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   Dash 🇸🇬 (dashrandom@kopiti.am)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 17:31:46 JST Dash 🇸🇬

   New Homelab stack is up and running \o/

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 19:17:00 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom home labs are awesome.

     Here's mine:

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     Dash 🇸🇬 (dashrandom@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 19:18:50 JST Dash 🇸🇬

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     • Keith Milner

     @Majik hahaha, that looks like what I have in office. Unfortunately neither have the space or funds to go for a rack at home atm. How many devices are you running on your network with that many patch cords?

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 19:44:52 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom yeah, this is in my garage in my house in the UK. It's got more serious over the last 10 years or so.

     The main switch is a 1Gbe PoE which feeds a bunch of other switches and Wifi access points in the main house.

     I also have a 10Gbe switch which is mainly for iSCSI to my storage array.

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 22:11:05 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom
     I have multiple VLANs which are broken out onto separate 1Gbe connections to my server (near the bottom, above the UPS and storage array+ drive extension), plus a separate cable for the BMC.

     So that's 5 cables just for the server. I have similar for the storage array.

     Plus I have 4 going into my main firewall/router (Netgate).

     Then there's various lab routers in the top half of the rack. At the moment, I have Junipers wired up because that's mostly what I'm working on.

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     Dash 🇸🇬 (dashrandom@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 22:11:05 JST Dash 🇸🇬

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     • Keith Milner

     @Majik Multiple VLANs for a home network sounds like overkill 😂 But to each his own I guess. Also depends on what you're hosting and what kind of data you're dealing with. I see from your network diagram you're dealing with office stuff so I assume there's some semi-work things there too?

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 22:41:32 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom yes, a lot of work stuff. I have a home office and the lab is largely for customer-related projects.

     The server is VMWare ESXi (which some of my customers also use) so I can build lab setups from VMs and VLANs very easily.

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     Dash 🇸🇬 (dashrandom@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 22:47:41 JST Dash 🇸🇬

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     • Keith Milner

     @Majik Makes sense especially when you're mixing private and "public" networks. Curious as to why you didn't just throw some stuff on the cloud as the extent of your homelab is very impressive to say the least.

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 22:47:42 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom For home use, I put the home stuff which is all mobile devices plus stuff like Sonos, Chromecast, etc. devices onto a network designated as "insecure". The work stuff, including the encrypted partition on my NAS containing confidential work files, is on a different network with no WiFi.

     I also have a generic "LAB" network for managing any lab VMs, a separate network for CCTV cameras, and a Management network which the BMC and management of the Unifi are done through.

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 22:57:30 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom Info have some stuff on the cloud, but only where it needs public access or for other reasons, like being off-site (for backups).

     A major reason is speed: my Internet speed here is only around 40M so remote accessing stuff can be slow.

     The other is cost. Cloud stuff adds up quickly, and there are times I have had dozens of VMs running which would cost $$$ per month. Yes I have the capital cost of the kit, but it's tax deductible and, over it's lifetime, it saves money.

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     Dash 🇸🇬 (dashrandom@kopiti.am)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 11:41:15 JST Dash 🇸🇬

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     • Keith Milner

     @Majik I deployed most of my client's stuff to the cloud (prod systems) as I didn't want to deal with spotty internet, or electrical issues but I definitely agree on the cost savings. Probably the major reason why anyone has a homelab 😆

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     Keith Milner (majik@kopiti.am)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 16:26:44 JST Keith Milner

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     @dashrandom
     Yeah, none of these are prod systems (other than occasional local use), and any spotty internet only affects external access. 95% of the time I'm accessing it internally.