My personal website and Gemini capsule
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2title = "Homelab"
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4date = 2025-11-22T06:27:56-06:00
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6
7## Desktop / Gaming
8
9* Machine: System76 Thelio Major (r4)
10* CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (8 cores, 16 threads) @ 5.6 GHz
11* GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (discrete), 24 GB with 16384 CUDA Cores
12* RAM: 64 GB Dual Channel DDR5 (4x16 GB), 4800 MHz
13* HDD: 2 TB PCIe Gen4, Read: 7000 MB/s, Write: 5100 MB/s
14* Networking: 2.5 GB/s Ethernet, Built-in Intel WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3
15* OS: CachyOS with GNOME
16
17## Laptop
18
19* Machine: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (11th gen)
20* CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260Pz (8 cores, 16 threads) @ 4.70 GHz
21* GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics @ 1.40 GHz (integrated)
22* RAM: 16 GB LPDDR5 6000 MHz
23* HDD: 476.9 GB NVMe
24* Networking: Built-in Intel WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3
25* OS: CachyOS with KDE Plasma
26
27## NAS
28
29* Machine: System76 Meerkat (meer9)
30* CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, (16 cores, 22 threads) @ 4.8 GHz
31* GPU: Intel Arc Graphics @ 2.25 GHz (integrated)
32* RAM: 64 GB Dual Channel DDR5 5600 MHz
33* HDD: 500 GB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe
34* Networking: 2.5 GB/s Ethernet, Built-in Intel WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3
35* OS: FreeBSD
36
37### Notes
38
39In addition to the internal hard drive, I have a NAS enclosure that contains 8x22 TB Enterprise HDDs. The NAS enclosure I use is Syba 8-bay hot swappable 2.5" 3.5" SATA non-RAID external USB 3.0.
40
41[Syba 8-Bay, Hot Swappable 2.5" 3.5" SATA Non RAID External USB 3.0 Enclosure](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MD2LNYX)
42
43I use the NAS for digital archiving. It runs the following services:
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45* ArchiveBox
46* Jellyfin
47* qBittorrent in a dedicated thick VNET jail over ProtonVPN/WireGuard
48
49[ArchiveBox](https://archivebox.io)
50[Techne: Dedicated thick VNET jail](https://techne.hyperreal.coffee/torrenting.html)
51
52For all the machines from which I want to backup data, each machine runs borgmatic to backup data to borgbackup repositories located on the NAS.
53
54The 8x22 TB Enterprise HDDs comprise a 176 TB ZFS pool. I have separate ZFS datasets for various categories of data.
55
56## Phone
57
58* Machine: Motorola Edge 2025
59* CPU: Octa-core (4x2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
60* GPU: Mali-G615 MC2
61* RAM: 8 GB
62* HDD: 256 GB
63* Networking: GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
64* OS: stock Android 15 (for now, until a ROM becomes available for Murena /e/OS)