My Homelab Server

Awhile back I bought a decommissioned Gen ?? Dell PowerEdge R710 server.

Specs:

  1. x2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 @ 2.53GHz CPUs [lscpu]
  2. 64GB RAM
  3. iDrac 6
  4. Quad NIC NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) [lspci | grep -E -i --color 'network|ethernet']
  5. 2x 1TB HDD

It’s pretty meager but still more than sufficient for my homelab needs, so I’ve put a fair amount of work into it.

Here’s what I’ve done so far, and what I want to do:

  1. [x] DIY vertical brackets for DIY rack
  2. [x] Installed dedicated power circuit
  3. [x] XCP-ng installation
  4. [x] Home Assistant
  5. [x] Debian 12 Desktop – using this as main server OS, desktop for flexibility
    1. [ ] tmux server
    2. [ ] install Docker (desktop or ??) and Portainer using Ansible
      1. [ ] Node server
      2. [ ] containerized IDRAC6 [reference]
      3. [ ] move Gitea here
      4. [ ] move Scrypted here
      5. [ ] possibly move Omada Controller here
      6. ads
  6. CPU Upgrade (LGA 1366 / Socket B):
    1. New: x2 Intel Xeon X5675 SLBYL @ 3.06GHz / 12M / 6.4  – 6 cores per CPU, 2 threads per core for 24 total threads [link]
    2. Old: x2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 @ 2.53GHz – 4 cores per CPU, 2 threads per core for 16 total threads [link]

 

N.B. I may have written about some of this, but have not linked to my posts. I intend to do this at some point soon.

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