This is part 2 in my home lab blog series. Part 1. After having selected hardware for my home lab (Apple Mac Mini) I started to deploy virtual machines. As I had (unfortunately) expected the internal 5400 RPM drive with 1 TB capacity ran OK with 1-2 VMs, but it was almost impossible to […]
Home lab: Part 1 – What hardware?
For a very long time my homelab consisted of the following equipment: Host: Lenovo T61 laptop which is now gone, so sorry I do no longer have the exact specifications. Switch: D-Link DGS-1216T Shared storage (NFS): QNAP TS-639 However when this was originally setup, my role was as a IT consultant at a small value […]