My First Homelab Server Based on FreeBSD

January 11, 2025


This is my new DIY homelab server, named "Server1", with 10 cores and 32 GiB memory. Right now, it supports 9 SATA drives (8 of which can be 3.5 inches), 4 M.2 NVMe drives, and 9 USB drives (2 of the ports are USB 2, while the others are USB 3), all running at the same time. This kind of expandability making it a great machine for me, as a data hoarder.

Server1, before closing its side panel.
3D printed 8-bay hard drive enclosure.


Last updated June 15, 2025 by Fang Ling.