Steve Tilkens talks about why he created a homelab, what went into it, and demos the entire environment
Check out Steve's blog at http://www.tilkens.com and the entry about his home lab at http://www.tilkens.com/2017/08/home-lab-introduction-part-i-hardware-overview/
His lab nodes were purchased at wiredzone.com
More information about the DellEMC Unity VSA can be found at https://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/unity-vsa.htm