Home lab setup part 2
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- Home lab setup part 2
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This video is a more in depth video on my home lab and more.
I will go over: everything in my lab, what I use the servers for, my future plans for my home lab, how it all works, and the specs of everything and the model numbers of the stuff in my rack.
Link to home lab setup part one: • Home lab setup
Link to my website: sites.google.com/view/electri...
PARTS LIST:
servers: Hp dl380 g6
UPS: powerware 9125
Server rack: 18U 4 Post Open Frame 19" Network Server Rack
Cabinet Adjustable Depth 24"-37"
Ethernet switch: NETGEAR fs728tp
KVM: ATEN Altusen KL1508AM
PDU: GEIST SP104-10
Vertical Server Rack Cable Management D-Ring Hook: goo.gl/aPym8p
kenable Cable Management 19 Universal Panel 1U With Brush for Data Cabinet: goo.gl/TKbE8e - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Nice to see and keep up the good work! :)
thanks :)
Oh boy, a KVM is a really neat piece of technic.. Unfortunately my rack is in the basement and it's a bit more comfy to SSH or open up a graphics console from my desk down to the server.
Regarding firewall appliances: my suggestion would be a whitebox appliance running either OPNsense or pfsense (boils down to what you prefer, both are really good opensource firewalls built around the packetfilter pf). That's just more options for you - and free security updates/bug fixes/upgrades versus a used proprietary firewall (e.g Watchguard, Fortinet, Cisco ...). The latter ones tend to have the "you need a contract to get xy"-model.
Thanks so much :)
You have a few options for your firewall Pfsense which will require AES-NI. Those Zeons you have don't support AES-NI so virtualizing PF on one of those would be out of the question. However, you can Ebay some cheap gear than install PF on it. Also, you can look at Open Sense which is a spin-off from PF it does not require AES-NI your last option is to look at Ubiquiti.
thanks for you help :)
Build a pfsense firewall
I second this notion! PFSense is a fantastic firewall. Can certainly be used in an enterprise capacity. ClearOS is actually another great firewall as well. Personally have been using a mix of both.
Can always get a low profile rack mount chassis and build your own network security appliance. You can very easily get something like an embedded atom based supermicro Mini-ITX board on the second hand market and do an install of PFSense. This would make for a very energy efficient solution with more than enough bandwidth for a substantial lab. I love embedded boards for that reason. Been using mine for about 3 years. Never had any down time unless there has been some weather or if my ISP has a fault. Writing this comment, the appliance's up time is about 4 months as of today.
thanks for your suggestion, will consider it. :)
New video any time soon? I started building my own homelab with 2 HP DL380 G5, 24port Gigabit + 2 SFP+ 10gigabit Mikrotik switch and a few raspberry pi’s for a docker monitoring cluster. I’m running XCP-NG as my hypervisors and Xen Orchestra as my management interface.
Try MikroTik routers. They are rather cheap and have lots of enterprise stuff inside. Also you can find some old Cisco routers on eBay, they would be slow, but you will get lots of skills.
thank so much for your suggestion i will check that out. :)
Electrical Engineering Channel personally I recommend this one: it’s cheap, powerful and IPsec performance is fantastic: mikrotik.com/product/RB750Gr3.
@@pokrovsky-production thanks i will definitely check that out. can it run a VPN or pfSense?
Electrical Engineering Channel MikroTik uses their own Linux-based OS - RouterOS. It supports almost everything, you can ever imagine: from TFTP and DHCP servers to BGP and OSPF routing, GRE over IPsec VPN etc.
@@pokrovsky-production great, sounds like a great option!
Have you thought about trying PfSense as a firewall/router? It's pretty easy to use/set up and is open source.
netgate sg-3100 Firewall with ofcourse pfsense or if u need more ports the sg-5100
Velcro :) and Move to Ubiquiti You won't go back !! Then Look at the HP G8 server stuff less power usage and still quiet!
thanks, I have always wonted to get G8 servers
@@TylerWynn They so nice ! Much better too IMO.. I have the Ml350p G8 and it's quiet.. ( tower )
I post server stuff to and the amount of money u spend on power god damn😂 but its nice and id suggest pfsence unless u wanna go full ubiquit but even my AP cost 260 it will cost u 1k of not more
Get yourself familiar with platforms like esxi and xen they are replacing hyper-v left and right
I rather appreciate your setup! May I make a few recommendations: When speaking into the microphone: Please consider using a popfilter. The video editing is great, I would however suggest raising your volume to match the volume of the musik in non-spoken areas... not sure if I am explaining this correctly. Where you are not speaking, yet have musik playing, it is much lauter than in instances where you are speaking. OR perhaps lower the musik to match the levels of your voice. The background musik is just a little too laut in comparison to your voiceover. Perhaps lowe it a little bit. Otherwise great videos.
Also would suggest PFSense or ClearOS for your firewall needs. PFSense does offer a few greater options when it comes to network monitoring... at least in my experience. They can be installed upon virtually any box.... recommend having 2 NICs at minimum. To fulfill your 1U request, I would suggest purchasing one: Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo usw. Building 1Us can be a bit of a headache. Lawrence Systems talks a great deal about his uses with it. Marc Furneaux has a very extensive guide to configurations and installation should you require any assistance! Otherwise keep up the great work!
Thanks for all your feed back, I will take inconsideration all of your suggestions :)
@@TylerWynn Youre very welcome!
Ubiquiti usg
Why not just create a 3 node vSphere or Hyper-V cluster?
My dog i gotchu ! Sg 3100 buy from pf sense supports them
Have you try using a computer cluster ?
no, not yet but i have always wanted to do cluster computing.
I can’t wait
Dell r series are my preference and much easier on power
ya + they look bad ass
@@TylerWynn It's not about the looks - it's about availability of drivers and like @Balla21 said their powerconsumption. Also, they tend to be quieter then HPE gear.
Have you got social media or direct contact?
yes, Instagram: eec_c64
try either a mikrotik router. try routerbaord 2011 or 1100, or a cisco 2620xm from ebay. about £50/$60
or try virtual PFSENSE or OPENSENSE. drop me a pm on google hangouts if you need a hand or discord: cha0s