Hey folks!
Finally, I’ve finished building my new generation of Home Lab.
The main purpose of this Lab is to practice with VMware products and have some VMs.


















Hardware | Hardware Model | Type of device / comments |
---|---|---|
Motherboard | Supermicro X11SPM-F | Compute nodes x 2 |
CPU | Intel Xeon Gold 6140 (18c@2.3GHz) | VMware ESXi 7.0.3, build 19193900 |
Cooler | Noctua NH-U12S | LGA3647 |
RAM | 224Gb@DDR4-2666 | |
HDD | 2 x WD Red NAS Hard Drive 2TB | vSAN Storage Tier |
HDD | 2 x 4TB Toshiba N300@7200rpm | vSAN Storage Tier |
SSD | Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD 250GB | Local NVMe Datastore |
Samsung PM1735 3.2Tb | vSAN Cache Tier | |
Network | Intel X520-DA2 | 10Gbit based on 82599 Controller |
PSU | be Quiet! PURE POWER 500W | |
Case | Fractal Design NODE 804 |
Hardware | Hardware Model | Model / comments |
---|---|---|
HP 600 G2 Mini | CPU - Intel Core i5-6500t | |
RAM - 2x16Gb DDR4@3200Mhz | ||
vSAN SSD Cache- Hynix BC501 M.2 PCI-E NVMe 256Gb | ||
vSAN SSD Capacity - ADATA SU650 500 Gb |
Management Nodes
Hardware | Hardware Model | Model / comments |
---|---|---|
Intel® NUC 11 Performance kit - NUC11PAHi5 | CPU - Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 | 4c/8t at 2.4GHz |
RAM - 2x32Gb DDR4@3200Mhz | ||
SSD - Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD 250GB | ||
Network adapter - Realtek RTL8156 |
Type | Model | Comments |
---|---|---|
Router | MikroTik RB5009UG+S+IN | Awesome router for homelab with powerful hardware inside |
Switches | MikroTik CRS317-1G-16S+RM | 10Gbit network switch / used for aggregation traffic from all 10Gbit nodes |
MikroTik CRS326-24G-2S+RM | 1Gbit network switch for other devices and for | |
Wireless access point | MikroTik cAP ac | Quite good universal access point |
Hardware | Hardware model | Type of device / comments |
---|---|---|
Motherboard | ASUS ROG STRIX Z270-I GAMING | |
CPU | Intel Core i7-7700k | 4c/8t@4.2Ghz |
Cooler | Cryorig C7 | |
RAM | 4 + 8Gb DDR4@3200Mhz | |
HDD | 4 x 12TB HGST DC HC520 | 7200RPM |
SSD | 2 x Samsung pm9a1 1Tb M.2 | Cache for SHR array |
Network | Intel X520-DA2 | |
PSU | FSP 450W PNR | |
Case | Chenbro SR30169 | Cool case for hot-swappable 4x3.5HDD + 2 cages for 2.5' HDD/SSD. Be careful about the height of CPU cooler! |
Software | XPEnology DSM 7 | Based on redpill bootloader (instruction) |
Hardware | Purpose | Comments |
---|---|---|
APC Back-UPS BX2200MI-GR | Power backup | My first attempt into home APC device / 1200W |
Raspberry Pi Model 4B | Pi-hole appliance | Trying to avoid ads |
IKEA FJÄLLBO Shelf unit | Storing all the stuff | Nice and elegant solution to store hardware at flat |
And here is some cat for you 🐈
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