This document discusses building a home datacenter on a budget. It describes setting up a home server with a Xeon processor, 3TB NAS storage, and 8-port switch for under $700. The author configured virtualization software like oVirt and tools like Zabbix for managing systems. The home datacenter can be used for work or entertainment purposes like hosting a Plex media server.

1. Running Up Your Light Bill
Your Own Home Datacenter

2. about: jduncan
● At Red Hat ~2 years
● Public Sector Team Lead
● Richmond, VA
● Small Zoo
● Wonderful Wife
● Old Bungalow

3. Talking Points
● Home Datacenters on a budget
● Toolchain
● What can I do with my new toy?

4. Building My Datacenter
Requirements
● Gigabit Ethernet
● Room to Grow
● Shared Storage
● High Availability
● Redundancy MAY not be worth the investment
● Not all OSes are made the same

5. Building My Datacenter
My Build-out
● Some help from my company – priceless
● Xeon- grade hypervisor (Penryn model) - $350
● 3TB NFSv3 NAS – single disk - $130
● 3 Virtualization Hypervisors toal
● 1 Control / Utility Server - $150
● 8-port gigabit switch - $40

6. Building My Datacenter
My Build-out

7. Building My Datacenter
My Build-out
(cont'd)

8. Building My Datacenter
My Toolchain
Linux
● DHCP
● Internal DNS

9. Building My Datacenter
My Toolchain
Red Hat Enterprise Linux / oVirt
http://www.ovirt.org/
http://www.redhat.com/products/cloud-computing/virtualization/

10. Building My Datacenter
My Toolchain
Red Hat Satellite / Spacewalk
spacewalk.redhat.com
www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/rhn-satellite/

11. Building My Datacenter
My Toolchain
Zabbix - www.zabbix.com

12. Building My Datacenter
Features
PXE Boot Provisioning

13. Building My Datacenter
Features
“Thin” Virtual Disks

14. Building My Datacenter
Features
High Availability
Live Migrations

15. Building My Datacenter
So What Do I DO With it?
WORK

16. Building My Datacenter
So What Do I DO With it?
FUN
www.plexapp.com

17. Building My Datacenter
Questions / Thoughts / Concerns?
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