Only use jellyfin. Have a list of things want to update… but it works for now.
Yes that is a laptop usb cooler used as supplemental placebo cooling. Also a pc fan I have propped up against the hard drive feeding into the pi.
Can’t recall last time used the ps4 or switch. But they’re there
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Top to Bottom:
- 48port Patch panel
- Cisco 2990 48 port Poe
- 48port Patch panel (future)
- Cisco 2990 48 port Poe (future)
- 24 port patch panel (spare)
- Pfsense 2.5gb eth minipc
- 4u server 20 bay (proxmox)
Bottom area:
- 2 mini pcs (proxmox)
- PiKVM and ezcoo switch connected to all PCs
- Couple of UPS
The access to the crawlspace isn’t great so the CrapRack tm had to be assembled in the crawlspace.
The disks are the most uggo part. They’re a bunch of old disks of varying sizes with a RAID+LVM setup to make the most use of them while still being redundant.
lsblk output of the whole thing
saiko@vineta ~ % lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /Volumes/Boot └─sda2 8:2 0 111.3G 0 part /nix/store / sdb 8:16 1 372.6G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 1 372.6G 0 part └─md1 9:1 0 1.5T 0 raid5 └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage sdc 8:32 1 465.8G 0 disk ├─sdc1 8:33 1 372.6G 0 part │ └─md1 9:1 0 1.5T 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage └─sdc2 8:34 1 93.1G 0 part └─md2 9:2 0 279.3G 0 raid5 └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage sdd 8:48 1 4.5T 0 disk ├─sdd1 8:49 1 372.6G 0 part │ └─md1 9:1 0 1.5T 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage ├─sdd2 8:50 1 93.1G 0 part │ └─md2 9:2 0 279.3G 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage ├─sdd3 8:51 1 465.8G 0 part │ └─md3 9:3 0 931.3G 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage └─sdd4 8:52 1 3.6T 0 part └─md4 9:4 0 3.6T 0 raid1 └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage sde 8:64 1 7.3T 0 disk ├─sde1 8:65 1 372.6G 0 part │ └─md1 9:1 0 1.5T 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage ├─sde2 8:66 1 93.1G 0 part │ └─md2 9:2 0 279.3G 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage ├─sde3 8:67 1 465.8G 0 part │ └─md3 9:3 0 931.3G 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage └─sde4 8:68 1 3.6T 0 part └─md4 9:4 0 3.6T 0 raid1 └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage sdf 8:80 1 931.5G 0 disk ├─sdf1 8:81 1 372.6G 0 part │ └─md1 9:1 0 1.5T 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage ├─sdf2 8:82 1 93.1G 0 part │ └─md2 9:2 0 279.3G 0 raid5 │ └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage └─sdf3 8:83 1 465.8G 0 part └─md3 9:3 0 931.3G 0 raid5 └─storagevg-storage 254:0 0 6.3T 0 lvm /Volumes/storage sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 romPretty clean
I’d rather not. It’s literally a Dell workstation machine from the mid-2000s. It’s like Wolfgang’s Channel kryptonite
From top to bottom:
- Allpower Power Station (UPS with around 4 hours of battery)
- Unifi gateway
- Unifi switch
- Unify CloudKey (Surveillance)
- Patch panel
- 1.5U media server
- Arock Mini running stuff like my Lemmy instance and other self hosted software.
I’m planning to move my Lemmy instance to its own 1.5U.
The whole setup uses around 80-100 watts.
Is that actually an UPS or just a backup battery? Can it passthrough the line power directly or does the inverter need to run 24/7?
In the latter case you might want to check how much power the inverter eats just by itself. For example, my Bluetti with 2 kWh needs a whopping 50W in idle just to keep the AC ports powered. Of course your unit looks much smaller so it should be way less but still worth measuring.
It does do actual passthrough and I also measure wattage directly from the outlet.
mostly runs jellyfin for a group of about 30 users (2 or 3 on at most times). runs alpine on bare bones. the box was originally filled with foam cutouts from storing iPads in a school district I worked at. I figure it’s 20tbs of storage and 16gb ecc is a welcome upgrade. it stays cool cause I cutout half the side and put an AC fan in there. future upgrades involve the Nvidia k40 card I have, but I need to design an active cooling system for it before it can be installed as that thing gets HOT
So nobody is going to ask about the rotary phone?
Be the change you wish you see in the world. :)
I just got 10 Gbit internet last week so I had a chance to tidy everything up. The ThinkCentre is the 10 Gbit router, the Synology actually hosts everything.
Also finally labeled all the mystery cables. Also replaced the proprietary 20V/12V bricks for the ThinkCentre and 10G Fiber ONU with USB-C adapter cables to keep things tidier.
Interesting! May I ask why you use USB port on Synology for Ethernet connection instead of ports on the back? Are they 1gbit?
Oh I love that mini toy rack!
Damn, that’s actually pretty sexy for a fresh-air rack How’s the noise levels?
Tower of Pisa would like a word with you.
Or is it just the camera angle that makes it look so tilted?
- Old Synology NAS for storage
- Optiplex 7060 running jellyfin, paperless, *arr stack, handbrake, ripper, maybe some other containers.
- NUC5 running nextcloud (nextcloudpi) baremetal and an audiobiokshelf container
now that is uggo. but i may be able to top it. doesn’t have to pretty for me if it works
messy asf, a proper hobbiest system
Your machine is going to get fried
What do you mean? Because no ups?
No, the case is open and there is stuff everywhere. At some point something will fall in and it will cause chaos
Oh, definitely. Waiting on a power supply for that machine. Using a backup that doesn’t quite fit right now.
Running TrueNAS with 4TB usable mirrored storage, 32GB RAM, and an i5-7600. Mostly holds backed up files from my switch from Windows to NixOS. I’ve got it running Frigate with a Coral TPU, Gitea, Homer, Unifi Controller, and Uptime Kuma. I was managing some helm charts on the TrueNAS k3s cluster with flux but conveniently dialed back to only using their built-in apps right before they removed it in favor of docker only.
For the network I’m running OPNSense on a Protectli device with Ubiquiti Unifi for the wifi. The native WireGuard integration on OPNSense is pretty nice.
lmao mine looks simple af compared with most people here.
Behold my server :
Hardware:
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Rasberry pi 5 8GB
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1TB raid between old drives ( one from PC the other a just a regular external WD hard drive ).
Services
- Wireguard VPN/wg-easy
- AudioBookShelf
- Freshrss
- Vaultwarden
- Navidrome
- Calibre Web
- Actual Budget
- Trilium notes
Everything in containers, if you want to know more check this blogpost.
Nothing wrong with simple! If it works for you that’s all that matters!
What made you go with a RPI 5?
Right now I don’t have much to tinker with, so I got something that down the line would serve that role.
Why the 5 specifically, instead of the 4 or other SBC came down to pricing in my region, raw power, and the PCIE slot in which I intend to put a nvme when upgrading my laptop.
Oooo I should do something like this! Right now I have a Pi 4 with OMV and just OMV on it. It’s even running on a SSD. It could do so much more!
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My whole empire, made almost entirely of parts scavenged from roadside signs. (not a single fan on the whole setup)
Roadside signs? Hah! what processor do they have?
Very tidy!
My dirty data diddler. 10+ yr old amd octacore black running at 4ghz. 4TB of writeable space in it. HD and SSD mix. Old sb xfi audio running to a BT5.0 USB dongle for my games and music. Pioneer CD/DVD writer. Yes I still burn CDs and DVDs for my music and backup purposes heh. White cable on the right hanging vertical is a USBC data/charging cable. The squirrely wires lefttoright are a power line for a digital clock I’m gonna hang on the wall soon.
