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    • NashBrydgesN
      NashBrydges @MilkySibb
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      @MilkySibb The home lab has changed quite a bit since I posted this. I've replaced the 2 x R710s + MD1000 with 2 x R510 each with 12 x 6TB drives. Primary use is as a single VM fileserver. Two other Hyper-V hosts are now a R420 and R620 all running SSDs.

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      • NashBrydgesN
        NashBrydges @Obsolesce
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        @Tim_G According to my UPSs, I'm running my lab on about 1.2kw and yeah, I definitely notice the increase in power bill. It's costing me about $125 per month based on loca rates, delivery charges and taxes in.

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          Obsolesce @NashBrydges
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          @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

          @Tim_G According to my UPSs, I'm running my lab on about 1.2kw and yeah, I definitely notice the increase in power bill. It's costing me about $125 per month based on loca rates, delivery charges and taxes in.

          Is that $125 extra or $125 total? If total, how much extra does it add for you with your setup?

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          • NashBrydgesN
            NashBrydges @Obsolesce
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            @Tim_G said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

            @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

            @Tim_G According to my UPSs, I'm running my lab on about 1.2kw and yeah, I definitely notice the increase in power bill. It's costing me about $125 per month based on loca rates, delivery charges and taxes in.

            Is that $125 extra or $125 total? If total, how much extra does it add for you with your setup?

            It's $125 extra per month. Just for the networking and server gear.

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            • ObsolesceO
              Obsolesce @NashBrydges
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              @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

              @Tim_G said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

              @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

              @Tim_G According to my UPSs, I'm running my lab on about 1.2kw and yeah, I definitely notice the increase in power bill. It's costing me about $125 per month based on loca rates, delivery charges and taxes in.

              Is that $125 extra or $125 total? If total, how much extra does it add for you with your setup?

              It's $125 extra per month. Just for the networking and server gear.

              Wow... your setup is something I'd love to have at home. But there's no way I could justify that cost per month, if you know what I mean.

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              • NashBrydgesN
                NashBrydges @Obsolesce
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                @Tim_G said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                @Tim_G said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                @Tim_G According to my UPSs, I'm running my lab on about 1.2kw and yeah, I definitely notice the increase in power bill. It's costing me about $125 per month based on loca rates, delivery charges and taxes in.

                Is that $125 extra or $125 total? If total, how much extra does it add for you with your setup?

                It's $125 extra per month. Just for the networking and server gear.

                Wow... your setup is something I'd love to have at home. But there's no way I could justify that cost per month, if you know what I mean.

                I know what you mean. The only reason I have this is because most is tax deductible through my business otherwise i would find a way to do without it all.

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @NashBrydges
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                  @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                  @Tim_G said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                  @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                  @Tim_G said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                  @NashBrydges said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                  @Tim_G According to my UPSs, I'm running my lab on about 1.2kw and yeah, I definitely notice the increase in power bill. It's costing me about $125 per month based on loca rates, delivery charges and taxes in.

                  Is that $125 extra or $125 total? If total, how much extra does it add for you with your setup?

                  It's $125 extra per month. Just for the networking and server gear.

                  Wow... your setup is something I'd love to have at home. But there's no way I could justify that cost per month, if you know what I mean.

                  I know what you mean. The only reason I have this is because most is tax deductible through my business otherwise i would find a way to do without it all.

                  It's invaluable for me. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ
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                    I finally got my hacking lab setup. I have 3 180 day trials (Windows 10, one Windows 8.1, and Server 2016) running so it will get a littler smaller soon, but I am loving it right now.

                    0_1485471776616_2017-01-26 18_02_32-VMware Workstation.png

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                    • StrongBadS
                      StrongBad @IRJ
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                      @IRJ said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                      I finally got my hacking lab setup. I have 3 180 day trials (Windows 10, one Windows 8.1, and Server 2016) running so it will get a littler smaller soon, but I am loving it right now.

                      0_1485471776616_2017-01-26 18_02_32-VMware Workstation.png

                      Nice

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                      • CloudKnightC
                        CloudKnight @IRJ
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                        @IRJ - Perhaps you could create a thread on the progress of your attacks to each victims vm

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                          Alex Sage @travisdh1
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                          @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                          My "Home Lab" right now is a Vultr account. Really is cheaper than paying for the power, and I don't want to listen to something else when it gets hot in my tiny efficiency apartment. My desktop at home was custom built with an eye to keeping it quiet, even during the summer. (Lots of large fans and a temperature based fan controller.)

                          What do you end of spending a month?

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                          • NerdyDadN
                            NerdyDad
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                            Again, just getting started:

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                            Plan on installing NethServer onto the CentOS server, along with creating a Kali Linux box, an Ubuntu desktop box, and a FreePBX box. Also downloaded Wazo. I'll go and explore that one later.

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1 @Alex Sage
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                              @aaronstuder said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                              @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                              My "Home Lab" right now is a Vultr account. Really is cheaper than paying for the power, and I don't want to listen to something else when it gets hot in my tiny efficiency apartment. My desktop at home was custom built with an eye to keeping it quiet, even during the summer. (Lots of large fans and a temperature based fan controller.)

                              What do you end of spending a month?

                              Used to be $5-$10 a month, depending if I was running 1 or 2 instances. Couldn't even match the power bill at that rate for a server box.

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                                Alex Sage @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                Used to be $5-$10 a month, depending if I was running 1 or 2 instances. Couldn't even match the power bill at that rate for a server box.

                                Interesting. So I should just spend the money? I have been trying about getting this:

                                https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=281

                                CentOS 7 and KVM I should be able to do quite a bit 🙂

                                It's $360 a year. Worth it?

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                                • travisdh1T
                                  travisdh1 @Alex Sage
                                  last edited by

                                  @aaronstuder said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                  @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                  Used to be $5-$10 a month, depending if I was running 1 or 2 instances. Couldn't even match the power bill at that rate for a server box.

                                  Interesting. So I should just spend the money? I have been trying about getting this:

                                  https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=281

                                  CentOS 7 and KVM I should be able to do quite a bit 🙂

                                  It's $360 a year. Worth it?

                                  At $1/day, that's very tempting.

                                  Do you have any experience with Whole Sale Internet?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @travisdh1
                                    last edited by

                                    @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                    @aaronstuder said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                    @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                    Used to be $5-$10 a month, depending if I was running 1 or 2 instances. Couldn't even match the power bill at that rate for a server box.

                                    Interesting. So I should just spend the money? I have been trying about getting this:

                                    https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=281

                                    CentOS 7 and KVM I should be able to do quite a bit 🙂

                                    It's $360 a year. Worth it?

                                    At $1/day, that's very tempting.

                                    Do you have any experience with Whole Sale Internet?

                                    No, what's that?

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                      @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                      @aaronstuder said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                      @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                      Used to be $5-$10 a month, depending if I was running 1 or 2 instances. Couldn't even match the power bill at that rate for a server box.

                                      Interesting. So I should just spend the money? I have been trying about getting this:

                                      https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=281

                                      CentOS 7 and KVM I should be able to do quite a bit 🙂

                                      It's $360 a year. Worth it?

                                      At $1/day, that's very tempting.

                                      Do you have any experience with Whole Sale Internet?

                                      No, what's that?

                                      From @aaronstuder

                                      https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=281

                                      Looks like a server rental place.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates @Alex Sage
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                                        @aaronstuder said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                        @travisdh1 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

                                        Used to be $5-$10 a month, depending if I was running 1 or 2 instances. Couldn't even match the power bill at that rate for a server box.

                                        Interesting. So I should just spend the money? I have been trying about getting this:

                                        https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=281

                                        CentOS 7 and KVM I should be able to do quite a bit 🙂

                                        It's $360 a year. Worth it?

                                        My DL380 costs ~$10 per month to run in electricity.

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                                          bnrstnr
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                                          Moved all my stuff very rapidly to the new homemade rack in the crawlspace with my wife hassling me the whole time; apparently our kids bedtime is more important than server stuff... who knew? Eventually I'll make it back down and hook up the rest of my ethernet runs and do some much nicer cable management. Everything, sans DL360 and switch, used to be in this tiny little cubby under my fireplace (that has never been used in the 6 years that we've been living here)

                                          Currently running XS7.3 (can't wait for XCP-ng). I wanted to go with KVM on Fedora for the hypervisor but I have a toddler and infant that pretty much consume all of my home time, so I went with what I know for now.

                                          HP DL360 G7 (8x 146GB RAID10, 2x E5649, 24GB RAM)
                                          Synology DS213j (2x4TB)
                                          Dell 2824 Switch, hand me down from work
                                          Ubiquiti ERX
                                          Philips Hue Bridge
                                          Zoom Cable Modem
                                          Eaton 5S550 UPS (shows ~48 Min battery life with everything you see connected)
                                          Not Shown: (1) UAP-AC-LR

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                                          • CloudKnightC
                                            CloudKnight
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                                            Couldn't help notice "Nextcould" ^ lol 🙂

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