UAP-AC-IW to cover an outbuilding ( Amazon).UAP-AC-Mesh to cover the barn ( Amazon).Sophos XG (same Protectli hardware as above) ( Amazon).This also functions as “out of band” access to their internal network if needed.Given the remoteness of the property, their age, etc, having a failover Internet option to keep their home phone and alarm system online is worth the small monthly cost. The DSL service itself seems to have hours-long outages once or twice a month.Netgear Nighthawk MR1100 LTE Modem ( Amazon).There’s another NanoStation on the side of the house to receive the signal. Their DSL modem lives outside in a weatherproof box, with the NanoStation attached to a pole.
The phone company wanted close to $10K in order to run a new line a few thousand feet across the property, but was willing to run 150 feet of phone line for free.
Their house is somewhat remote the only option available was DSL (or satellite). New electrical was ran to their existing outbuildings, and the builders buried about 200 feet of dedicated so we could run some network drops. My parents built a new house a few years ago, so we were able to get every room wired for ethernet and have all the drops ran to a central area. After looking at the numbers, this was incredibly inexpensive for the performance compared to a VPS with similar specs from DigitalOcean, etc. IPSec site-to-site VPN tunnels (parent’s house & cloud server)įor $24/month, I have my own mini server in a colocation facility (and I own the hardware). Ubiquiti UniFi Switch - 8 port 60w POE ( Amazon). Synology DS1618+ (since replaced by the DS1621+). My NAS additionally backs up to Backblaze B2. My parents have a cheaper two-bay version at their house a few hours away each NAS replicates certain files/folders over site-to-site VPN. I use Active Backup for Business to automatically back up both my home and colo servers. Synology has great hardware, simple yet powerful software, and is ultra reliable. This was a splurge, but worth every penny. I originally had a home built NAS using the Z620, however I decided to move all my storage to a dedicated device for more flexibility and better reliability. Overkill, but I don’t regret purchasing it for one second. It’s a pretty powerful machine, and less hassle than rack server for my small lab. Everything is modular and no tools are needed - even removing the motherboard. The Z620 itself is a well built (and quite heavy) workstation. I’ve had the replacement machine for about two years now, and I’ve had no further issues. I can vouch for their customer service my first Z620 had a motherboard fail after a month, and they replaced it quickly and with minimal fuss. 
My “sometimes-on” server is a Z620 that I purchased on Amazon from Stallion Technology.
For the services that I need to run 24x7, the OptiPlex micro fits the bill perfectly. I previously used my HP Z620 workstation as a server, however the power consumption/heat/noise was a bit much for my small studio. I wanted a small, quiet, power-sipping server for services that need to be available 24x7, and I scored a great deal on an open-box/refurb Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro last year. The Amazon links below are affiliate links. I have hardware in my own house, at my parent’s house a few hours away, and in a colocation facility out of state. My lab environment is a bit spread out at the moment the “home” part of home lab depends quite heavily on several site-to-site VPN connections.
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