Show HN: Moved to a new house, brought something old

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3 years ago

We moved in Feb. Removed my home lab from the old place, cables and all and finally had the time to setup. I've made very small changes because I really like it as is.

Image: https://hydnfiles.b-cdn.net/IMG_5968.png

Changes:

- Mounted at a more ergonomic height.

- New Peplink Balance 20x with 3 ISP load balanced using fastest response method.

- Flipped some devices around (for easier access to unplugging/power buttons)

- Offloaded 3 screens in home-office and gaming PC to a 1500VA Cyberpower UPS. So the in-rack UPS only backup servers and devices.

Hardware list:

- StarTech 12U Wall Mount Rack.

- Acer LCD monitor custom-mounted to a 1u top-mounted blank. - EdgeSwitch 10xp.

- 16 port cat6 patch panel. - EdgeRouter 10x. Replaced with Peplink Balance 20x. 10x better ISP load balancing.

- Netgear 4G modem (isp2), Motorola cable modem (isp1) and RPi 4.

- AC Infinity 1U Universal Rack Shelf. - 1u blank.

- Thinkcentre M73p and Thinkcentre M715q.

- AC Infinity 1U Universal Rack Shelf.

- AC Infinity cloudplate intake fans.

- 1u blank.

- 1u CyberPower 500v UPS.

- AC power strip - Covered by 1U security Plexiglas.

- Not pictured are 2 Unifi APs and 2 Unifi AP Beacons, and a TP link switch hidden in the living room.

Here's the old setup - includes more details on all hardware and a pending review of the amazing Balance 20x: https://haydenjames.io/home-lab-beginners-guide-hardware/