Always-on home servers make cooling and cleanup a real issue
A personal home lab includes a new desktop computer, a rack-mounted unRAID server, UniFi , CCTV equipment, and a internet connection. The new computer handles heavier work such as media serving and video editing, while the unRAID server runs in a rack case for storage.
Some old equipment came from a former Vodafone store, but it does not seem to include the hoped-for CCTV storage system full of . The setup is being cleaned up into a more orderly server area.
The main practical problem is heat during a heatwave. The room has air conditioning, but running it all day just for gear feels wasteful.
Key points
- The home lab runs media serving, video editing, unRAID storage, UniFi networking, CCTV gear, and fast internet together.
- The internet line is , meaning upload and download are both fast.
- The old store equipment probably no longer contains the valuable that were hoped for.
- Cooling the setup during a heatwave is the main operational concern.
- owners should think about the whole room, not only the Mac mini itself.