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Discover how self-hosters and homelab enthusiasts are building powerful, open-source setups with 45HomeLab. From workloads that can be enterprise-grade to personal projects, see how our community turns ideas into reality.

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From Enterprise IT to Home Lab Hero
Enterprise Professional

From Enterprise IT to Home Lab Hero

How Patrick's HL15 Setup Powers Both Work and Passion Projects

Patrick Fortin-Ducharme

When longtime IT professional Patrick Fortin-Ducharme discovered the HL15, he found the reliable, enterprise-grade hardware he’d been chasing for years. With over two decades of experience in enterprise IT and a growing consulting business, Patrick needed a home lab NAS that could handle both critical workloads and personal experiments.

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From Open-Source Enthusiast to Real-World Integrator: How Andrew Pealock’s HL8 Powers Automation, Privacy, and Self-Hosted Infrastructure
Media & Entertainment

From Open-Source Enthusiast to Real-World Integrator: How Andrew Pealock’s HL8 Powers Automation, Privacy, and Self-Hosted Infrastructure

Discover how Andrew Pealock uses the 45Drives HL8 to power a fully self-hosted homelab environment supporting automation, media streaming, remote monitoring, and open-source infrastructure — proving that scalable, repairable systems can grow alongside both personal and business needs.

Andrew Pealock

Andrew Pealock built his 45Drives HL8 into a self-hosted powerhouse running Proxmox, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, and business automation tools all centered around flexibility, privacy, and long-term control.

From Enterprise IT to Home Lab Hero
Enterprise Professional

From Enterprise IT to Home Lab Hero

How Patrick's HL15 Setup Powers Both Work and Passion Projects

Patrick Fortin-Ducharme

When longtime IT professional Patrick Fortin-Ducharme discovered the HL15, he found the reliable, enterprise-grade hardware he’d been chasing for years. With over two decades of experience in enterprise IT and a growing consulting business, Patrick needed a home lab NAS that could handle both critical workloads and personal experiments.

From Subscription Fatigue to Self-Hosted Freedom: How James Roy Built His HL15 Around Privacy, Backups, and Automation
Technology

From Subscription Fatigue to Self-Hosted Freedom: How James Roy Built His HL15 Around Privacy, Backups, and Automation

James Roy wanted more than another NAS. He wanted complete ownership of his infrastructure. See how he transformed the 45HomeLab HL15 into a self-hosted platform for secure backups, private services, home automation, media storage, and future AI workloads.

James Roy

Software developer James Roy replaced cloud subscriptions with a self-hosted infrastructure powered by the 45HomeLab HL15. Today, his server runs remote backups, websites, Home Assistant, Plex, private services, and provides a scalable foundation for future local AI projects—all while keeping his data under his control.

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