In a few days I’ll be upgrading my internet connection from a VDSL to Fibre connection. Time to upgrade the home network too! And as they say “a picture says more then 1,000 words”, here’s the planned topography:
Some notes:
- Server 2 doesn’t exist. Yet. I’m currently considering whether or not to purchase the hardware, given that’s a significant outlay, even for the base system (EPYC 7551P, Supermicro H11SSL-i mainboard, 4x 32GB RAM is some 700€-ish and I still need to buy a suitable rack case for it) Do I need server 2? No, not now, but I’m also considering “upgrading” servers 1 & 2 to a HA cluster with some disk shelves for mass storage.
- The data connection to the backup server is optional.
- The Management connection to the router is optional too. I actually have 3 choices for said router: install the supplied router for the fibre connection, re-use my existing router (according to ISP documentation this appears to be a viable option) or replace with a OPNSense box based on a Gigabyte EPYC 3151 integrated SoC board, which has the management option both ISP routers don’t have.
- The Fibre Switch is (similar to) a unit reviewed recently by STH.
- Server 1 will primarily be a storage/backup server for my main PC. I’m not a coder nor have home automation, but I am a bit of a data hoarder (depends on what data ) However, I’m planning on running at least one website from the server, although I’m less keen on running webservers alongside (private) data storage on the same machine. I guess VM’s 4-da-win? So far I haven’t gotten it to work so it won’t be live anytime soon I reckon.
If you’ve read this far, thx for your time.
Did I overlook something, anything unclear, other questions, remarks, encouragements? Let me know!
@wendell ?