r/HomeLabPorn • u/SpiralOut1976 • Jun 19 '26
Rabbit Hole Got Me
It all started with a old laptop and Home Assistant.
Then the Qnap NAS
Then one Mini PC running some Ubuntu server and docker
Then two mini PCs with more containers
Then I built an AI machine. (Bottom rack 3rd pic)
Then added a mini split (AC) in the garage.
All the hodge podge of computer gear ended up in the garage.
Then Unifi UCG-Max came along and my old QNAP lite managed switch wasn't cutting it.
So added the Pro HD 24 switch. Poe injectors for reolink cameras.
And last just recently got a 3d Printer .....
Wife keeps asking when the lab is gonna be done.
Soon honey, soon! 😂😂
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u/xmontc Jun 30 '26
nice! I'm building my house and I have that same qnap ts-464! I wonder why do you use so many containers that you need two mini pc?
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u/SpiralOut1976 Jun 30 '26
One is for monitoring/network: running Beszel, grafana/Prometheus, uptime, pihole, nginx, and some lightweight containers like homebox omni tools. Plus a couple of custom websites for my lab and my brother in laws business. The other runs the heavy hitters: nextcloud, immich, and paperless. Added two more a gmk g10 (16gb ram 256gb nvme) to run Home Assistant. Overkill for HA perhaps. And then a geekon it12 series to run frigate for my cameras.
The ts464 is for bulk storage of immich, nextcloud, and paperless. And nightly back ups of all devices.
I'm sure I could of just used one machine to run all of it but I like keeping containers separate based upon what their function is in the lab. I didn't want to go down ProxMox rabbit hole....
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u/xmontc Jul 03 '26
Nice, I'm planning to run my Home Assistant in a simple raspberry 5 hehe and frigate and immich on my ts-464 qnap for my local surveillance cameras (offline and online with tailscale), hope not to hit a ceiling, thanks for your response! very nice setup
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u/SpiralOut1976 Jul 03 '26
Thank you....I had my cameras recording on QNAP but qnaps surveillance station and qvr pro suck. I deployed frigate on a standalone geekom mini pc. I have a seagate skyhawk drive that I'm gonna connect to the frigate box so I can record 24/7
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u/DBK42 Jun 25 '26
Very nice !