''Phil Morris''
** [[RDP Web Access]] - ''Gareth''
** [[Headless Access]] - ''Alex G''
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* Virtual Firewalls
* Physical Firewalls including Whitebox
** [[PC Engines ALIX]] - ''Pietro''
* [[VMware NSX]]
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* [[Certificates]] - ''Gareth''
* [[Homelab Antivirus|Antivirus / anti-spam]]
** [[Sophos]] - ''James K''
* [[Child Proofing your Homelab]]!
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== Decision Trees ==

This will be the tricky part - perhaps we have a few different ones based on different elements of the lab? I would love to do one all-encompasing d-tree but I don’t think it will be possible

The section index is here:
* [[Homelab_Decision_Trees|Homelab Decision Trees]]

== Homelab HCL ==

Reviews / Discussion on specific hardware in the context of homelabs?
Could also have lists of tested hardware for things like HBAs which work with VSAN, etc?

The section index is here:
* [[The_Unofficial_Homelab_HCL|The Unofficial Homelab HCL]]

== Other Stuff ==

* Running a mainframe!
** [[zSeries|IBM zSeries]] (z/OS, z/VM, Linux on System z)
** IBM iSeries (AS/400)
** [[Unisys]] (Clearpath MCP?)

== Cool Homelab Blog Posts / Blog Series ==

* Maybe a bunch of links - Chris Wahl has a list we could use to start with - with permission of course! http://wahlnetwork.com/my-home-lab/resources/