Hands On: The HL15 Homelab Server from 45Homelab
Hands On: The HL15 Homelab Server from 45Homelab
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45Homelab, a brand-new division of 45Drives, has just released a new server – one that’s specifically built for use in your homelab! The goal is to offer the self-hosting community a server/chassis that mirrors that quality you’d typically find in enterprise data centers. In this video, Jay will give you his first thoughts after having some time to check it out.
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00:00 – Intro
01:44 – Review Disclaimer
02:35 – What exactly is the “HL15”?
04:27 – The Out of Box Experience
06:24 – First look at the Houston Command Center
07:20 – Build quality and Noise
09:14 – How much does the HL15 cost?
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Jay are Indian peoples name
They are high as kites for that price!!
Get bent
Hi, to consider the pros and cons it would be good to know the enertgy consumption in different configurations and workloads.
Supermicro STILL has java IPMI 🤐
How special of a PSU and motherboard do you need? The $2,000 unit is way too much for how little compute it has. I keep a Ryzen 7 2700 heavily oversubscribed for about 32 hours a week now. Compacting the disks down won’t help with CPU load reduction.
Goodness Jay. In no way was my intent to be derisive. In just my personal experience, from mounting the cpu and cooler of a 4310 Xeon to using ipmi on a server mb , not off the shelf, to working in a server chassis with backplane, mounts for a server rack, to placing the front panel connectors was different than what I had encountered in high end computer builds. I am not against someone building their own server, my point was simply that this offering would have ensured success and made an unfamiliar builder more comfortable. My motherboard was not "off the shelf," but carefully researched and used after the first Super Micro failed (probably my fault.) I feel sorry for creators when they are attacked by people who don't carefully read the statement and ascribe words like "derisive" to statements they don't carefully understand. Jay I loved your video, think you do a great job with making difficult understandable. Keep up the good work . I suspect it will be some time before I comment again. Thanks for the education.
build you own and save a bundle plus get better performance – they are selling support for smb mkt segment – mostly and for that could be worth it but for others they may as well diy and learn some things – is a couple spinning rust drives and the rest go with nvme and 40gbe – if you diy you can personalize/customize more
Hey Jay – enjoyed the video, as I do with all your content (homelab show and enterprise security Linux podcasts)! Had a question though, and maybe I missed it, but is this a sponsored video?
This is an $800 USD case (with a backplane), targeted at the HomeLab/HomeServer crowd.
I absolutely do not get this weird "Premium Home Server" trend.
Someone PLEASE give me a use-case where this makes sense. I actually mean it.
If you are simply building a lab, the core components matter. Your budget should go to the stuff you need to test/learn on, not a nifty case.
If you are trying to run services for your house, this thing is going to be SUCH overkill it's hard to even quantify it.
I can actually imagine this being cost-effective for a small business or university…
…But the "HL" part of HL15 literally stands for "HomeLab".
They CLAIM to be marketing this to people building a HomeLab, but this is clearly some weird VanityRack server.
This is for people who are going to get it for free, or people who are going to install RGB strips in their rack…
(No offense to Techno Tim intended)
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To put this into perspective, this case ALONE costs as much as my main server minus the drives and networking.
That's for…
– 4U case
– 2x 12-bay hot-swap modules I modded into it
– Supermicro Motherboard
– 32-core EPYC CPU
– 8x16GB DDR4 3200 ECC RAM
– 650W platinum PSU
Nice case, very good mainboard but the Xeon Bronze 3204 is just to weak for such a build. If you spend that lots of money on a rack mountable high quality case and a enterprise server board you also want a beefy cpu otherwise you can't really take advantage of such a server.
I'll consider something like this once hard drive prices come down drastically in price.
Fine as a NAS. But seems to be lacking a bit in both memory and processor for a home lab as well as the price.
So, what are the warranty / support specifics for the fully-assembled unit you received at the $2,000 price?
I love that this company exists and decided to target the homelab market. I happen to be in the market for a compute server replacement for an old Dell, and this storage server is close, but I'd rather get something slimmer with more compute without the drive bays. If 45homelab comes out with a companion compute server to this, with a bunch of memory capacity and 10G networking, I'd be all over it.
Hi Jay. I really wish I had known about the HL15 earlier. I just built a server with a Xeon 4310 CPU and an Asrock mb. Server components are definitely not cheap and mine ran similarly to the price you quoted. I would say to home lab wannabees that building a server is quite different than a high end computer and a unit like this would save a considerable amount of grief. I replaced the fans that came with my chassis with Noctua and the noise level is loads better. I really enjoy your channel and wish you all the best.
Hi Jay!
45Drives makes some pretty cool products and I can see the appeal for a lot of users, but I always prefer the DIY approach for a homelab.