My homelab infrastructure
Something very easily overlooked is what my homelab looks like, as it mostly just works! It is a well thought out combination of fit for purpose hardware, without becoming “work”, so while I do have a preference for specific hardware, I still have the freedom to build it differently than I would do at my day job. It consists of the following parts: Netgate SG-4860-1U as a pfSense firewall and router; 2x Juniper Networks EX2300-C-12P for switching, running as a VC (virtual chassis); 2x Unifi NanoHD as WiFi Accesspoints; A small server running Proxmox, built within a Fractal design node 304 case: Intel i7-8700k cpu; 64GB DDR4 Crucial memory; Asus Prime H310I-Plus motherboard; Google Coral m.2 TPU; Sonoff Zigbee dongle P as a Zigbee router for Home Assistant. Flexoptix optics for terminating my fiber internet. While I like to automate at scale, I tend to like to get hands on at times in which my homelab gives great opportunities to test and try out new things, but also run mission-critical services to support my personal needs. ...