Just an update on my homelab rack.
From top to bottom:
• TP-Link AX21 - Wireless Router
• PDU - powers network and Synology
• Synology DS419slim - horridly managed w/ about 6TB of combined storage, no raid
• Netgear ProSafe 5748T - main switch
• Cisco Catalyst 3560-X - unused, planned for home automation / IoT devices
• Proliant DL180 g9 - Proxmox with a couple containers(JellyFin, Trillium, VaultWarden, Ignition, and a couple Linux distros), 8x 1TB HDDs, raid 5 , 32GB ram
• Cisco Multiservices Platform - about to install FreeNAS w/ 4x 12TB HDDs in raid 6, 8GB Ram
• DataDomain DD160 - unused, wanted to turn into a JBOD rack but will probably become ewaste ☹️
• APC Smart-UPS X 1500 - currently powering the whole rack with a new battery bank
• APC ??? - not used yet. It’s a 220v model, so I won’t be using it until I move my rack later next year. But the batteries were good when I got it.
Not pictured is my PFSense router running on a Protectli VP2420.
All in I think I’m under $700, when the drives for the new NAS get in I’ll be at $1000.