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Takes up a lot of space if you put it on a Rack (4u).

On-board NVME is disabled by Dell (probably due to limited PCI-E Lane support by the CPU).

Supports up to 4 drives out of the box, 3 if you plan to use the DVD ROM.

Great for an introduction to homelab/homeserver stuff.

Dell has a pretty decent 30 Day return policy should you decide it’s not for you.

Low Power (my UPS reported 0 watts at idle).

Decent CPU with QuickSync and Virtualization Support.

We can use the VPN to literally do everything I would normally do on the internet without worrying about any of the data being harvested. After the connection is established, all internet traffic is encrypted and routed through our OpenVPN Server. Once the connection is established, we connect to our OpenVPN Server all the way at home. In the diagram below, our Client first connects to the Cafe Hotspot. Having my own VPN helps me ensure that 1: a spoofed Wifi hotspot or shady hotspot isn’t going to magically get my PII, and 2: since I control my VPN I also don’t have to worry about my web crawling being harvested. This is important because, let’s say I forgot to pay a bill or need to look at some document that contains personal identifiable information (PII). Well, after connecting to the hotspot and using an OpenVPN client, I can route ALL of my internet traffic through my OpenVPN server at home and it’s entirely encrypted. Let’s say I’m traveling or just working remotely and decide to connect to the “FBI Surveillance VAN 1” hotspot outside of my hotel.

#UNRAID SETUP VPN LICENSE#

So anyway, it didn’t take me an unreasonable amount of time to determine that I should just buy an Unraid license again. You really can’t beat that deployment time.

#UNRAID SETUP VPN WINDOWS#

That time includes setting up SMB and NFS shares, CentOS and Windows VMs, OpenVPN, and configuring the array and such. It took me about 3 hours (MAYBE) to get the Dell T30 completely setup with Unraid. But, after getting the CentOS 7 webgui working and a container running, I realized just how lazy I have become and stopped. Originally, I considered CentOS 7 for this project and doing all of the leg work to mimic Unraid as closely as possible. While there are other distros that can run off a USB thumb drive, there is just something about Unraid that allows you to go from a basic NAS to a server that can do pretty much everything in a few minutes. We will be using Unraid as our OS because the T30 has limited drive space and it is important for me that the OS can run from a USB thumb drive.

Last but not least, an Unraid license.

1TB Toshiba NVME for Virtual Machines (unassigned device).

I tested a Shucked 8TB EasyStore (white label) and it worked with my Dell T30įYI: The 10TB EasyStore White Label drive did not work with the Dell T30 due to a SATA 3.3V Pin issue.

Using old WD 1TB and 2TB Seagate drives for now.

This will keep you from damaging the SATA connections on the cables when the side panel is closed.

The SAS9211-8I works out of the box with Unraid.

I would recommend the SAS9211-8I in place of the H310 because no flashing is required for it to work.If you need to know more details, check Dell’s website. Xeon 1225 v5 4core/4threads 3.3GHz base, 3.7GHz boost clock.This thing goes on sale all the time, maybe once a month, so you may have an opportunity to get one for this price as well.įull Server Hardware List and Price Paid: We got our Dell T30 on sale for $299, so this is the biggest reason why we went with it. It is important to understand how we got the Dell T30 to work for us when it isn’t the most ideal server. Let’s dig in! The Dell T30īefore we can talk about the configuration, we really need to lay out the hardware configuration and host operating system. We will break this into sections: The first being the Remote OpenVPN section, second being the Remote Backup section, and we'll finish up with the Why’s and other thoughts. Trying to keep length and interests in mind, the reasons “why” we chose a Dell T30 will be towards the bottom and the more gritty details will be towards the top. This will be a lengthy blog about why I went with a Dell T30 instead of something like a Dell R710/720 and what the configuration ended up looking like. The Dell T30 Remote VPN and Backup Server This guest blog is by Stefano Partida of SPX Labs who has been using Unraid for over 3 years now for video editing and media storage.