EliteDesk 800 G6 SFF setup
from krazzyk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to homelab@lemmy.ml on 29 Jan 2025 21:04
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36633426

Hi guys,

Just picked myself up an EliteDesk 800 G6 SFF:

Current specs:

My plan is to beef this up with:

How I’m planning my setup:

The existing 256 GB NVMe will host Proxmox.

The new 1 TB NVMe will be for VM’s & LXC’s

The 4TB ironwolf NAS drives will be configured in a mirror and will be used as a NAS (Best way to do this?) as well as for bulk data from my services, like recordings from Frigate.

Services:

My follow on projects will be:

Setup PBS to back up my Host(proxmox-backup-client), VMS & LXC’s

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 that I was thinking to use for PBS in the short term, but will eventually move it to something like an n100 mini PC.

I will also setup a second NAS(TrueNAS most likely, bare metal) to back up the 4TB ironwolf NAS.

This is my first proper homeLab, having mostly tinkered with Raspberry Pi’s and Arduino’s up to this point, any advice on my setup would be really appreciated.

#homelab

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moonpiedumplings@programming.dev on 29 Jan 2025 21:15 next collapse

Excellent choice on the new SSD.

If you are buying one of the used Elitedesks, refurbished from a business done with them, they often have their original storage removed and replaced with an extremely cheap, crappy SSD that probably won’t last long and will instead just die on you.

krazzyk@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Jan 2025 19:23 collapse

You know I’m on the fence about the Evo now after reading this: wiki.futo.org/…/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Li…

He’s had a bad time with them and recommended these: amzn.eu/d/aw2ZySq

Thanks for the heads up on the Cheap SSD, I’ll check it out, I’m planning to back up my host, so if it dies shouldn’t be too painful.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Jan 2025 21:44 collapse

Sounds like a badass config. I would have got something with 2.5Gb ethernet, but you could add that via usb-c if needed.

krazzyk@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Jan 2025 19:17 collapse

Thanks man! I’m excited to get it all set up!

ISP speed is currently less than 1Gb, definitely something I can upgrade down the line though.