Home Network and Servers
My home network is always evolving. The goal is to improve the system each time I change something such as make the system load data faster, better data backup or create redudency, failovers, and recovery. I use most of the equipment for hands on learning while the backbone equipment is used for both for learning as well as to provide high avilibity network infarstucture for my entire house. I will post updated information whenever I change something.
At one point, this website was hosted on the HTTP server installed on Server I. But on 22-May-2012, I moved the web hosting to a hosting company. This will improve the loading speed of the site while and will provide more time to write better content. Even though the site is not hosted in home-based servers, the system is still in use for testing scripts and programs I write.
Lab walk through (May 2024)
Lab walk through (pre-April 2024)
Summary
- 2 UniFi managed switches – they manage VLANs on 2 AP units with Captive Portal for Guest Wifi and LAN
- Home Automation Controller | Linksys router (NAT #1) | Shaw Modem
- 2 PDUs with secondary protection
- Standard old 19-inch monitor with electronic KVM switch
- Main server – HP G7 w/ dual Intel Xeon Processor E5649 and 72 GB of ECC DDR3s and iLO Advanced (Several VMs on Hyper-V running Ubuntu and some packages for lab testing, download handling, web services (MySQL, PHP, AD [DS, FS, RMS], DNS), Plex media server loading files from a secondary file storage unit (NAS). The system connects to all the smart TVs, computers, and mobile devices in the house. Logs data from multiple security devices such as door sensors, network cameras, etc, etc.)
- pfSense server (NAT #2) – HP G7 w/ 32 GB of ECC DDR3s and iLO Advanced – this provides NAT separation for Guest, IoT and others via VLAN restrictions. Push the NAT config to Unifi switch and APs in IPv4 and IPv6. It also has an intrusion detection (IDS/IPSW) and system-wide ads/malware blocking for everyone in my family.
- Storage and backup servers: QNAP independent NAS unit | QNAP secondary file storage unit (NAS) with access control via Main HP server (above)
- Cheap 2 UPS devices that feeds the 2 PDUs for redundancy | Old HP G6 server I used to host my website https://sanuja.com. Now used for spare parts for HP G7 when I need it.
- Apil 2024 major upgrades: 42U rack cabinet and rack accessories, second UniFi 24 port switch, 2 x 24 port patch panels, 2U PFC sinwave 1500VA/1000W UPS. Total about $3000 CAD including taxes and shipping.
Network
| ISP | Cable, asymetical theoretical at 500 Mbps (D: 150 Mbps) w/ unlimited Bandwidth, which is not the best service for the price! 🙁  |
| Router | Linksys WRT1900AC |
| Switch | Ubiquiti UniFi USW-24-G2 Ubiquiti UniFi US-24-G1 |
| Cable | CAT 6 (majority; ~90%) and CAT 5e (few) |
| Centralized | Yes; all terminated in the basement rack |
| UPS | 2 x CyberPower UPS Systems |
| Time | Canada and US MST |
Main Server (Server I)
| Brand | HP |
| Series | ProLiant |
| Model | DL380 G7 |
| Type | Rack |
| CPU | 2 x Intel ® Xeon ® Processor E5649 |
| Memory(RAM) | RECC 4GBx18(72GB), 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 |
| MAX RAM | 128 GB ECC or 240 GB RECC? |
| Storage (HD) | -2 * HP SAS 300 GB 15K (SFF) on RAID 1 -6 * HP SAS 146 GB 10K (SFF) on RAID 5 -2 * HP SAS 146 GB 10K (SFF) on RAID 1 |
| Capacity (HD) | TBA |
| RAID type | RAID 5 |
| HD Controller | HP Smart Array P410i w/ 512 MB |
| Network | 4 x Dual Gigabit 10/100/1000 |
| OS | 64-bit |
| Modules/Roles | Ubantu(VM), Pi-hole, Pfsense(VM), IIS 7-IIS_IUSRS(Java, PHP, MySQL, SQL, Python, WP), PS3 UPnP, Hyper-V, RDS, AD (DS, FS, RMS), DNS, DHCP, File/Storage, NAP, WSUS, etc. |
| Installed | Oct 01, 2019 |
pfSense Server (Server II)
| Brand | HP |
| Series | ProLiant |
| Model | DL380 G7 |
| Type | Rack |
| CPU | 2 x Intel ® Xeon ® Processor E5649? |
| Memory(RAM) | RECC 2GBx16(32GB), 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 |
| MAX RAM | 128 GB ECC or 240 GB RECC? |
| Storage (HD) | -2 * HP SAS 300 GB 15K (SFF) on RAID 1 -6 * HP SAS 146 GB 10K (SFF) on RAID 5 -2 * HP SAS 146 GB 10K (SFF) on RAID 1 |
| Capacity (HD) | TBA |
| RAID type | RAID 5 |
| HD Controller | HP Smart Array P410i w/ 512 MB |
| Network | 4 x Dual Gigabit 10/100/1000 |
| OS | 64-bit |
| Modules/Roles | Dedicated stand-alonge pfSense server. |
| Installed | December, 2019 |
Old Main Server (Server I-old)
| Brand | HP |
| Series | ProLiant ML350 G6 |
| Model | ? |
| Type | Tower |
| CPU | Intel ® Xeon ® Processor E5540 (8M Cache, 2.53 GHz, 5.86 GT/s) |
| Memory(RAM) | RECC 2GBx7(14GB), 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 |
| MAX RAM | 128 GB ECC or 240 GB RECC? |
| Storage (HD) | -2 * HP SAS 72 GB 15K (SFF) on RAID 1 -4 * HP SAS 146 GB 10K (SFF) on RAID 5 -2 * HP SAS 146 GB 10K (SFF) on RAID 1 |
| Capacity (HD) | w/ RAID 68.3 GB for OS + Apps and 683 GB for data |
| RAID type | RAID 5 |
| HD Controller | HP Smart Array P410i w/ 512 MB |
| Network | Dual Gigabit 10/100/1000 |
| OS | 64-bit |
| Modules/Roles | IIS 7-IIS_IUSRS(Java, PHP, MySQL, SQL, Python, WP), PS3 UPnP, Hyper-V, RDS, AD (DS, FS, RMS), DNS, DHCP, File/Storage, NAP, WSUS, etc. |
| Installed | Oct 26, 2011 |
Main Backup (Server II)
| Brand | Custom built |
| CPU | Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 at 2.40 GHz |
| Type | Tower (desktop) |
| Memory(RAM) | 8 GB DDR 2 |
| MAX RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage (HD) | 500 GB WD Green |
| OS | Classified |
File Server (Server III)
| Brand | D-Link |
| Series | Home NAS |
| Model | DNS-323 |
| Storage (HD) | 2 * 1.5 TB WD Green |
| Capacity(HD) | 3 TB (3000 GB) |
| RAID type | no raid, independent |
April 2024: 42U Rack Cabinet
2020: 42U Open Frame Rack
