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Hardware and Performance / Re: Hardware Opinion? Supermicro Xeon D-1518 Mini 1U Rackmount
« on: January 03, 2022, 07:52:58 pm »
Thanks rungekutta!
I'm super excited about finally setting up my 'new' home network.
Here is a little more background:
I am not committed to any one particular piece of hardware or another AND I am wide open to any suggestions.
Budget - I'm quite flexible. Without fully comprehending what people say when they have set up their own "Home Lab", I'd like to work in that direction.
I like tinkering with VM's and various Linux distributions; as part of the process I intent to upgrade my FreeNAS installation to TrueNAS with a hardware bump as well, and I am looking forward to tinkering with a Raspberry Pi and playing with all the things one can do there (creating a Pi-hole, etc).
We've just moved and have a 1Gig Fiber connection.
The Fiber Module is a GPON Module (SEE ATTACHED) I really don't know anything about them but will do some looking (not sure where or what to ask just yet) - thanks for the advice.
Directly connecting ISP module to my router is out, I was eyeing up the Protectli line, though they don't have an SFP+ connector (preferred) that would allow me to link to my switch. Does anyone have another suggestion?
I see Netgate has the 6100 which probably would, but this seems like an odd option to take if I'm leaning to OPNsense . . . could you install OPNsense on Netgate hardware?
I'm don't mean to sound scatterbrained here. I'm pretty much starting with a clean slate and I'm thinking out loud here.
Additional Thoughts?
I'm super excited about finally setting up my 'new' home network.
Here is a little more background:
I am not committed to any one particular piece of hardware or another AND I am wide open to any suggestions.
Budget - I'm quite flexible. Without fully comprehending what people say when they have set up their own "Home Lab", I'd like to work in that direction.
I like tinkering with VM's and various Linux distributions; as part of the process I intent to upgrade my FreeNAS installation to TrueNAS with a hardware bump as well, and I am looking forward to tinkering with a Raspberry Pi and playing with all the things one can do there (creating a Pi-hole, etc).
We've just moved and have a 1Gig Fiber connection.
The Fiber Module is a GPON Module (SEE ATTACHED) I really don't know anything about them but will do some looking (not sure where or what to ask just yet) - thanks for the advice.
Directly connecting ISP module to my router is out, I was eyeing up the Protectli line, though they don't have an SFP+ connector (preferred) that would allow me to link to my switch. Does anyone have another suggestion?
I see Netgate has the 6100 which probably would, but this seems like an odd option to take if I'm leaning to OPNsense . . . could you install OPNsense on Netgate hardware?
I'm don't mean to sound scatterbrained here. I'm pretty much starting with a clean slate and I'm thinking out loud here.
Additional Thoughts?