Home Lab Hardware Specifications

This section outlines the physical hardware powering my virtualization environment. It includes both compute and network components that support VM hosting, containerization, and service reliability. 

 🖥️ Primary Host (Proxmox Node) 

 pve 

 Primary Node for all Production VMs and CTs 

 

 

 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 threads) 

 

 

 RAM: 80GB DDR4 (2x32GB & 2x8GB DDR4 UDIMM) 

 

 

 Storage: 

 

 

 500GB NVMe SSD (Proxmox OS + Storage) 

 

 

 2TB NVMe SSD (Storage) 

 

 

 

 

 Network: 1000 Mbps Ethernet NICs 

 

 

 Power Supply: 650W Gold-rated PSU 

 

 

 Chassis: Dell Precision 3450 Small Form Factor 

 

 

 pve1 

 Node for Tanium Appliance (TanOS) 

 

 

 CPU:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10610U CPU @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) 

 

 

 RAM: 64GB DDR4 

 

 

 Storage: 500GB NVMe SSD (Proxmox OS + Storage) 

 

 

 Network: 1000 Mbps Ethernet NICs 

 

 

 Device: Dell Latitude 5410 

 

 

 pve2 

 Node for testing endpoints 

 

 

 CPU:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores) 

 

 

 RAM: 16GB DDR3 

 

 

 Storage: 500GB SATA SSD (Proxmox OS + Storage) 

 

 

 Network: 1000 Mbps Ethernet NICs 

 

 

 Device: ThinkPad L460 

 

 

 🌐 Networking Equipment 

 

 

 Firewall / Router: pfSense running on Protectli VP2410 

 

 

 Switch: TP-Link TL-SG108E (8-Port Gigabit Smart Switch) 

 

 

 Access Point: Ubiquiti UniFi U6-Lite (Wi-Fi 6) 

 

 

 🗃️ Storage & Backup 

 

 

 NAS: TrueNAS Core running on Mini-PC with: 

 

 

 Intel i5 CPU 

 

 

 16GB RAM 

 

 

 2x 4TB HDDs (ZFS mirror) 

 

 

 

 

 External Backup: 2TB USB 3.0 external drive (rotated offsite weekly) 

 

 

 

 📝  Note: This setup is optimized for cost-efficiency, power savings, and scalability, allowing me to run dozens of services simultaneously in a virtualized and containerized environment.