Lab Core

Lab Core

Network Stack Hardware:

Arris Surfboard SB8200

  • DOCSIS 3.1
  • Dual 1GbE ports with Link Aggregation support

Dell PowerEdge R210 ii

  • Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2 4-core 3.1GHz
  • 16GB ECC DDR3
  • 60GB SATA SSD

Dell PowerConnect 6224

  • 24x GbE ports

2x Ubiquiti UAP-AC-Pro

  • 48VDC PoE
  • 1300Mbps max throughput
  • VLAN and meshing support

8-outlet Individual Switched PDU Strip

  • Allows for streamlined power cycling of network stack components

CyberPower OR700LCDRM1U UPS

  • 700VA/400W max power output
  • Sufficient to run network stack for 1 hour during power loss

Network Stack Software:

pfSense Firewall

  • FreeBSD based
  • pfBlockerNG
  • Assigns VLANs to IoT devices
  • Enforces sleep schedule for applicable devices

Proxmox Server Hardware:

Dell PowerEdge R730XD

  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 14-core 2.6GHz
  • 128GB ECC DDR4
  • 24x 2.5" SAS3 front hotswap bays
  • 2x 2.5" SAS3 rear hotswap bays
  • 2x 750W 80+ Platinum power supplies
  • 2x 10GbE SFP+ 2x 1GbE mezzanine daughter card
  • 2x 400GB SAS3 SSDs in ZFS mirror
  • 2x 1.92TB SAS3 SSDs in ZFS mirror
  • 4x 3.84TB m.2 NVMe SSDs in ZFS RAID10
  • 6x 3.84TB SATA SSDs in 3x ZFS mirrors

Proxmox Virtual Machines:

Windows 10 22H2

  • Work VM for software testing

Windows 10 22H2 (32-bit)

  • Work VM for legacy software testing

Windows 11 23H2

  • Work VM for software testing

Windows 11 24H2

  • Work VM for software testing

MacOS 12 Monterey

  • Work VM for software testing

Windows 10 22H2

  • Personal VM for testing Windows mods and suspicious software

Proxmox Misc:

ISO Storage

  • OS installer ISOs and LXC container templates
  • Uses 1.92TB ZFS mirror for data storage

VM and LXC backups

  • Full backups created after initial setup and at key restoration points
  • Performed manually as needed
  • Uses third 3.84TB ZFS mirror for backup storage

Proxmox LXC Services:

Served via ZFS RAID10 pool

WireGuard

  • VPN connection to home network
  • Primarily used to provide mobile connection to personal cloud

Nextcloud

  • Personal cloud storage
  • Uses first 3.84TB ZFS mirror for data storage

UniFi Controller

  • Provisions and monitors WiFi access points

Homepage

  • Self-hosted dashboard to all homelab services

AMP (Application Management Panel)

  • Game server hosting
  • Terraria
  • Valheim
  • 7 Days to Die
  • Satisfactory

Samba file server

  • Debian 11 turnkey template
  • Serves test files, software, and storage for work
  • Uses second 3.84TB ZFS mirror for data storage

*arr

  • Prowlarr
  • Radarr
  • Sonarr
  • Lidarr
  • Readarr
  • Jackett
  • FlareSolverr (uses Docker container)

NAS Hardware:

Dell PowerEdge R730XD

  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 10-core 2.4GHz
  • 256GB ECC DDR4
  • 12x 3.5" SAS3 front hotswap bays
  • 2x 2.5" SAS3 rear hotswap bays
  • 2x 750W 80+ Platinum power supplies
  • 2x 10GbE SFP+ 2x 1GbE mezzanine daughter card
  • 12x 20TB Western Digital Red HDDs
  • 2x 118GB Intel Optane P1600X m.2 NVMe SSDs

NAS Software and Configuration:

TrueNAS Core 13.0-U6.1

  • FreeBSD based
  • ZFS pool
  • Samba file sharing
  • FreeBSD jail for lftp transfers

ZFS pool (Archives)

  • 3x 4-drive vdevs each in RAIDZ1
  • 158TB usable space
  • 2x 118GB Optane SSDs for mirrored special metadata vdev
  • Dedicated metadata storage extends HDD lifespans