Alright let's see pictures of your super nice rack-mounted, professionally installed labs. I'll start 🙃
2026-04-08 19:24 UTC
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@Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 2026-04-08 19:34
people put too much "lab" and not enough "home" in homelab. we need more dust, more cables, more jank. love this.
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@plateee@piefed.social 2026-04-08 23:40
A little late to the party, but here's mine.
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@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 19:53
the hardrive just out in the wild, living life like it was meant to be lived.
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@Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 20:40
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@iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app 2026-04-08 20:14
Okay I'll bite. 
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@mesamunefire@piefed.social 2026-04-08 20:07
Projects that im running: ## General Web server out of junk Old system 76 machine from a while back. Its what is running a majority of my services for self hosting. Only one screw keeps the case together, since I get into the insides quite often.  ## Solar powered web server on a phone Solar powered web server. Its going to be repurposed into a meshtastic node soon.   ## Ebook reader on a heltek v3 Somewhat jank setup of a heltek which is also an ebook reader. It runs a webserver to upload the book in txt format, then I can take it on the go. I still have to do some work on the text. 
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@meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-08 20:46
I was too lazy to put on clothes and go out to my shack. This picture is a bit old. It's missing a lot of mess and my PeerTube server. 
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@linuxguy@piefed.ca 2026-04-08 20:19
 More specs / details available upon request.
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@zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2026-04-09 11:13
BEHOLD! THE MOTHERBOARD! 
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@retiredIdentity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-08 23:30
 Only two of the minis are in use. The other two i am just messing with different things. Still have three more not in use and unsure what I am going to do with them. Two extreme AP not being used and probably never will.
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@craigers@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 17:45
✅ Rackmounted ❌ Professional What front end are using for your apps? Looks nice. 
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@tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 2026-04-09 07:10
Built a year ago, didn't change anything but drives since. PCengine APU OpnSense, two Proxmox cluster hosts, one mini PC NAS with JBOD. All DIY.  
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@KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-09 23:43
Still busy building it. Have a few more parts to print, like the back trim and plug holder, and I need to remove the protective plastic from the aluminum sheets.    
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@CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-08 20:19
Did someone ask for jank, dust, and cables? 
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@UnfairUtan@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 20:56
Love this thread, here's my contribution Just a pi4B and some external drives for Linux ISOs  edit : they resting on a piece of foam to reduce vibrations Bonus pic of the zigbee dongle for Home Assistant 
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@TheOldRepublic@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 04:46
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@Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2026-04-08 22:16
it's a mini pc, standing sideways, with a USB to ethernet adapter and USB HDD 
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@confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-08 21:18
 My little Raspberry Pi 5 with an old 1tb Hard drive connected to a WiFi extender. It ain't much but I like it. I used to work in automation as an electrician so I'm all about those coils and curves.
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@LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-09 01:06
This is a great thread. I had to join too! I have my "network closet" which is like a hole in the wall where my ISP comes in:  And then my "server room" which is literally a closet. There's a big ass old enterprise server and a 3 node laptop cluster: 
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@AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-09 01:58
 Kinda in a lull with homelabbing ATM, but here I've got my router in a custom 3d printed mini rack with 3d printed patch panel, and a couple of old NUCs. Only thing I really use day-to-day is a NUC connected to an amp so I can use the amp as a Spotify connect client
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@tophneal@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-09 04:59
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@harsh3466@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 00:40
 Also late, but here is mine. From the bottom up: - An old pc I built forever ago for live streaming when I used to run my youtube channel. It's an i7 something or other with 32gb ram and a 32 tb raid (4x8). - m1 Mac mini - HP elitedesk 800 G3 mini - two HP elitedesk 800 G3 sff - Deku - dumb network switch - rpi 4 8gb And here's what's running: - Bottom pc is the nas - Mac running jellyfin - the hps running: - navidrome - aonsuku (pretty navidrome frontend) - audiobookshelf - qbittorrent - gluetun - vikunja - radicale - Joplin - matrix - local backup for critical data - some other things I'm forgetting - The rpi is my wireguard tunnel to ssh in on the rare occasion I need remote ssh access.
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@Senal@programming.dev 2026-04-09 12:40
 a bunch of ebay specials with more ebay parts scavenged over time + some 3d printing. The centre tower has a miniitx mb and PSU behind those panels to run the NAS, and the drive bays are in the bottom. The right is a failover cluster that isn't finished yet.
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@Greenbeard@lemmy.zip 2026-04-09 01:15
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@dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 2026-04-08 20:11
The home server under my desk. Very professional, as you can see. 
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@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 20:44
 Nothing fancy myself as well. Not unemployed but I don't necessarily wanna spend a lot on something I'm really just cutting my teeth with so far. The central hub is up top, a Bosgame P4 Mini with 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe and a decent last-last gen Ryzen 7. It's enough to run Jellyfin, HA, and PiHole all through Proxmox. Been rock solid outside of a planned power outage Peco was doing (and actually did it this time!) I also have Jellyfin connected to an 8TB RAID1 NAS that resides upstairs in our shared space, and HA connected to the basement tech, mostly lighting and the TV and PC. Bonus battlestation pic (not really lol) 
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@crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-08 21:07
Dust and jank, you say? 
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@HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 10:26
Such professional. Much clean.  Not pictured: my raspberry running adguard. It's tucked behind a TV, because it also runs Kodi. *Also not pictured, my Sophos SG-135 rev 2 running OPNsense. It's in the box where my Starlink equipment is, on the other side of this room.*
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@eodur@piefed.social 2026-04-08 21:56
 Not as clean as I would like, but way better than it started! 5 node Kubernetes cluster and a NAS. Runs about 250 pods.
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@owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2026-04-09 02:53
Just cleaned mine up a bit recently!  PC on the left, RPi for simple stuff and an Odroid HC4 as my media and backup server. Not pictured: another RPi dedicated to HomeAssistant, a magic mirror, and networking stuff. Also not pictured: my workbench tools on the upper shelves, which have not been tidied recently.
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@shadshack@feddit.online 2026-04-08 22:07
The server is the black box on top of the rack. In the rack it's networking and UPSs for both the server and my computer on the desk.  
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@sunbeam60@feddit.uk 2026-04-09 23:25
Behold the Splendor!  - TerraMaster 4 bay - 30 TB usable and hosts all family services - China special N100 - runs OPNsense - gobox to provide a SIP DECT bridge; wife wants a landline. I don’t get it either. - ZBT-2 ZigBee antenna for garage alarm and handling a bunch of IKEA lights. - a Hive heating controller (UK “smart” heating system). - A switch with bondable ports. - All sitting on a custom-built shelf with lots of ventilation and cabling routing holes.
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@rmuk@feddit.uk 2026-04-09 14:33
Makes mine look boring. 
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@Grass@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-08 23:02
 Including sbcs there are 8 computers in there. There are 5 more laptops and another retired desktop joining. There are plans to get solar and batteries so I'm checking how much power I can actually draw. edit: just found the weird netbook with usb3 ethernet that I used to run homeassistant bare metal back in the day. one more for the computer pile.
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@Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-09 18:03
 Here my homelab. I moved not too long ago and I am still lacking some furniture, so it's on the floor with cables lying wild. Does not look like much but it actually covers almost all my needs. I still need a VPS because of email ports and resident ISP not being compatible...
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@brewery@feddit.uk 2026-04-09 12:05
  Did some one ask for dust cos I got plenty! Also have one desktop with 30TB of memory, separate small form for HA and Pihole, networking equipment, cooling fans and a UPS all packed into one (un)tidy cupboard. The door doesn't quite close but enough to hide it from my partner!
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@irmadlad@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 17:29
After seeing some of you guy's set ups, I don't feel so bad. LOL
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@SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2026-04-09 02:03
 Here is my combination lab and workbench. I have been busy trying to buy/sell/trade computers that I have become significantly behind on cleaning as I go. I also just got the network rack:  I haven't had time between work, hustling, and home maintenance to finish getting the cabling managed or the NAS:  The goal is to get the NAS in the rack, UPS to the items in the rack, the 3D printer under the bench, and the monitors on the wall and off the bench. Then I'll start in on plastic organizers for the bits and parts that clutter my bench.
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@mesamunefire@piefed.social 2026-04-08 20:01
Hard-drives deserve to be free to their cases! Free the drives!
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@pech@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 22:50
My janky homelab lol. Mostly ebay secondhand Enterprise stuff and a Chinese SXM2 mezzanine board to run dual NVLinked 16gb V100s. I also have a TrueNAS Scale mini itx server running upstairs with my "arr" stack and some other useful tools.  