The Homelab Wiki serves as a comprehensive resource for documenting the design, configuration, and operations of our personal homelab. This lab replicates enterprise-level IT infrastructure, offering shared resources and fostering collaborative learning among peers. Its purpose is to provide a testing ground for enterprise technologies and methodologies, enabling experimentation and hands-on experience.
Our names are Michael DeSocio and Tyler Barnes. In an effort to both share knowledge between ourselves and the world, we combined our homelabs to better service the functions and capabilities that we want. With the available bandwidth and internet, it has become increasingly difficult to host items and projects within our residences. Therefore, we have located our homelab (for now) at a location owned by Michael's family with FTTP (Fiber to the Premises). This allows for us to have increased upload to perform tasks such as offsite backups, hosting media servers for friends and family, and provide a fast, remote site for hosting various projects.
Our homelab is structured to mirror the complexity of modern enterprise environments, including:
The network is designed for reliability, scalability, and security using enterprise-grade protocols and configurations:
Virtualized workloads run on high availability (HA) hypervisors to ensure uninterrupted service and fault tolerance. This infrastructure supports rapid provisioning of virtual machines for diverse applications and services.
A Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution provides centralized and redundant storage, ensuring reliability and accessibility. The NAS supports data for virtual machines, user resources, and backups, forming a critical part of the homelab's resilience.
Monitoring tools are implemented to ensure operational reliability and detect issues proactively:
This wiki is designed to document every aspect of the homelab, from hardware specifications and network configurations to monitoring workflows and best practices. By consolidating this information, the wiki serves as both a technical reference and a collaborative platform for peers. It encourages knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and the exchange of ideas related to enterprise IT infrastructure and operations.
Explore the pages to learn more about the homelab, its components, and its configurations. This resource is continually updated to reflect new developments and insights.