My tech (and that which powers my sites)
This site will detail all the (or, well, most of the) tech that I use personally and also what I use to host my websites. My websites are fully running on OpenBSD and (almost) entirely hosted using tools available in the base installation of OpenBSD, namely acme-client, httpd and relayd. I have a VPS from obsda.ms running OpenBSD with relayd and httpd. Connected to this VPS via WireGuard are the OpenBSD VM on the mini PVE node and the OpenBSD ThinkCentre. relayd handles TLS connections and load balancing, balancing the load between itself and the two VMs connected to the VPS via WireGuard.
Desktop
- Case: ASUS Prime AP201 (white)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
- CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12S
- GPU: Radeon RX 7900 GRE (Powercolor Hellhound)
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz C18
- OS drive: Crucial P3 500GB M.2
- Game drive: Crucial MX500 1TB SATA
- OS: EndeavourOS
Laptops
- 14" M4 MacBook Pro (2024). 16 GB / 512 GB. Running macOS
- 13" M1 MacBook Air (late 2020). 8 GB / 256 GB. Running Asahi Linux
- Lenovo ThinkPad W520. 24 GB / 512 GB. i7-2760QM. Running Windows 10 (currently used for work)
Servers
Average power consumption of all servers combined is around 70 W with the main PVE Node using around 30 W, the mini PVE node using 10-15 W and the ThinkCentre using around 20-30 W on average. These are measurements from a wattmetre to which all nodes are connected.
Main PVE Node (self-built)
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (1x32GB) DDR4 3000MHz C16
- CPU: Intel Processor N100 (soldered to motherboard)
- Motherboard: ASRock N100M Intel Q-Core N100 1xDDR4 2xSATA G-LAN
- PSU: 400 Watt be quiet! Pure Power 11 Non-Modular 80+ Gold
- OS drive: 512GB Lexar NM620 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 3D-NAND TL (LNM620X512G-RNNN)
- NAS drives: 2 x SEAGATE EXOS 7E10 ST4000NM000B 4TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5“ (OEM)
- Backup drive: Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5”
- Case: Chieftec Cube case with two fans (one intake for the HDD bays and one exhaust at the top)
- OS: Promox VE
- VMs / LXCs: OpenMediaVault, OPNsense, Immich, Pi-Hole, Ente Auth, Gitea, Nextcloud
Mini PVE Node (Beelink mini PC)
- Model: Beelink Mini S12
- RAM: Unknown brand, 16 GB DDR4.
- CPU: Intel Processor N100 (soldered to motherboard)
- OS drive: Unknown brand, 512 GB.
- OS: Promox VE
- VMs / LXCs: Unbound, Syncthing, Kiwix, XMPP, Navidrome, OpenBSD (Websites)
OpenBSD ThinkCentre
- Model: Lenovo ThinkCenter M93p SFF
- RAM: Corsair PC3-12800K, 4 x 8 GB SODIMM (32 GB in total)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 (TDP 84 W!)
- OS drive: SanDisk SSD X300, SATA, 256 GB
- VM drive: Silicon Power A55, SATA, 1 TB.
- OS: OpenBSD 7.6
- VMs: Websites, DokuWiki, Ruby
Misc
- Kindle Oasis (10th generation). Jailbroken, running KOReader
- iPhone 15 Pro 128 GB