Future Physical Home Lab Plans

As funds/resources allow, I am planning on upgrading my main switch to a 10GbE switch. I am still deciding to go either SFP+ or RJ45. Either way, I will need to buy some RJ45 to SFP+ modules.

My current AP does all that I need it to. I am still wanting to upgrade it to a UniFi AP with WiFi 7 and a 10GbE port. My current AP will then be moved to my parents place to be in the mesh therefor greater coverage and stability.

As always, upgrade/add servers to the rack. My production server is still running with a v1 XEON server. When I am able to find a V4 based server with more than 32GB of RAM, it will be upgraded next. The last server, the “cluster,” will be the last server to be updated when my resources can allow it.

Hardware wise, the last task that I need to complete is to have both of my UPS’s monitored, and automated to shutdown the home lab in a staggered progression, to maintain the core services up time. I have not decided if this will be in a VM on the production server, or if it will be on a dedicated “miniPC.”

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