Nice and compact! I like it! Getting the servers off the floor I feel is always a home server issue. Where to put the dang things
I love my Dell PowerEdge T30 (I upgraded the RAM to 32GB and added two Samsung SSDs). I use Proxmox as the hypervisor and run several VMs for cybersecurity analysis (AlienVault OSSIM, separate Splunk instances in Debian VMs, Nessus Home in a Debian VM, and Parrot OS).
That’s the same one I just bought (except mine doesn’t have the Wi-Fi). I disabled the mSATA and installed a 500GB Samsung 860 Evo (plenty of room for log storage, at least for now). I considered running pfSense on my PowerEdge T30 but decided I wanted a dedicated box for routing and firewall.
Nice setup good choice of software. Splunk is awesome but can get expensive depending on data use.
At home I run:
Part | Product |
---|---|
HDD | HGST 3.5" 12TB 256MB 7200RPM HE12, SATA ULTRA 512E ISE, HUH721212ALE600 |
MB | Supermicro X11SAE ATX E3-1200v5/v6, Gen6/7 i7/i5/i3, 4x DDR4, M.2, SATA RAID, 2x GbE, PCIe x 16, DVI-D, DP, HDMI |
RAM | Kingston 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 UDIMM 2400MHz CL17 1.2V ECC Unbuffered ValueRAM Single Stick Server Memory ~KVR24E17D8/16I MEKV21E15D8-16I LS |
CPU | Intel E3-1230v6 Quad Core Xeon 3.5 Ghz LGA1151 8M Cache |
PSU | Corsair 750W RMi 80+ Gold Fully Modular w/Corsair Link 135mm FAN ATX PSU |
GPU | Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GT 710 1GB PCIe Video Card DDR3 4K 3xDisplays HDMI DVI VGA Low Profile Heatsink Silent LS |
Case | SilverStone Grandia GD08 |
I run ESXi with pfSense and FreeNAS in VMs. I know it is recommended not to run FreeNAS in a VM but if you do it correctly then there should be no dramas - I haven’t had any with my set up (here is post in the ixsystems blog about it).
I also run Plex Media Server on Fedora Server, I run a Windows box for my torrents and Unifi Controller.
I love my little set up and it serves my family and I well - I will just need to get some more RAM so I have a bit more to play with in the way of VMs but I’m pretty happy as is.
I know this isn’t a direct answer to OPs question but it may give OP some ideas