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> My tip to OP would be to set up a home lab on hardware from eBay Not OP, but this sounds like an interesting thing to do. Which hardware would you recommend?
by bradrn 6y ago
> My tip to OP would be to set up a home lab on hardware from eBay
Not OP, but this sounds like an interesting thing to do. Which hardware would you recommend?
(Also, for the uninitiated, what exactly is a ‘home lab’?)
- m3nu 6y agoWhatever is cheap and common, I'd say. If you plan to fool around with setting up Linux and maybe *BSD servers, you need hardware support for that. Home lab for me would be a place to build and run servers. I.e. basic tooling to assemble cases, change CPUs and RAM and a wired network connection. A community hacker space may work too and there will be folks to ask for advice. You could also use micro PCs[1] or a Rasperry Pi, but those are too different from actual servers IMO. That's why I'd prefer a larger form factor to start with. 1: https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimicro-home-lab-revolution/ https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimic...
- rubatuga 6y agoI would totally recommend a used HP Z230 (either SFF or normal size depending on how big you want it to be). You can put in a Xeon processor, ECC RAM, and you have multiple PCIe slots and SATA ports.