Technical Information About This Site

and the servers that run it

(data taken from my hardware inventory system) (pictures may be slightly out of date)

asylum.sanitarium.net:

This is a home built system running Gentoo Linux. It is my server for DNS, email, my web sites and most of my file storage. All incoming internet connections are redirected through hellmouth. This server is now also serves as my phone system. It is running the Asterisk open source PBX software and routes my phone calls through Teliax.

Pictures available:


asylum-front.jpg	asylum-guts.jpg	asylum-back.jpg	asylum-guts2.jpg

Technical details:

Lian Lee PC-A70B Full Tower ATX case with 780 watt power supply
Asus K8N-LR ATX Socket 939 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2400MHz Socket939 CPU
Crucial 1024MB PC3200 DIMM
Crucial 1024MB PC3200 DIMM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
Seagate ST31000340NS 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
WDC Black Edition 750GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS and data)
WDC Black Edition 750GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS and data)
Seagate ST31000528AS 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
Sony CDU5225 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 2048MB
Total Disk Space: 7500GB

hellmouth.sanitarium.net:

This is a home built system running OpenBSD 4.6. It is my router and firewall. It is connected to the Internet via a cable modem connected to RoadRunner using the Virtual Office package which gets me a static IP address and enables incoming http connections.

Pictures available:


hellmouth-back.jpg	hellmouth-front.jpg	hellmouth-guts.jpg

Technical details:

Jetway HBJC110C91-230-B PhoneBook mini-ITX case with 100 watt power supply
Jetway HBJC110C91-230-B mini-ITX motherboard
Intel Atom N230 1600MHz CPU
Crucial 1024MB PC2-5300 DIMM
Total RAM: 1024MB

insomnia.sanitarium.net:

This is another home built system running Gentoo Linux. I use it as a file server for storing old TV shows which is why it has so many hard drives.

Pictures available:


insomnia-back.jpg	insomnia-front.jpg	insomnia-guts.jpg	insomnia-guts2.jpg

Technical details:

Lian Lee PC-A70B Full Tower ATX case with 650 watt power supply
Asus A7S333 ATX Socket A motherboard
AMD K7 Thunderbird 1333MHz Socket A CPU
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 120GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Seagate Barracuda 400GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Western Digital WD3200JB-22KFA0 320GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
WDC WD3200SB 320GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
WDC WD1600JS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Seagate ST3160815AS Barracuda 7200.10 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Show Archives)
Total RAM: 1024MB
Total Disk Space: 2780GB

dementia.sanitarium.net:

This is a home built system running Gentoo Linux. It is my main workstation and HTPC.

Pictures available:


dementia_guts.jpg	dementia_back.jpg	dementia_front.jpg

Technical details:

Aopen H700a Full Tower ATX case with 1000 watt power supply
Asus M4A77TD ATX Socket AM3 motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3400MHz Socket AM3 CPU
Crucial 2048MB PC3-8500
Crucial 2048MB PC3-8500
Crucial 2048MB PC3-8500
Crucial 2048MB PC3-8500
Apple iPod 3rd generation 40GB 2.5inch Full Height hard drive --- (40GB mp3 player)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250820A 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS, RAID5 for TV shows)
Apple iPod Classic 160GB 2.5inch Full Height hard drive --- (160GB mp3 player)
Seagate Cheetah 15k.5 74GB 3.5inch Half Height 15000 RPM hard drive --- (NewsRover disk)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (went to FQ)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250820A 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS, RAID5 for TV shows)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.12 ST3250318AS 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (went to FQ)
Plextor PX-708A 40X IDE DVD+-R/W drive
Pioneer DVD-305S 40X SCSI DVD drive
Total RAM: 8192MB
Total Disk Space: 1274GB

psychosis.sanitarium.net:

This is a home built system running Gentoo Linux. This is the system that I use for my backups. It is also setup to play old games which is why it has Windows 98, Dos 6.22, and a Gravis soundcard. Finally, I keep it setup so that it can be used to quickly replace either of my workstations if they fail.

Pictures available:


psychosis_guts.jpg	psychosis_back.jpg	psychosis_front.jpg

Technical details:

Aopen H700a Full Tower ATX case with 550 watt power supply
Asus K8N-LR ATX Socket 939 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2403MHz Socket 939 CPU
Crucial 1024MB PC3200 DIMM
Crucial 1024MB PC3200 DIMM
WDC Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (empty)
WDC Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (empty)
WDC WD2002FAEX 2000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (rsync backups)
Seagate ST32000641AS 2000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (rsync backups)
WDC WD1600AAJS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID-1 for OS and ntfsclone backups)
WDC WD1600AAJS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID-1 for OS and ntfsclone backups)
Sony CDU5211 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 2048MB
Total Disk Space: 5320GB

comatose.sanitarium.net:

This is another home built system running Gentoo Linux. I use it as a workstation/terminal/TV in my bedroom.

Pictures available:


comatose-front.jpg	comatose-back.jpg	comatose-guts.jpg

Technical details:

CoolerMaster unknown Mid Tower ATX case with 500 watt power supply
Asus M2N-E ATX Socket AM2 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3000MHz Socket AM2 CPU
Crucial 2048MB PC2-6400 DIMM
Crucial 2048MB PC2-6400 DIMM
Asus DVD-E616A3 IDE DVD drive
Total RAM: 4096MB

lunacy.sanitarium.net:

This is a home built system running Windows 2000 which is used mainly for playing games, downloading files from USENET with NewsRover, and processing video with GordianKnot and the tools it comes with.

Pictures available:


lunacy-back.jpg	lunacy-front.jpg	lunacy-guts.jpg

Technical details:

Aopen HX08 Full Tower ATX case with 520 watt power supply
Asus M2V ATX Socket AM2 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3000MHz Socket AM2 CPU
Crucial 1024MB PC2-6400 DIMM
Crucial 1024MB PC2-6400 DIMM
Total RAM: 2048MB

laika2.sanitarium.net:

This is my netbook. It is an Asus EeePC 1000 40G running Gentoo Linux. I use it to work from remote locations via wireless.

Technical details:

Asus EeePC 10-inch Netbook Netbook netbook case
Asus EeePC netbook unknown motherboard
Intel Atom N270 1600MHz CPU
Crucial 2048MB PC2-5300 SODIMM
Asus Asus-Phison SSD 7.5GB 2.5inch Half Height 0 RPM hard drive --- (OS drive)
Asus Asus-Phison SSD 30GB 2.5inch Half Height 0 RPM hard drive --- (data drive)
Total RAM: 2048MB
Total Disk Space: 37.5GB

deranged.sanitarium.net:

This is a bunch of old parts I assembled into a diskless computer. I use it for testing thing and as a spare desktop for house guests to use.

Technical details:

Aopen HX08 Full Tower ATX case with 520 watt power supply
Soyo KT600 Dragon Plus ATX Socket A motherboard
AMD Athlon-XP 2800+ 2050MHz Socket A CPU
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
Western Digital Caviar 40GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (Windows98 for old games)
Sony CDU5211 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 1024MB
Total Disk Space: 40GB

obsessive.sanitarium.net:

This is a system with really old parts that I occasionally use to play old DOS games. It has a hard drive but that is usually disconnected so it can run from network booted RAM disks.

Technical details:

Aopen H45 Full Tower Baby-AT case with 300 watt power supply
Soyo 5EHM Baby-AT Super Socket7 motherboard
AMD K6-2 500MHz Super Socket 7 CPU
Micron 256MB PC133 DIMM
Micron 256MB PC133 DIMM
Quantum Viking 2 (PX04L011 rev 01-c) 4.5GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (DOS boot drive)
Plextor UltraPlex Wide 40X UWSCSI CDROM drive
Asus 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 512MB
Total Disk Space: 4.5GB

madness.sanitarium.net:

This is an old Sun SPARCStation 10 box running Solaris 2.6 that used to be my backup server. I do not really use it much anymore and it is almost always turned off.

Pictures available:


madness.jpg

Technical details:

Sun Microsystems SPARCStation 10 Pizza Box pizza box case
Sun Microsystems SPARCStation 10 pizza box MBUS motherboard
Sun Microsystems SM61 60MHz MBUS CPU
Sun Microsystems SM61 60MHz MBUS CPU
generic 64MB Sun DIMM
generic 64MB Sun DIMM
generic 64MB Sun DIMM
generic 16MB Sun DIMM
generic 16MB Sun DIMM
generic 16MB Sun DIMM
generic 16MB Sun DIMM
generic 16MB Sun DIMM
Seagate Barracuda 4.2GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (OS drive)
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Seagate Elite 23.2GB 5.25inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for stuff almost taken offline )
Total RAM: 272MB
Total Disk Space: 166.6GB

laika.sanitarium.net:

This is my ancient laptop. It is an IBM ThinkPad 380ED running Gentoo Linux that is not useful for much more than an IRC terminal.

Pictures available:


laika.jpg

Technical details:

IBM Thinkpad 380ED Laptop laptop case
IBM Thinkpad 380ED laptop unknown motherboard
Intel Pentium MMX 166MHz builtin CPU
IBM 16MB Laptop SIMM
generic 64MB Laptop SIMM
IBM ThinkPad 5.1GB 3.5inch Half Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (OS drive)
HITACHI CDR-S100 20X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 80MB
Total Disk Space: 5.1GB

paranoid.sanitarium.net:

This is a really old Sun SPARCStation 2 that I occasionally use for OpenBSD and SunOS 4 testing.

Pictures available:


paranoid_back.jpg	paranoid_front.jpg	paranoid_guts.jpg

Technical details:

Sun Microsystems SPARCStation 2 Pizza Box pizza box case
Sun Microsystems SPARCStation 2 pizza box unknown motherboard
Sun Microsystems SPARCStation 2 40MHz SPARCStation 2 CPU
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
generic 4MB 30pin SIMM
Seagate Hawk 2.1GB 3.5inch Full Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (OS drive for SunOS-4.1.4)
Seagate Barracuda 4.3GB 3.5inch Full Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (OS drive for OpenBSD)
Total RAM: 64MB
Total Disk Space: 6.4GB