Does anyone here have a homelab, server rack, anyone run a smart home?
My answers
Server rack : YES (UPS, hyperv server, SYNOLOGY, UNIFY 48 SWITCH, PATCH PANNEL
Smart home :YES
Homelab consists of graphics rig / TensorFlow cluster workstation (Debian Linux), FreeBSD NAS (not FreeNAS) with a bunch of jails for different webapps and such, and FreeBSD Mail Server / gateway / log accumulator. I have a server rack for the two BSD machines and the switch. It’s a crappy rack I made from two Ikea LAACK side tables with their legs screwed into each other to make about a 10U rack in all. I have 7U used (4U NAS server, 1U mail server/gateway, 1 switch, 1 power hub) and the rest blanked out with cable trays. It’s connected to an ancient 800vA APC UPS (that still talks RS-232 to the mail server, which broadcasts the messages to the other machines via SNMP).
No smart home stuff here (apartment, built in the 70s). I don’t think I’d be into it even if I had a house, though. I would wire the house for 10GB Ethernet with proper patch panels and the like, though.
Edit: Oh, and there’s a turned-off-but-still-plugged-in 24 port dumb switch I used until I got the new 3Com 48-port smart switch from work when it went off warranty.
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