Building a small homelab with three HP EliteDesk PCs

A first homelab setup is being planned around three HP EliteDesk 800 G4 computers. The missing pieces may include a , power management, and a rack.

A ready-made rack that can hold the three small PCs neatly is part of the setup concern. The three large power adapters also create a cable and appearance problem, so reducing or hiding them is a priority.

The planned software setup is a Proxmox cluster across the three machines, with or NetBird as the VPN for . The main uses are photo storage and CI/CD work.

Key points

  • The setup uses three HP EliteDesk 800 G4 computers as a first homelab.
  • Likely extra hardware includes a , power setup, and rack.
  • The three bulky power adapters are a practical installation problem.
  • The planned server software is a Proxmox cluster.
  • may use or NetBird, with photo hosting and CI/CD as the main workloads.
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