From the first day getting my first PC, a 486DX33 and spending a few hours trying to figure out how to load windows (as well as kicking myself when I was told you just typed ‘win’ at the dos prompt o) I’ve been pretty hooked since.
I’d never remember the list of computers i’ve had over the years so not even going to try and the list them all. However given how powerful computers have become and the ease of being able to virtualise them it's made the ability of running separate servers for various services much easier.
One of the areas I hadn't really spent time with is Mac’s and OS X but that changed when I decided to purchase a MacBook Air back in 2011 and it's something I haven't regretted. Even 5 years on and it's still doing almost everything I need from a laptop.
I've also been working on home automation with Z-Wave and although there still isn't any really decent software yet, there are a few promising options on the horizons. However I have got a pretty good setup now for the most important areas, like security where it'll notify me anywhere if triggered and will upload photos straight to the internet. Plus having most of the lights and sockets setup which makes things a lot easier.
Most of my time these days is focused on training and keeping up with networking security.
PI Rack
- 3x BitScope BB04 Quattro Blade
- mix of 14x 2GB to 8GB PI 4's
- 16 Port Unifi Switch
- 2x PI's for running Nginx as Reverse Proxies
- OS's are a mix of Alpine Linux, Ubuntu and Raspbian
Powered by:
- 4x 295w Rigid Solar Panels
- 4x 175w Flexable Solar Panels
- 16x 280ah Eve LifePO4 Batteries (16 in Series - 48v)
- 5kw Victron EasySolar Inverter
- Grid connection using Octopus Energy's Agile Tarriff
Web Server
- Raspberry PI 4 (2GB) Live Temperature: ()
Gaming/Hackintosh Computer
- Maximus IV Gene-Z Motherboard
- Intel Core i7 2600K CPU
- 32GB DDR3 PC3-10700H RAM
- 8GB Asus Radeon RX580
Video Server
- HP Z600 Video Workstation (Switching to Linux soon)
- 2GB Nvidia GTX 760 GPU
- 240GB Kingston V300 SSD
- 3TB Toshiba P300 Hard Drive
- 1TB Samsung HD103SI Hard Drive
Apple
- 15” Macbook Pro (2018)
- iPad Pro (2017)
- iPad Air (2015)
- 3TB AirPort Time Capsule Network
Networking
- Netgate 3100 Router (pfSense)
- Unifi Pro Router
- Unifi 24 Port Switch
- 4x Unifi Access Points (Including Outdoor AP)
Media System
- ASRock Rack EPC612D4I
- Xeon E5-2680 v3
- 32GB RAM
- Crucial P3 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe
- M.2 NVMe to PCIe 4.0 X4 Adapter
- 4x 3TB Western Digital Red HDDs