Awhile back I bought a decommissioned Gen ?? Dell PowerEdge R710 server.
Specs:
- x2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 @ 2.53GHz CPUs [
lscpu
] - 64GB RAM
- iDrac 6
- Quad NIC NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) [
lspci | grep -E -i --color 'network|ethernet'
] - 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:
- [x] DIY vertical brackets for DIY rack
- [x] Installed dedicated power circuit
- [x] XCP-ng installation
- [x] Home Assistant
- [x] Debian 12 Desktop – using this as main server OS, desktop for flexibility
- [ ] tmux server
- [ ] install Docker (desktop or ??) and Portainer using Ansible
- [ ] Node server
- [ ] containerized IDRAC6 [reference]
- [ ] move Gitea here
- [ ] move Scrypted here
- [ ] possibly move Omada Controller here
- ads
- CPU Upgrade (LGA 1366 / Socket B):
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.