A little in a struggle currently....
I want to also setup a Hypervisor for my #homelab
Got a #OptiPlex here with a i7 6700 and 32GB of RAM (Micro form factor).
Maybe I'm overthinking here a lot... but I try to hold down the electricity cost as much as possible.
@jhx "At the moment the homelab is at roughly ~35W" is pretty low draw already. A server pulling 50W 24/7 365 @ 13¢ kWh runs about $56 year.
Arguably adding a few VMs or containers probably wont add a ton of draw.
I like to add power monitoring smart plugs in-line so I can draw a pretty nice power graph with Home Assistant.
@jhx Depends what setup you have currently.
If you use „standard” OS, you can try changing it to Proxmox for example.
In this way you still have one machine and low power usage and can run VMs.
@jhx Sure. Do you have list of services and approximate resources that you use?
If you don’t, it’s good moment to make one 😛
I would suggest some solutions but I would need to know what you have currently - documentation is really useful!
@systemz
Thanks for the link! Did not know about mermaid before 😉
The plan is running 2 - 3 vm's currently... although this is not set in stone. (But 2 would be for production use)
I need to write down my ideas and actually make a useful plan to go by.
For now I will use another OptiPlex I have here with Proxmox (A 6500T with 16GB, which is plenty)
The i7 one will become my desktop 😉
This gives me some leverage and also saves costs.
@jhx Great! Usually better is to write what you currently have and what you want to accomplish (current problems and how you want to solve them).
Then executing plan is usually fast and easy👌😎
This reminds me, I should also update my #homelab docs and share on website.
Maybe it will inspire others and also maybe someone will be able to suggest me better solutions than I have now 🤔
I use #unraid but want to migrate to #proxmox and gain easier VM managment and bitrot protection.
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