My HomeLab
There are a number of different ways to go about provisioning a home lab but I would like to start in a low budget and gradually grow over the years.
My primary reason behind the lab is certification, education, and fun as well as testing new products.
Hardware Inventory:
> vSphere Host
1> ESX0 – Dell Poweredge CS 1100 (ebay), 72GB Memory, 4 Local WD Red 2TB, 1 Local Samsung 256GB SSD
2> ESX1 – Dell Poweredge CS-24 (ebay), 48 GB Memory, 2 Local WD Red 2 TB, 2 Segate 650GB
Low Power Consumption Host
3> ESX2 – Intel NUC5i7-RYH 5th Generation (MicroCenter) , 16GB Memory, 2 Local Samsung 500GB SSD
4> ESX3 – Home built – AMD FX 6300+Gigabyte MB (Micro center), 32 GB Memory, 1 Local Samsung 500GB SSD
5> ESX4 – Intel NUC6I&KK Skull Canyon , 32GB Memory, 2 Local SSD
6> ESX5 – Homebuild – Intel I7, 32GB memory, 2 Local SSD
> Storage
1> QNAP 252 2bay drive with 2TB as iscsi storage
2> QNAP TS -563 %drive bay with 4TB iscsi sotrage and 1TB SSD
3> vSAN ( 256GB cache, 1 TB Storage)
> Network
1> Netgear 3800 WRT Router
2> Zyxel 9 Port Desktop Gigabit Switch
3> Netgear 7100 Router (Main)
4> Dell 48 Port managed l2-l3 switch
5> Dell 12 Port Desktop managed switch
6>UniFy switch 24 port, Unify AP’s and Unify SG’s
