Servers

This page is a rundown of my various machines which I often use for personal reference, available for public consumption in case it's of interest.

Inspire

Inspire is my homeserver, it acts as a smart home manager and backup solution for my home.

Hardware

• AOOSTAR R7 2-bay NAS appliance
  • Ryzen 7 5700U (8 cores/16 threads up to 4.3GHz)
  • 16gb RAM
  • 500gb nvme drive
  • Google Coral TPU
  • 2x 14tb hard drives, one Seagate one WD

Software

The OS is Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS. It's rarely connected to a monitor, but using a desktop OS allows me to use it as a Steam in-home streaming server and remote desktop target from my phone.

All web based services are hosted in docker.

• Showcase -- frontend app directory (by me)
• Home Assistant -- the backbone of any good smart home
• Frigate -- security camera management with realtime image recognition
• Immich -- photo backup manager with facial recognition and image classification
• Navidrome -- fast and lightweight music server, supports subsonic api for apps
• iSponsorBlockTV -- connects to youtube players on the network to skip ads

Cryo

Cryo is a heavy duty seedbox and streaming media server assembled, deployed, and operated by me with some help from friends.

Hardware

• SuperMicro X8DTN+ Motherboard
• SuperChassis 826TQ-R800LPB 2U chassis
• 2x Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz, 4 Cores 8 Threads (8/16 total)
• 12x Hynix HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 4GB DDR3-1333 RAM modules (48GB total)
• Adaptec RAID 71605 low profile RAID controller
• 10x "shucked" WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives
  • RAID 5
  • 72TB capacity with 1 drive fault tolerance
• 1TB WD Blue WDS100T2B0A 1TB SSD
• GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ZT-P10510E-10L (4GB, low profile)

The machine is physically hosted in a datacenter operated by PsychzNetworks with redundant power and 1 Gbps networking.

Tower

The living room gaming PC.

Hardware

• CORSAIR Carbide 100R Mid-Tower Case
• MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Motherboard
• MSI THUNDERBOLTM4 8K Thunderbolt 4 add-in card
• Intel Core i5-12400F (6 cores/12 threads up to 5.6GHz)
• G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MT/s
• 3.6TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD
• PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6
• Corsair HX750 750W PSU
• 8BitDo Ultimate 2 2.4GHz Controller
• Logitech K400 Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad

Software

CachyOS Linux (Arch btw) with cachyos-deckify. Boots to Steam on the TV, plays roms off Inspire, also serves Ollama.

Lunchbox

SFF gaming build, originally for the living room but retired to my office when the 9070 didn't fit.

Hardware

• S300 Mini-ITX case
• Gigabyte A520I AC Motherboard
• AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT with Radeon Graphics (6 cores/12 threads up to 4.67GHz)
• Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
• AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB GDDR6
• Thermaltake SFX 750W PSU (PS-STP-0750FNFAPU-1)

Software

CachyOS Linux (Arch btw) with cachyos-deckify. Mostly used in desktop mode since it lives on my desk.

Thinkpad

My junk laptop with a great keyboard that I use as a coding and typing machine. It's an old ThinkPad x131e from 2012, the TrackPoint doesn't work so I use it keyboard only.

Hardware

• Lenovo ThinkPad X131e (3368CTO)
• Intel Core i3-3227U (2 cores/4 threads @ 1.90GHz)
• 8GB RAM (2x 4GB DDR3-1600)
• Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB (mSATA)
• Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 (upgraded from stock)
• Sanyo 45N1176 Battery (still 89% capacity after 14 years)
• 11.6" display

Software

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS running i3 window manager with kitty terminal and qutebrowser.