011 - Spl1nter

Spl1nter is a Business Analyst from the USA.

June 07, 2025

Spl1nter is a Business Analyst from the USA, with a Homelab for all their passions.

Hardware

  • Morefine G1 EGPU

    • 4060 model

  • Minisforum Venus UN 1250

    • I5 1250

    • 64GB Ram

    • 4TB of storage

    • Running Ubuntu Server hosting docker containers and *arr stack

  • GiGaPlus 10 Port 2.5Gb POE switch

    • with 2x 10Gb SFP+ ports

  • 2x JetKVM's with patch panels (coming soon)

  • Cenmate 3 bay JBOD enclosure

    • with 48TB of storage for games

  • Intel NUC Gen 13 NUC13ANKi5

    • I51340P

    • 64GB Ram,

    • 4TB storage

    • Running Windows 11

    • BigBox

    • HyperSpin

    • Yuzu for game emulation

    • Games are streamed using Razer Remote Play (built on Sunshine and Moonlight and auto scales to client screen size)

  • Beelink S12 Mini

    • 32GB RAM

    • 4TB storage

    • Running ProxMox for VM deployments

  • Synology DS923+

    • 80TB storage

    • Running in SHR with 2 drive fault tolerance

Software

  • Proxmox

  • Ubuntu Server

  • Docker

  • Windows 11

What inspired you to build your homelab, and what’s its main purpose today?

I started off with a NAS to regularly backup my daily driver. After playing around with Plex, I slowly started collecting more hardware and decided to buy a mini rack to learn more about networking.

What’s one part of your setup (hardware or software) that you’re especially proud of — and why?

Designing and prototyping the 3D brackets to make everything fit together was a pain (took about a month to get everything to mount onto the rack). I had to get creative with the Synology mount to extend the height of the case by 0.5U to fit everything together.

What are your next plans, experiments, or dream upgrades for your lab?

I want to upgrade my rack to the T2 to fit more hardware into the empty slots. Thinking of running a Unifi router, an LCD touchscreen with a Raspberry pi with home assistant to control and monitor my servers.