This is a place where I try to keep track of all my computer hardware. Most of my computers are rack mounted, I have a 42U StarTech rack with my network equipment and all servers and my personal rig racked. I have a APC SMT2200R2X180 Smart-UPS 2200VA 1980W 120V UPS that powers it on a 20A circuit. Currently I have 1G Verizon Fios Internet as my uplink.
I get asked about the noise a lot as right now this rack sits in my office. I have been rather picky and selected cases/fans that are pretty quite for the most part. When I make the computers work it does get a bit loader but not crazy bad for the most part. Temperature is a bit more of a problem. The air can get a bit stagnant hot, so right now I have a box fan blowing at the rack to move the heat away which works pretty well. I do have some plans, I have to rebuild my shed anyways so I was thinking of making a small part insulated and put the rack in there. We will see.
TheStupidComputer™
This is my main rig, built at the start of 2024 (though some parts were bought in 2023 when they were on sale). The current OS is Nobara Linux.
Specs
- ASRock TRX50 WS sTR5 Motherboard
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-Cores (PBO on with the curves pushed up)
- SilverStone Technology IceGem 360
- Kingston Fury Renegade Pro 128GB (4 x 32GB) ECC Registered DDR5 6000 R-DIMM (PC5 48000)
- SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2 2280 4TB
- Seasonic PRIME TX-1000
- Seasonic FOCUS SPX-750
- SilverStone Technology RM52
TheCore
This is my new server (mid 2024), it runs Proxmox VE and acts as my file server and VM/Container server.
Specs
- ASRock EPYCD8 Motherboard
- AMD Epyc 7F52 16-Cores
- Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U
- Crucial 32GB DDR4 3200MHz ECC Registered DIMM x8 (256GB)
- Mellanox ConnectX-4 25GbE Dual-Port
- LSI SAS9305-16i HBA
- LSI SAS9300-8i HBA
- SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 500GB x2 (ZRAID 1)
- Seagate Exos 2X18 ST18000NM0012 18 TB x8 (ZRAID 2 across each set of heads, main pool)
- Intel Optane 905P Series 1.5TB x3 (ZRAID 1, acting as a special metadata device to the main pool)
- Seasonic PRIME GX-1000
- SilverStone Technology RM43-320-RS 4U
Services Provided
This is a mostly up-to-date list of services currently provided by TheCore, as of June 2024
- Caddy Reverse Proxy - It is the main entry point for HTTP/S services and handles Let's Encrypt
Apollo
This is my older server, build in 2020. It use to be my primary file server and ran TrueNAS Scale. It now lives as a backup server for TheCore. It will probably get other stuff pushed into it at some point.
Specs
- AsRock Rack X470D4U2-2T Micro ATX
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
- Noctua NH-L9x65
- Crucial 16GB ECC Unbuffered DDR4 2666 x4 (64GB)
- LSI SAS9300-8i HBA
- Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive x8 (ZRAID6, main pool)
- Western Digital WD BLACK SN750 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB (L2ARC cache disk)
- Western Digital WD Blue SN570 250GB (OS Disk)
- Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA x4 (Fast pool)
- Original case: Fractal Design Node 804 Black
- Current case: Supermicro CSE-826BE1C-R920LPB
- Original PSU: SilverStone SX700-LPT 700W
Jack the Ripper
This machine is used to rip movies, TV shows, music, etc and archive it. It currently also hosts my Jellyfin server, though that will be moving to TheCore soon. It also houses my LTO6 tape drive for now, with a passthrough bracket for a SAS6 cable so that I can connect it to Apollo. I use MakeMKV and similar software to rip the disks, I plan on create some level of automation for this.
Specs
- ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 AM4
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
- 8GB x2 DDR4 memory from an old computer, can't remember the make or model
- SilverStone Technology RM41-506 4U
- SilverStone Technology ET500-B
- LG Black Blu-ray Burner SATA WH16NS40 x4 (Firmware flashed for faster UHD Blu-Ray ripping)
- TP-Link 10Gbps PCIe Network Card (TX401)
Network Equitment
This is my network stack right now, and yes I bought into the Ubiquity world, not sure if I regret that or not, sometimes I wish I was running Pfsense again. It gets the job done for the most part.
- Dream Machine Pro
- USW Enterprise XG 24
- US Layer2 24 PoE
- US 8 Port
- nanoHD WiFi 5