"Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?
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@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
Which hypervisor should I run?
KVM: Good Choice
Hyper-V 2016: Good ChoiceUnless you are doing something either of those won't do, or you aren't familiar with one and want to learn, flip a coin and pick.
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@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
Which hypervisor should I run?
It’s best to try them all. Hyper-V, KVM, XenServer and maybe ESXi if you will be using the 60 day trail license.
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I use esxi at work, so probably not that one.
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Here is a nice review https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/choosing-ideal-mini-server-for-a-home-lab I found once I was planning my own home lab. The part with LEGO-based rack is just incredible
As for hypervisor I would recommend you to go with Hyper-V first just because it's the simplest and fastest start and after having enough of it to proceed to KVM. -
I have Intel NUC at home, and custom built server for Plex, I didn't notice much difference in electricity bill. Running AC is much bigger issue that running server 24/7.
I don't know how well Plex would run from colo, you'd need really decent connection to data center, unless you mostly stream to mobile. -
@marcinozga said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
I have Intel NUC at home, and custom built server for Plex, I didn't notice much difference in electricity bill. Running AC is much bigger issue that running server 24/7.
I don't know how well Plex would run from colo, you'd need really decent connection to data center, unless you mostly stream to mobile.My home lab wouldn't be running Plex, I already have a system for that. I want something that I would run a hypervisor on and I can build and tear down whenever.
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@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@marcinozga said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
I have Intel NUC at home, and custom built server for Plex, I didn't notice much difference in electricity bill. Running AC is much bigger issue that running server 24/7.
I don't know how well Plex would run from colo, you'd need really decent connection to data center, unless you mostly stream to mobile.My home lab wouldn't be running Plex, I already have a system for that. I want something that I would run a hypervisor on and I can build and tear down whenever.
Why? You can use Vultr and only pay you you've got them going.
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@dashrender said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@marcinozga said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
I have Intel NUC at home, and custom built server for Plex, I didn't notice much difference in electricity bill. Running AC is much bigger issue that running server 24/7.
I don't know how well Plex would run from colo, you'd need really decent connection to data center, unless you mostly stream to mobile.My home lab wouldn't be running Plex, I already have a system for that. I want something that I would run a hypervisor on and I can build and tear down whenever.
Why? You can use Vultr and only pay you you've got them going.
I would need to get a dedicated server to get the different hypervisor experience I am looking for.
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@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@dashrender said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@marcinozga said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
I have Intel NUC at home, and custom built server for Plex, I didn't notice much difference in electricity bill. Running AC is much bigger issue that running server 24/7.
I don't know how well Plex would run from colo, you'd need really decent connection to data center, unless you mostly stream to mobile.My home lab wouldn't be running Plex, I already have a system for that. I want something that I would run a hypervisor on and I can build and tear down whenever.
Why? You can use Vultr and only pay you you've got them going.
I would need to get a dedicated server to get the different hypervisor experience I am looking for.
So you're testing hypervisor setups, not whatever you have in the VM? OK that makes sense.
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@dashrender said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@dashrender said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@wrx7m said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
@marcinozga said in "Home" Lab - Is it Cost-Effective to Run at Home?:
I have Intel NUC at home, and custom built server for Plex, I didn't notice much difference in electricity bill. Running AC is much bigger issue that running server 24/7.
I don't know how well Plex would run from colo, you'd need really decent connection to data center, unless you mostly stream to mobile.My home lab wouldn't be running Plex, I already have a system for that. I want something that I would run a hypervisor on and I can build and tear down whenever.
Why? You can use Vultr and only pay you you've got them going.
I would need to get a dedicated server to get the different hypervisor experience I am looking for.
So you're testing hypervisor setups, not whatever you have in the VM? OK that makes sense.
Yeah, sort of. I would be testing everything, from hypervisor to VMs and management of both.
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I have a HP DL360 running 24/7 at my house, I was initially concerned about the electricity for it, but my bill went up by a few dollars a month.
