Thesis
Modern services typically make you choose between having either the convience of
a subscription and cloud services, or being able to have control over your
personal data. They also don’t mention how you’re at their mercy if they decide
to increase the prices of a service. Because of this, I decided to build a
home lab to serve as a secure, controlled environment for the data which I don’t
want on the cloud.
Hardware
- Intel N100 for router (will run PfSense, OpenVPN, etc.)
- Unifi 8-port 2.5Gbps network switch
- Home Assistant Green
- USB Blu-Ray Drive
Server Part List
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pKBTMF
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
- Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler
- MSI PRO B650M-P Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory
- Crucial P510 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- Seagate Exos X14 12 TB 3.5” 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive (x4)
- Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card
- Jonsbo N6 MicroATX Mid Tower Case
- Cooler Master V850 SFX GOLD 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
- Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM Sx2-PP 91.6 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack
- Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM Sx2-PP 63.15 CFM 120 mm Fans 2-Pack (x3)
Software
Software stack is documented over at 202606171647-homelab-software