Hey everyone. So I just inherited a Dell R720 from work. I don’t know the full specs on it yet, but it’s got a 24 core processor and about 380 GB of memory. I need to buy my own drives, though. I honestly have no idea what to do with this. I’ve dreamed of having a home lab, but only ever thought about hosting a Unifi controller and a plex or jellyfin server. I’ll probably put Proxmox on it to manage everything. What recommendations do you all have for making use of this server? I’m honestly open to anything!
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burningquestion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Stijn@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
Nice! I have proxmox on mine. Search for proxmox helper scripts. Helped me allot! Also i am trying to set up a lemmy instance. Sor far - not working :) but yeah. Having some ssl issues. You could put nextcloud and plex on it too.
IrishMASMS@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Hey @shaggy959500@lemmy.world what did you end up doing with the server? From where yo uar enow, we could provide some other ideas/directions to head.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That's a beast of a server with way more resources than you need for just Plex and Unifi lol - with that much RAM you could run a whole suite of self-hosted services like Nextcloud for files, Vaultwarden for passwords, Home Assistant for smart home stuff, and maybe even spin up a few game servers for freinds.