Open Homelab project Wiki

Hi All.

So lots and lots of people ask about homelabs for virtualization. Well... Here it is, the one stop wiki for all your Home lab needs. It has gone live today and there is already a ton of information.

Open Homelab

You are more than welcome to add your own homelab information\knowledge to the page.

You can also connect on twitter with the Open Homelab Project. https://twitter.com/OpenHomelab

Thanks guys - Look forward to all your contributions.

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LinuxRacr

Thanks for this timely info.

LinuxRacr

I was able to build a n ESXi6 nanolab on a NUC6i5SYH over the weekend with the info gleaned from the wiki pages. Loving it so far.

jibbajabba

Speaking of lab - just made some calculations

:

How much does it REALLY cost to run your own lab ? – Open902.com

LinuxRacr

Just added a 2nd NUC6i5SYH this week. One day I'll add at least one more.

Olgimer

Hi, the NUC looks like a great value but as always money is a killer for me. I'm an old Novell and Microsoft guy and am venturing into the VMware waters for the first time (aside from Workstation 12.5).

I want to bring up ESXi6 and use the trialware to learn a little something.

Would you (or anyone) be so kind as to look at this spec:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9969715&CatId=2628

would I have any chance of bringing up ESXi6 on this (of course killing the windows 64 and just using the 64 box)

couple of questions:

1. does it have to be an Intel i5 platform?
2. Does it have to have 16GB of ram (could I get by with 8GB) ?
3. Can the management console run on the ESXi6 Server or must I have a real home (small) network and connect in from my windows laptop to fully manage ESXi6?

Thank You
Phillip C