Hardware

Here is a quick summary of the hardware that makes up my HomeLab. It’s not much, but it’s my…

Hypervisor Servers (VMs)

XCP-ng

This is my XCP-ng testing pool that is running most of my virtualization services. I use Xen Orchestra, self complied version, to manage the pool and VMs.

Pool Version: XCP-ng v8.2.1

XCP1

Specs:

  • Dell OptiPlex 3010
    • Intel Core i5 3450 @ 3.10 (4 Cores/4 Threads)
    • 8GB DDR3?
    • 400GB Spinning Rust

XCP2

Specs:

  • Lenovo 10TX008XUS
    • Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.0GHz (6 Cores/6 Threads)
    • 16GB DDR4
    • 80GB Spinning Rust

Proxmox VE

This was the first Level0(??) Hypervisor I started with, but some how set it up with an all SSD storage configuration. However, in early 2024 I stopped using it because the main drive started throwing errors after few days of uptime. Well, it started working again without problems now.

Update Jan 2026: The machine randomly ’lose’ it internal drives controller and locks up after an extended uptime. I have started demoting PVE in my environment in favor of XCP-ng.

PVE

Specs:

  • Lenovo H530 Desktop
    • AMD A10-6700 @ 3.7-4.3GHz @ 3.7-4.3GHz (4 Cores/4 Threads)
    • 8GB DDR (6.9GB Available)
    • Storage
      • 128GB PNY SSD (boot)
      • 512GB Inland SSD (Extra)
  • OS: Proxmox VE 7.4-18
  • Note: Unstable long term uptime (hardware mostly)

vhost002-pve

In May 2024 I added another Proxmox host to make a two member cluster (I know it’s not really a cluster - blah blah).

Specs:

  • HP Pavilion SFF 400-224
    • AMD A4-5000 @ 3.7-4.3GHz (4 Cores/4 Threads) BGA
    • 8GB DDR3-1600U
    • 1TB Spinning Rust
  • OS: Proxmox 8.2.2
  • Note: Powered off, not really using it.

App Server

General App Server and first machine to be implemented as homelab.

Information Sphere

Retired: Migrated to LXC Containers and VM (UniFi)

This is a Hosted UniFi Controller, WireGuard VPN Server, NGINX Web Server and ZeroTier Router.

Specs:

  • Dell Dimension
    • Pentium 4 @ 2.8GHz HT
    • 2GB DDR
    • 128GB PNY SSD
    • FE Ethernet
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Current State: Migrate to Containers and VM

Raspberry Pi (RPi)

Do you even have a homelab if you don’t have any Raspberry Pis?

Bender

This is my Pi-Hole (DNS) and DHCP Server. This is the second revision of this machine, it was called Fry but it needed an OS Update, hence Bender. Soonâ„¢ Zapp and Kif will join Bender as redundant/backup DNS servers running BIND9.

Specs:

  • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
    • 32GB SD Card
    • OS: Debian 12
    • Services: DHCP + DNS + DNS-BL

Future RPi

Zapp

PLANNED

Upcoming multiple level project. Offline while working on Ansible Playbook.

Involved Projects:

  • IP Scheme Change
  • DHCP
  • BIND9 DNS
  • NTP
  • Highly Available/Redundancy

Specs:

  • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
    • 32GB SD Card
    • Wireless
    • OS: Ubuntu 24.04

Marvin

Currently offline, but planned to run some services in LXC containers.

Specs:

  • Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB)
    • ~64GB SD Card
    • OS: ???

Octoprint

As the hostname implies, this is a OctoPrint for my Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer.

Specs:

  • Raspberry Pi Zero 2
    • ~32GB SD Card
    • OS: OctoPrint via RPI Foundation

Home Assistant (test mode)

Offline at the moment.

This is a RPi I attempting to use/test/integrate Home Assistant into my Smart Home Crap

Specs:

  • Raspberry Pi 4 (4G)?
    • ~32GB SD Card
    • OS: Home Assistant OS

NAS

  • WD MyCloud Mirror 3TB

Uses as shared storage for the XCP-ng Pool and some network storage.

  • SMB/Samba
    • Windows Shares
    • ISO Share
  • NFS
    • VM Shared Storage
    • Docker Storage

Power Usage

Total Power Usage:

  • Idle ~108 Watts
  • Peak ~90-120 Watts
  • Current As: Jan 2026

Monitored Devices

  • Hypervisor Hosts
    • XCP-ng
    • Proxmox VE
  • NAS
  • Network Equipmen t
    • Basic 8 Port Switch
    • Old WiFi Router in AP Mode