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These days, I mainly use three old i5 boxes with 8GB RAM and SSD RAID10. Two with 4x128GB and one with 6x256GB. They're all VirtualBox hosts, and run various pf
by mirimir 8y ago
These days, I mainly use three old i5 boxes with 8GB RAM and SSD RAID10. Two with 4x128GB and one with 6x256GB. They're all VirtualBox hosts, and run various pfSense VPN-gateway VMs, Whonix VMs, and other workspace VMs.
I also have some old rack-mount servers. But their fan-control systems are all Windows-based, and they're impossibly loud with Linux. I keep meaning to do some crude electrical hack -- basically a manual speed control -- but just haven't gotten around to it. And there's also the fact that I don't need that much muscle locally. Because I like to keep my network activity minimal.
Everything is on a 0.25kWh UPS (3kW maximum load). With a kill switch on my desk. The UPS and a pfSense perimeter router/firewall (and a rack with the old servers) live in a well-ventilated closet.