Project ReKernel: Rebuilding the Home Lab

Project ReKernel is a complete redesign of the NerdKernel home lab, focused on reducing power consumption, modernizing infrastructure, improving reliability, and getting more capability from a smaller and more efficient collection of systems.

The project will cover servers, storage, networking, virtualization, backups, self-hosted services, and the repurposing of older hardware. Each major build and upgrade will be documented through related articles and project updates.

The primary goals of this home lab redesign are to reduce power consumption, consolidate aging systems, improve reliability, modernize storage and networking, and create a more flexible platform for virtualization and self-hosted services.

• Servers and virtualization
• Network infrastructure
• Storage and backup systems
• Self-hosted applications
• Power and cooling efficiency
• Monitoring and automation
• Repurposing older hardware
• Documentation and disaster recovery