Whats in my HomeLab (WIMH) – April24

Last update – Jan 21: https://wordpress.com/post/1giantnerd.wordpress.com/1024

Back in August 2022, I decided to consolidate the Dell T3500 & T5400 that I was running as a HomeLab and have a single workstation capable of running the latest ESXi versions, and enough memory and grunt to scale depending on project.

The result:

New PC Parts

Specs:

• AMD B550 Tomahawk Motherboard
• AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core CPU (highly recommend)
• Be quiet! Dark Rock 4 200W CPU Cooler
• 96GB memory
• Storage:
  • Samsung 980 PRO 2TB NVME drive.
  • Western Digital Blue 2TB SATA drive.
  • Western Digital Blue 3.7TB SATA drive.
  • Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD
  • Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD.

Currently Running (Virtualised):

All sitting on VMWare ESXi 6.7

• W2K19 Domain Controller
• W2K19 Management Server
• W2K19 WSUS Server
• vCenter 6.7 server

To finish configuring:

• SharePoint 2010 Server
• SharePoint 2019 Server
• Development Workstation
• Azure DevOps Server

HomeLab Future Plans: