Power, Noise and Heat
The constraint that ends most homelabs is not budget but liveability. A rack server in a spare bedroom is louder than a vacuum cleaner, and a lab drawing 200 watts continuously costs real money every year. Both are predictable before you buy, and both are cheaper to design around than to fix.
- How much electricity does a homelab use?
- How loud is a rack server, really?
- What temperature should homelab hard drives run at?
- Do I need a UPS for a homelab?
- How do I reduce my homelab's power consumption?