18 September 2016

My low-cost home IT lab


My lab is small and cheap, but it's enough for testing a few technologies.
As a hypervisor I decided to use Intel NUC 5th generation with Intel Core i5-5300U, 8 Gb RAM and SSD. The NUC5i5MYHE is a corporate model without WiFi, Bluetooth and IR, but with vPro (remote control like HP iLO) and good frequency.
As a storage I use NAS D-Link DNS-325 with two 2 Tb SATA disks. On NFS share I place VMs without high IO requirements (like AD).
Total cost is about 650$.

Scheme





Netgear WNR3500L

Specification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netgear_WNR3500L
Cost: ~50$.
Pros: cheap, 4x1 Gbit LAN; Open Source FW.
Cons: only 802.11 bgn 2.4 Ghz; weak CPU.

D-Link DNS-325

Cost: ~100$ (nas) + ~120$ (disks).
Pros: cheap; 1 Gbit; NFS.
Cons: no Jumbo Frames; FW doesn't update long time.

Intel NUC5i5MYHE

My NUC is include 8 Gb RAM and 120 Gb SSD Samsung 850 EVO.
Specification: http://ark.intel.com/products/84861/Intel-NUC-Kit-NUC5i5MYHE
Cost: ~380$.
Pros: 2.3/2.9 GHz, HT, VT-x, vPro, 15W TDP.
Cons: only 2 physical cores and limit 16 Gb RAM (but according to virten.net it may be possible to install 32 Gb RAM).

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