8.7/10 Enterprise Home Lab
I run a 3-node home data center that protects my home network, hosts 12+ services, and serves as my SRE/Platform Engineering test bed. It’s been online 24/7 since Jan 2023.
99.2%
Uptime — 90 days
<15min
RTO — Tested Quarterly
30+
Devices Firewalled
12+
VMs/LXCs Running
Network Diagram
Download .drawio fileto explore the VLANs and connections.
Hardware Inventory
| Host | Model | Role | Key Specs |
|---|---|---|---|
| sliit-pve | Dell PowerEdge R320 | Proxmox VE Cluster Node | 32GB RAM, ZFS Mirror, 12+ VMs/LXCs |
| pbs-backup | Dell PowerEdge R310 | Proxmox Backup Server | 7/4/3 Retention, LTO Tape Offload |
| pfsense-fw | Dell PowerEdge R210 II | pfSense Firewall | VLANs, WireGuard, Suricata IDS, HAProxy |
| ibm-power | IBM Power5/550 | AIX Test Environment | LPARs, VIOS, NIM, Legacy App Testing |
| ibm-san | IBM Storage | SAN Storage | Shared storage for lab, zoning configured |
| tape-loader | LTO Tape Library | Cold Backup | Quarterly DR tests, air-gapped archives |
Key Features
Proxmox VE Cluster Proxmox Backup Server pfSense HA VLAN Segmentation WireGuard VPN Suricata IDS ZFS LTO Tape Grafana/Prometheus Uptime Kuma
Why 8.7/10?
What works: 99%+ uptime, <15min RTO tested, enterprise hardware experience, full network segmentation, monitoring stack.
What's missing for 10/10: 10G networking between nodes, full Proxmox HA with shared storage, automated Ansible deployment. Building these next.
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