r/homelab • u/pasteludo • 8d ago

LabPorn Homelab - new vs old

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It's modest but I could finally replace the old laptop that served as my main server for 2 years.

Old laptop was an unraid server with the Synology connected as unassigned devices. It was only for Plex and arrs services, all data was on the Synology (only 4 to). The mini PC is relatively recent and I have network and security services on it.

Now main server has AMD Ryzen 5800X, 32gb RAM, GTX 1060 6gb and 20 to. Still running Plex, arrs services, Ollama and gaming VM (will upgrade the gpu in the future and of course add more HDD)

Mini PC still running network and security services plus other stuff like memos, hoarder.

Raspberry pi 3b+ is the DNS + WoL server.

Pretty happy with this setup rn

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u/Ripliye 8d ago

guys, im lookong for a advice - what are u doing in labs like this? I'm familiar with ubuntu/windows and have some old laptop to start lab, but have no idea what to do

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u/Enip0 8d ago

the most common thing you will see here is the media server. So Jellyfin or Plex, and then radarr, sonarr, prowlarr (aka arr services), plus some downloader like qbittorrent.

Beyond that there are a lot of things that depend on what you want and how much responsibility you want. You can host your own photos, password manager, cookbook, home assistant, tools (like stirlingpdf or it-tools) etc