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If you had to start your homelab from scratch... (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by diffraa@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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For reasons unexplained, you have no homelab hardware, but $1,000 in cash earmarked for the purpose.

What are you buying, what are you installing on it, and how is it different from what you've done previously (i.e. lessons learned)?

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[–] Stucca@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For 1k i would start with a Unifi UDM-Pro, a Intel NUC and a Synology NAS.

[–] sbbh1@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I regret getting a UDM-Pro and recently swapped it for an n5105 OPNsense box. Luckily they keep their value, so I didn't lose any money on the UDMP.

[–] Bldck 1 points 1 year ago

Why do you regret that choice?

I have a UniFi system: APs, switches, CKG2, Gateway. I’m looking to add CKG2+ and some POE cameras

[–] Cthulhu-Cultist@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honest question... Why people with knoedge on how to do one, buy a Nas like synology? Are you not just paying double or triple for the same result you could have if making the NAS from scratch?

[–] iC0nk3r@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you are not paying anywhere near double or triple.

My Synology came in at ~$750 for the chassis and 2 8TB IronWolf drives.

A custom build with TrueNas was coming in at over $1k.

[–] Cthulhu-Cultist@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Hm, yeah maybe I just don't know the pricing/cost of a Synology then.

In my country just the price of a 8Tb IronWolf drive costs almost 1 entire month of the minimum wage here.

The cheapest Synology NAS available here is the DS223J, and it comes with no drives included and costs 80% of two months of minimum wage.

It's way cheaper to repurpose old hardware or buy from AliExpress and make a DIY build, there is no comparison and also I have no idea of what "custom build" are you mentioning, as most NAS builds I've seen are pretty cheap as you don't need much horsepower and DDR4 memory has low prices nowadays.

[–] Stucca@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Reliability and lower power consumtion than most Frankenstein-DIY cheap stuff recommended here ;)

[–] aheartworthbreaking@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

We use Synology at work to avoid paying CALs on a WS VM

[–] shellmachine@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

After my past Ubiquiti experiences I can't agree on the UDM...