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My home servers are not a homelab

First, what is a homelab? While I don’t think there’s a dictionary definition, a homelab seems to refer loosely to the collection of servers, networking gear, and supporting infrastructure that someone has set up in their home, for experimentation and learning, either for fun or to develop skills. Naturally, homelabs can take a wide variety of sizes and shapes.

While I don’t think there’s a dictionary definition, a homelab seems to refer loosely to the collection of servers, networking gear, and supporting infrastructure that someone has set up in their home, for experimentation and learning, either for fun or to develop skills. Take a quick look around/r/homelab on Reddit, and you’ll find setups ranging from a single old Android phone to a full-fledged data center. Whatever the scale, the ethos of the subreddit (and other Homelab communities I’ve seen outside of Reddit) seems to be centered around learning, experimentation and playing around.

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