[ KCU / INFRASTRUCTURE_02 ]

MY HOME LAB

My real infrastructure, self-hosted services & hardware.

root@kcu-lab:~$ ./show-infrastructure

[ 01 ]

COMPUTE

MY REAL DEVICES

01 / PROXMOX / SERVER

Blackview MP100

Primary virtualization node running Proxmox.

CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
Radeon GraphicsRAM
32 GB DDR4SSD
500 GB

ROLE / PROXMOXVIEW PRODUCT ↗

02 / AUTOMATION / SERVER

Mac mini M4

Dedicated n8n automation server.

CPU
Apple M4 / 10-coreRAM
16 GBSSD
256 GB

ROLE / n8n

03 / DISPLAY / CONTROL

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

Touchscreen and dashboard control node.

STORAGE
MicroSD 32 GBACCESSORY
Case

ROLE / DASHBOARDSVIEW PRODUCT ↗

04 / WEB / SERVICES

Sony SVE1112M1EW

PC used for web services in the lab.

ROLE / WEB SERVICES

[ 02 ]

STORAGE

MY REAL STORAGE

01 / PORTABLE STORAGE

Toshiba Portable Storage

1 TB

USB / PORTABLEVIEW PRODUCT ↗

02 / NAS / STORAGE SERVER

QNAP TS-531P

Dedicated NAS platform for the storage layer.

TYPE / 5-BAY NAS

03 / HDD / NAS STORAGE

HGST HDD ×2

Two 4 TB drives for the NAS/storage infrastructure.

MODEL
HUS724040ALS641CAPACITY
4 TB eachRPM
7200VOLTAGE
5V 0.8A / 12V 0.8ATOTAL
8 TB

[ 03 ]

ETHERNET

MY REAL NETWORK

01 / SWITCH

TP-Link TL-SG116

Gigabit 16-port network switch.

PORTS
16SPEED
1 GbE

VIEW PRODUCT ↗

02 / PATCH PANEL

GeeekPi Cat6 Patch Panel

12-port rack patch panel.

PORTS
12TYPE
Cat6

VIEW PRODUCT ↗

03 / CABLING

Sokqovt Cat6a Slim Cables

Short slim cables for clean rack organization.

CAT6A / 0.5 FTVIEW PRODUCT ↗

[ 04 ]

OTHER

REAL CONTROL / POWER / ADAPTERS

01 / DISPLAY

GeeekPi LCD Touchscreen

9-inch touchscreen for Home Lab dashboards.

SIZE
9"RESOLUTION
1280 × 720

VIEW PRODUCT ↗

02 / POWER / UPS

MasterPower SAI UPS

UPS protection for the infrastructure.

CAPACITY
650 VAPOWER
360 W

VIEW PRODUCT ↗

03 / STORAGE / ADAPTER

SAS 29P F → SATA 22P M ×2

Two SAS-to-SATA adapters.

QTY / 2VIEW PRODUCT ↗

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ALTERNATIVES

ALTERNATIVES / RECOMMENDATIONS

01 / COMPUTE / ALTERNATIVE

Apple Mac mini M6

Alternative Mac mini option for automation/server workloads.

ALTERNATIVE / n8nVIEW PRODUCT ↗

02 / WEB / ALTERNATIVE

Dell Precision T1700 MT

Alternative refurbished PC for web services.

CPU
Intel i5-4570RAM
8 GBSSD
240 GB

ALTERNATIVE / WEBVIEW PRODUCT ↗

03 / STORAGE / ALTERNATIVE

QNAP TR-004

4-bay USB Type-C storage enclosure alternative.

ALTERNATIVE / 4-BAY USB-CVIEW PRODUCT ↗

04 / HDD / ALTERNATIVE

Seagate IronWolf 4TB

NAS-oriented 4 TB HDD alternative.

ALTERNATIVE / NAS HDDVIEW PRODUCT ↗

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[ 06 ]

LAB MAP

LOGICAL OVERVIEW

INTERNET / LAN

TP-LINK TL-SG116
16 × 1 GbE

MP100
PROXMOX

MAC MINI M4
n8n

SONY
WEB

QNAP
STORAGE

PI 3B
DASHBOARD