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My Home Servers

These are the two home server setups I have. My main setup is overkill for most people. The main reason I have it is because I do YouTube for a living, so 10Gb networking is worth it. For most people, the secondary setup is a great fit. The Firewalla is the best part. I highly recommend getting one.

Note: Some links on this page are Amazon affiliate links.

01

Main Rack

The full home setup, built for 10Gb networking

16 items · $7,189.05

Main home server rack with networking gear, NAS, and rackmount power protection
Main network topology showing AT&T and Firewalla on VLAN 20, with an eero access point, switches, NAS, and Mac mini separated across VLANs 10, 30, and 40
network map tip: open the full-size image, then copy or paste it into GPT or Claude for a deeper walkthrough, or to adapt it to your own setup.
Firewalla Gold Pro firewall with its front ports visible Firewalla Gold Pro $929.00Cable Matters 24-port patch panel and cable management bar Cable Matters 24-Port Patch Panel $29.99Blue VCE CAT6A keystone couplers arranged beside one enlarged coupler VCE CAT6A Keystone Couplers (25 Pack) $24.99Ten short black and blue braided CABNEER Cat8 Ethernet cables CABNEER Cat8 Cables (1 ft, 10 Pack) $16.19Firewalla Gold Pro installed in its rack mount Firewalla Gold Pro Rack Mount $82.00Synology E10G30-T1 single-port 10GbE adapter Synology E10G30-T1 Adapter $129.998311 XGSPON ONU SFP+ stick with optical transceiver 8311 XGSPON ONU Stick $135.00Samsung 9100 PRO M.2 SSD Samsung 9100 PRO 1TB SSD $249.99 × 2Seagate Exos 28TB enterprise hard drive Seagate Exos 28TB Drives $610.00 × 3ECHOGEAR 20U open frame server rack ECHOGEAR 20U Open Frame Rack $229.99CyberPower CPS1215RMS 1U rackmount surge protector CyberPower CPS1215RMS Surge Protector $68.95NETGEAR MS510TXUP managed multi-gigabit switch NETGEAR MS510TXUP Managed Switch $689.99White eero Pro 7 mesh Wi-Fi router eero Pro 7 Router $299.99Synology DS1825+ eight-bay NAS enclosure Synology DS1825+ $1,149.99Silver Mac mini viewed from the front Mac mini $799.00TP-Link TL-SX1008 eight-port 10G switch TP-Link TL-SX1008 Switch $274.00

By Category

Networking & routing
$2,481.15
NAS & storage
$3,609.96
Rack & power
$298.94
Compute
$799.00
Total
$7,189.05

02

Secondary Rack

Smaller version at my parent's place, built for 2.5Gb networking

9 items · $2,542.06

Parents rack with a white mini rack, NAS, Firewalla Orange, eero routers, and surge protector
Secondary network topology showing AT&T connected through Firewalla to a switch, eero access point, and NAS
network map tip: open the full-size image, then copy or paste it into GPT or Claude for a deeper walkthrough, or to adapt it to your own setup.
Orange Firewalla Orange firewall with its front ports visible Firewalla Orange $389.00Pair of white eero 7 mesh Wi-Fi routers eero 7 Routers (2 Pack) $279.99NETGEAR MS308 eight-port 2.5G switch NETGEAR MS308 2.5G Switch $129.99Synology DS225+ two-bay NAS enclosure Synology DS225+ $339.99Seagate Exos 26TB enterprise hard drive Seagate Exos 26TB Drives $575.00 × 2White Tecmojo 6U mini server rack Tecmojo 6U Mini Rack $69.99Five blue braided CABNEER Cat8 Ethernet cables CABNEER Cat8 Cables (5 Pack) $30.12Belkin 12-outlet surge protector power strip Belkin 12-Outlet Surge Protector $28.99Walnut Jueraori WiFi router storage cabinet with its rattan doors open Jueraori WiFi Router Storage Cabinet $123.99

By Category

Networking & routing
$829.10
NAS & storage
$1,489.99
Rack & power
$222.97
Total
$2,542.06