My homelab
is not overkill

Not even a bit

My setup

UniFi Dream Machine Pro

Yes, I need it, no, it's not overkill at all

USW 24 PoE

I am definitely using all the ports to their full capacity

Synology NAS

I need a place to put all my Linux ISOs of course

Fedora Server

Technically an old mini PC, but it runs my ~50 Docker containers fine

Docker

I run basically everything in docker containers

Home Assistant

I run Home Assistant OS on a HP t640 thin client

vs

Average setup on r/homelab

2 gateways

For "redundancy" or something

2x 48 Port PoE+++ switch

All ports used

200+ TB storage array

1% usage

10Gbe everywhere

Because "why not"

If you don't believe me, look at these setups:

From r/homelab, original posts are linked

You see? Not overkill at all. Just because I have a bit of enterprise networking gear and a slight docker addiction doesn't mean my setup is overkill.

Kubernetes cluster

With at least 6 nodes

42U rack

For all the kubernetes nodes

My homelabis not overkill