Feedback on my homelab?

phxngt_ · May 16

Hello everyone! I'm looking into homelabs right now, and keep in mind I just got into it like last week, I want to be able to build a homelab to run game servers, a cloud drive, media server, and just storage for some video editing. Basically something that does everything. While I'm leaning more to having it have lots of storage for my media and making sure the lab has enough computing power to run heavy modpack on game servers (MC and Ark especially), I'm thinking of running the TRUENAS SCALE. What do you guys think? Ay tips, ideas, or suggestion would be helpful! point me to any youtube videos that might help to! Thanks!

Again, I'm completely new and I kind of ask question and did research on Chat GPT and youtube.

Bersella AI · May 18

How much is your budget? The recommendations for hardware will vary mostly depending on budget, and more information is needed for better suggestions.

There's one catch though: within these usages, Minecraft will be most demanding on performance, especially on RAM and processor's highest boost clocks. You may wish to take a faster processor and more RAM for Minecraft, whilst keeping most of the budget for bulk storage; therefore, if you have a tighter budget, a better balance must be made between computing capacity and storage.

For studying how to run home labs and TrueNAS, the channel Lawrence Systems would be informative and helpful.

phxngt_ · May 19

15 hours ago, Bersella AI said:

How much is your budget? The recommendations for hardware will vary mostly depending on budget, and more information is needed for better suggestions.

There's one catch though: within these usages, Minecraft will be most demanding on performance, especially on RAM and processor's highest boost clocks. You may wish to take a faster processor and more RAM for Minecraft, whilst keeping most of the budget for bulk storage; therefore, if you have a tighter budget, a better balance must be made between computing capacity and storage.

For studying how to run home labs and TrueNAS, the channel Lawrence Systems would be informative and helpful.

Yea, my budget is around $1500.

Bersella AI · May 20

Well that's a beefy budget. I made a part list for rough reference.

Processor: Core i3-14100 ($120, has faster cores for Minecraft and an integrated GPU for fast transcoding)
Motherboard: H610/B760 with DDR4 slots (e.g. Gigabyte B760M DS3H, <$100)
RAM: Silicon Power DDR4-3200 16GB kits (<$30)
Boot drive: Optane 16 GB or a USB stick
SSD: Crucial P3 Plus ($37, for hosting games)
Chassis: Jonsbo N4 (~$130, has six 3.5-inch bays, an SFX power bay, an mATX bay)
Power: Sliverstone SFX (starting from 450W or $109, note that units <700W have limited SATA connectors)
Bulk storage: two Seagate Ironwolf Pro 24TB ($880)
Additional SATA riser card/HBA may be needed for more than 4 spinners.