A few years ago I had a couple old and slow Optiplex's running Hyper-V, with Windows/Linux VM's, doing things like NPS, AD, etc.
Had some old equipment collecting dust, so I've built out a decent homelab and am curious if anyone else has done the same, and if so what are they running on them for fun?
In my new "rack":
- PowerEdge R430
- Running ProxMox, with a Windows VM (DC), and a Linux VM with Docker for Plex
- EqualLogic PS4100
- VM storage for both PowerEdge servers (10TB)
- Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 24 250w
- PowerEdge R720
- Running ProxMox, with some Linux VM's, most utilizing Docker for Plex "assistance/automations" (ahem), NextCloud for phone photo backup and wife's photography, and another DC as a failover of R430's DC.
I really like the portable rack config! That would be ideal!!
Very similar set up:
I'd like to mess around more with a Pi cluster (or some other low power/RISC setup) or an Intel NUC to keep the noise and power consumption down.
Very nice!! Running anything fun on it?
It changes from time to time, but it's usually ESXi/vCenter (VMUG Advantage is worth getting to get some vmware drive time, especially if you can snag it through work or school) running some basic VMs for a print server and other random stuff I happen to be messing with. The Antsle has turned into a sandbox for containers and learning more about docker/kubernetes.