Would this be enough? If not could I use another computer in a cluster or something (this is where I am really not sure)?Īny help on how to build out a system like this would be great! I have watched many videos on how to do a specific task like a NAS build (unRAID, FreeNAS) or a PLEX server but I don’t know how to warp them up and package them in a single server. The main computer that I want to run these specific applications from has 4 real 4 viral cores.

Right now I want to do this with just the spare computers I have laying around the house.I have a bunch of hard drives of mixed sizes I have collected, What would be the best application to take advantage of them for the NAS? (unRAID, FreeNAS Zpools ?, RAID 5).

How should I build the foundation of this server/home Lab?.I am unsure what application will fill my needs: unRAID, Proxmox, Docker, VirtualBox, VMware, FreeNAS?.Spin a VM up for whatever needs (Windows, Linux).From my understanding, this can be done with containers. Have the different VMs/Applications only running when needed (Dynamic allocation of resource).Security Camera Application ( Considering Blue Iris, Windows app, Also using the NAS).Plex server (using the NAS also Linux OS).I have been having a hard time trying to digest everything. I am making a Home Lab set up to run a number of application.

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