Preface: I'm in a spot upgrading my daily driver PC and it occurred to me that it also maybe a time to look into this 'home lab' thing. I'm a developer by trade, and the extent of my networking knowledge is pretty basic - can I wire up a home router, get things on it, etc.
My current set up is...
I'm in the process of building out a ZFS file server for three XenServer Hypervisors.
This is in one of the HP Prolait G6 2U chassis with 25*2.5 SAS bays sitting in the front. (2*L5520's + 48GB memory)
These all are hooked up to an LSI HBA (not sure of the model, it's one of 'em that plays nice...