Building a Home Lab Cluster
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I have been thinking about building a home lab cluster.
Thinking about using three of these:
Then installing XenServer, XenOcrasta and HA-Lizard. Seem I should be pretty functional cluster with HA?
This is just for fun \ home use.. I am not suggesting this for production use.
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Yea that would be a very good playground. And the price is completely reasonable.
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@DustinB3403 sounds like you might build one too?
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haha I do need another server for my lab.... but I don't wanna spend for it at moment.
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@DustinB3403 Yeah, I will likely start with one server and add one server a month. I have to get a small rack as well.
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@aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@DustinB3403 Yeah, I will likely start with one server and add one server a month. I have to get a small rack as well.
You can always build your own. If you can find something used at a good price, that's probably the better way to go.
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@travisdh1 Ha I thought you meant "build your own server" which of course you can, but is it cost effective to do so?
Racks are pretty cheap, you can find them at metal scrap yards for like 10 bucks for a full rack.
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@travisdh1 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
You can always build your own. If you can find something used at a good price, that's probably the better way to go.
I had one of these before. Didn't really like it.
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@aaronstuder Just check your local metal scrap yards I bet that they have several hundred racks available.
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@DustinB3403 said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@aaronstuder Just check your local metal scrap yards I bet that they have several hundred racks available.
My closest metal scrap yard is over an hour away
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@travisdh1 that sucks.
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Do you really want a rack or a cabinet? Most severs have to be mounted from the front and back.
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When I get time,.. and the need for a server, this is what I was planning on using:
http://tombuildsstuff.blogspot.com/2014/02/diy-rack-server-plans.html
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@gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?
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@aaronstuder probably pretty higb
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@aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?
"Materials for an enclosed 20U server rack came out to just under $400. For an open rack it was only about $100 including casters."
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@aaronstuder said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
@gjacobse What's the cost on something like that?
Probably several hundred dollars.
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the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.
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@Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.
Yeah, that can be a big issue in a small living space!
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@Dashrender said in Building a Home Lab Cluster:
the problem with any business class servers though, for me, is noise.
I was amazed at how much quiter my new (2015) server was than my old servers.
Of course, that is just one.
