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Homelab Inventory & Cloud Cost Comparison

This document provides a breakdown of the hardware resources in my homelab, along with their one-time costs and equivalent monthly costs if provisioned through major cloud providers.

The goal is to document the scale and value of the environment, highlight the trade-offs between on-prem and cloud resources, and provide a reference for others who are considering similar setups.

Estimation Method

  • Cloud pricing is modeled as infrastructure-equivalent estimates, not direct one-to-one managed-service replacements.
  • Compute sizing uses nearest practical EC2 instance classes for vCPU and memory parity.
  • Storage modeling uses mixed EBS/EFS/S3 classes to approximate workload patterns (OS, VM storage, and bulk media/archive).
  • Network transfer, support plans, and labor costs are not included in monthly totals.

Compute Resources

  • NUC 11 (i5-1145G7, 4C/8T, 32 GB RAM)
    • 500 GB SATA SSD (OS)
    • 1 TB NVMe 990 Pro (ZFS pool)
    • 32 GB RAM (2×16 GB)

  • NUC 12 (i5-1240P, 12C/16T, 32 GB RAM)
    • 1 TB SATA SSD (OS)
    • 1 TB NVMe 990 Pro (ZFS pool)
    • 32 GB RAM (2×16 GB)

  • Beelink EQi13 Pro (i5-13500H, 12C/16T, 32 GB RAM)
    • 500 GB NVMe SSD (OS, included)
    • 1 TB NVMe 990 Pro (ZFS pool)
    • 32 GB RAM (2×16 GB, included)

  • Raspberry Pi 5 (4C/4T, 8 GB RAM)
    • 128 GB NVMe (boot + storage)
    • Argon NEO 5 case
    • Argon NVMe expansion board

  • Synology DS423+ (Celeron J4125, 4C/4T, 6 GB RAM)
    • 2 × 12 TB HDD (24 TB raw, ~12 TB usable SHR)
    • 2 × 400 GB NVMe (cache + fast volume)
    • 4 GB Synology SODIMM
    • DS423+ chassis

Total:

  • vCPUs: 44 threads (~44 vCPUs equivalent)
  • RAM: ~110 GB

Storage Resources

  1. System & Utility Storage (local + local-lvm)

    • NUC 11: 500 GB SATA SSD
    • NUC 12: 1 TB SATA SSD
    • Beelink: 500 GB NVMe SSD
    • Pi 5: 128 GB NVMe
      Total: ≈ 2.2 TB

  2. ZFS Cluster Storage (nvme-zfs, HA workloads)

    • NUC 11: 1 TB NVMe
    • NUC 12: 1 TB NVMe
    • Beelink: 1 TB NVMe
      Total: ≈ 3 TB usable

  3. Bulk NAS Storage (NFS + SHR overhead)

    • 24 TB raw HDD (≈12 TB usable SHR) + 0.8 TB NVMe
      Total: ≈ 24.8 TB counted

Homelab Hardware Cost (One-Time)

NUC 11 (i5-1145G7, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SATA, 1 TB NVMe)

  • Base unit: $160
  • Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB SATA SSD (OS): $55
  • Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB NVMe (ZFS): $90
  • TEAMGROUP DDR4 32 GB (2×16 GB): $56
    Subtotal: $361

NUC 12 (i5-1240P, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SATA, 1 TB NVMe)

  • Base unit: $374
  • Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB SATA SSD (OS): $110
  • Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB NVMe (ZFS): $90
  • TEAMGROUP DDR4 32 GB (2×16 GB): $56
    Subtotal: $630

Beelink EQi13 Pro (i5-13500H, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB NVMe, 1 TB NVMe)

  • Unit (includes 32 GB RAM + 500 GB NVMe): $399
  • Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB NVMe (ZFS): $90
    Subtotal: $489

Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB RAM, 128 GB NVMe)

  • Raspberry Pi 5 board: $80
  • Argon NEO 5 case: $20
  • Argon NVMe expansion board: $20
  • ORICO 128 GB NVMe SSD: $15
    Subtotal: $135

NAS (Synology DS423+ with HDD + NVMe + RAM)

  • Synology DS423+ chassis: $561
  • 2 × Seagate IronWolf 12 TB HDD: $402
  • 2 × Synology SNV3410 400 GB NVMe: $320
  • Synology DDR4 4 GB SODIMM: $90
    Subtotal: $1,373

Networking

  • UniFi Express 7 Router: $214
  • UniFi Flex Mini 2.5G (USW-Flex-2.5G-5): $53
  • UniFi Flex 2.5G (USW-Flex-2.5G-8): $186
    Subtotal: $453

Power Infrastructure

  • CyberPower CPS1215RM PDU: $63
  • APC BE600M1 UPS: $80
    Subtotal: $143

Total Known Spend: ≈ $3,584

Cloud Equivalent Cost (Monthly)

Compute

  • AWS m6i.xlarge (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM) ≈ $140.16/mo
  • To match ~44 vCPU & ~110 GB RAM → ≈ 11 × m6i.xlarge
  • Compute cost: ≈ $1,542/mo

Storage

  1. System & Utility Storage (≈2.2 TB) → EBS gp3 @ $0.08/GB → ~$176/mo
  2. ZFS Cluster Storage (≈3 TB) → EBS gp3 $240/mo (or io2 $375/mo)
  3. Bulk NAS Storage (≈24.8 TB, mixed EFS & S3 split)
    • 7 TB on EFS ($0.30/GB) → $2,100/mo
    • 17.8 TB on S3 ($0.023/GB) → ≈ $409/mo
    • Total NAS cost ≈ $2,509/mo

Grand Totals

  • ≈ $4,467–$4,632 per month

3-Year Equivalent Cloud Cost and Savings

Gross cloud cost over 36 months

  • ≈ $160,812 to $166,752

Estimated homelab operating cost over 36 months

  • Hardware: ≈ $3,584 one-time
  • Electricity: ≈ $12–$13/mo → ≈ $432–$468 over 36 months
  • Total owner cost: ≈ $4,016–$4,052

Net savings versus cloud (36 months)

  • ≈ $156,760 to $162,700

Cloud Cost Comparison Table

Category Resource Size AWS Service Monthly Cost
Compute 44 vCPU, 110GB 11 × m6i.xlarge $1,542
System & Utility Storage 2.2 TB EBS gp3 $176
ZFS Cluster Storage 3 TB EBS gp3 / io2 $240–$375
Bulk NAS Storage 24.8 TB 7 TB EFS + 17.8 TB S3 ≈ $2,509
Total – – $4,467–$4,632