(Apologies in advance if this belongs in a different thread - tried to pick one that looked most applicable.)
Hi all,
I'm trying to get started in the world of home labs. I've tinkered around with VM's on my desktop for a bit now, but I want to take it up a notch and have VM's that are on and accessible 24/7.
My primary goal behind this is to have a lab to mimic and tinker with an Enterprise-like environment in order to keep my skills sharp and be able to learn new IT skills at home without having an RGE (resume generating event) while testing something at work.
I'd like to put all of the VMs on their own VLAN of my home network (am switching over to Ubiquiti first) and create a domain with the following:
-One or two domain controller VMs
-A pfSense firewall VM
-A Nessus home VM
-A Splunk Free VM
-One or two workstation VM's (to simulate end user machines)
-Maybe a Plex Media server to stream to the TV?
-Maybe a Folding@home server?
**If you have any other suggestions for apps to run in a home lab, please let me know!
I'm trying to look at the different hardware options available to start creating a homelab with. The Dell PowerEdge servers seem to be very common. However, my primary concern (as I'm sure is the case for many) is the noise factor. I don't have a great space for putting servers so my office looks to be the best spot for the time being (plenty of room there). Are there any recommendations for quiet servers or other type of hardware to use in a homelab? A colleague at work had mentioned the idea of clustering a few NUCs and a NAS together as a homelab. Any thoughts or experience with that?
I'd really appreciate any guidance or suggestions. Thanks as always!
Hi all,
I'm trying to get started in the world of home labs. I've tinkered around with VM's on my desktop for a bit now, but I want to take it up a notch and have VM's that are on and accessible 24/7.
My primary goal behind this is to have a lab to mimic and tinker with an Enterprise-like environment in order to keep my skills sharp and be able to learn new IT skills at home without having an RGE (resume generating event) while testing something at work.
I'd like to put all of the VMs on their own VLAN of my home network (am switching over to Ubiquiti first) and create a domain with the following:
-One or two domain controller VMs
-A pfSense firewall VM
-A Nessus home VM
-A Splunk Free VM
-One or two workstation VM's (to simulate end user machines)
-Maybe a Plex Media server to stream to the TV?
-Maybe a Folding@home server?
**If you have any other suggestions for apps to run in a home lab, please let me know!
I'm trying to look at the different hardware options available to start creating a homelab with. The Dell PowerEdge servers seem to be very common. However, my primary concern (as I'm sure is the case for many) is the noise factor. I don't have a great space for putting servers so my office looks to be the best spot for the time being (plenty of room there). Are there any recommendations for quiet servers or other type of hardware to use in a homelab? A colleague at work had mentioned the idea of clustering a few NUCs and a NAS together as a homelab. Any thoughts or experience with that?
I'd really appreciate any guidance or suggestions. Thanks as always!