My Homelab consists of three Compute Nodes rocking dual Intel Xeon 2680v4 and 384GB/512GB DDR4 ECC RAM each running the whole VMWare Stack or whatever I’m experimenting with. For storage, I’m using a proxmox Host with single node Ceph (4x 4TB NVMe, 21x 8TB SAS, 3x 16TB SATA) and some containers on top, running on a dedicated server with a dual 2640v4 and 512GB DDR4 ECC RAM. As Backup target I’m using a ubuntu host (2x 4TB SSD, 9x 16TB SATA, 3x 8TB SAS) with a single 2690v4 and 128GB DDR4 ECC RAM Currently my Setup totals at about 36TB Flash Storage and 384TB Spinning Disks.
As network switches, I’m using a mix of Cisco Catalyst and Cisco Nexus, and all the servers are connected to at least two 10Gbit ports.
On them, I host my website and also some other services like vaultwarden, Mailcow, and Jellyfin, among others, in a Kubernetes cluster.
BOM - Bill of Material
| Component | Details | Function | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 x HP ProLiant DL360 G9 (Performance) | 2 x E5-2680v4, 512GB RAM, 1 x 500GB SSD, 1 x 4TB NVMe | Lab (sometimes VCF / kubevirt / proxmox) | 6000€ |
| 1 x HP ProLiant DL360 G9 | 2 x E5-2680v4, 384GB RAM, 1 x 500GB SSD, 2 x 2TB NVMe | Lab (sometimes VCF / kubevirt / proxmox) | 1200€ |
| 1 x HP Apollo 4200 G9 | 2 x E5-2640v4, 512GB RAM, 2 x 512GB SSD, 4 x 4TB NVMe, 21 x 8TB SAS, 3x 16TB SAS, Arc A310, Google Coral PCIe | 24/7 Services, NAS, Container Host, Proxmox | 5000€ |
| 1 x Supermicro 2HE Server (X10) | E5-2690v4, 128 GB RAM, 2x 512GB SSD, 2 x 4TB SSD, 9 x 16TB HDD | Storage NFS/iSCSI/S3, Docker Host | 3000€ |
| 1 x Supermicro E300-9D-4CN8TP | Xeon D-2123IT, 2 x 500GB SSD | witness hosts, pimary Firewall | 1000€ |
| 2 x Nexus C3548P-10G | 48 x SFP+, 1 x RJ45 1G | Core Switch/Router (IPv4 only) | 500€ |
| 2 x WS-C3650-48FD-E | 48 x RJ45 1G PoE, 2 x SFP+, 2 x SFP | Stacked, Access and OOB switch, IPv6 Routing | 600€ |
| 1 x Eaton 9SX6Ki | 6kVA UPS, about 35min runtime (all powered) | UPS | 1000€ |
| 24U Rack | 600€ | ||
| DAC | won’t count those, mostly FS.COM | 250€ | |
| Cable Management, Rails, etc | 400€ |
Last Updated at: 2025-11-11