My lab Bill of Materials
Hi everyone,
For this post, we’re going to look into all the gear I have in my lab. Note that these are all links and prices that I paid for at the time.
Let’s start with compute. I will list a table here of the servers.
NOTE: This BoM is outdated and is yet to be updated pending upgrades that I'm saving up for. However since the cost is about 1800 euros this will take a while and I may have to decommission my current lab as you see below to be able to save that together within any reasonable timeframe
ESXi1:
| Product | Amount |
|---|---|
| HP DL380G6 chassis | 1 |
| Intel Xeon X5660 6c/12t 2.8GHz | 2 |
| Kingston 16GB DDR3 PC3-12800R 1600MHz ECC Reg | 18 |
| HP SmartArray P401i (included) | 1 |
| P401i 512MB Memory Module | 1 |
| P401i RAID Capacitor | 1 |
| Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 2 |
| Samsung 850 EVO 500GB | 1 |
| Samsung 750 EVO 500GB | 1 |
| WD Blue 2TB | 2 |
| WD Blue 320GB | 1 |
ESXi2:
| Product | Amount |
|---|---|
| HP DL380G6 chassis | 1 |
| Intel Xeon X5660 6c/12t 2.8GHz | 2 |
| Hynix 8GB DDR3 PC3-10600R 1333MHz ECC Reg | 18 |
| HP SmartArray P401i (included) | 1 |
| P401i 512MB Memory Module | 1 |
| P401i RAID Capacitor | 1 |
| Samsung 970 EVO 1TB | 1 |
| Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB | 1 |
| WD Red 2TB | 1 |
ESXi3:
| Product | Amount |
|---|---|
| HP DL380G6 chassis | 1 |
| Intel Xeon X5660 6c/12t 2.8GHz | 2 |
| Kingston 16GB DDR3 PC3-12800R 1600MHz ECC Reg | 18 |
| HP SmartArray P401i (included) | 1 |
| P401i 512MB Memory Module | 1 |
| P401i RAID Capacitor | 1 |
| Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB | 2 |
| WD Red 2TB | 2 |
Then there is networking:
| Item |
|---|
| Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 24 Lite |
| Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 10X |
All servers are connected to the EdgeSwitch with three 1 gigabit RJ45 ports. The iLO adapters of the three servers go to a ToR switch with public network access. One 1000/1000 network connection goes from the ToR switch into the EdgeRouter. Two other 1000/1000 network connections go into ESXi2 and ESXi3. One is for emergency access, the other is unused for now.
Future plans:
In the future, when money is no longer an issue (or at least much less), I would like to do the following:
- Upgrade the ESXi hosts. (Server itself, CPU (more cores), and possibly memory).
- Upgrade to 10 gigabit internal networking. (Through RJ45 or SFP+, connected through something like an EdgeSwitch 16-XG).
- Once I have more compute capacity: deploy vRealize Automation and vRealize Log Insight.
This is all for this post. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me on my Twitter.
Have a great day and thank you for reading!