loudgas
Golden Baronet of the Realm
I favored HP/IBM server equipment in the past for my home lab, but have found since I share space with them the best solution for me was to go with commercial grade workstations. They run far quieter than servers, and likely cost a whole lot less to run too.
My current setup is an HP xw8600 (2xE5410 and 24GB ram) running ESXi 6.5, it does everything I need it to do but have been considering upgrading to an HP z800. Freenas is a nice option too if you want to play around with iSCSI.
My current setup is an HP xw8600 (2xE5410 and 24GB ram) running ESXi 6.5, it does everything I need it to do but have been considering upgrading to an HP z800. Freenas is a nice option too if you want to play around with iSCSI.