OptiPlex 5050 - Home Server

📅 Date Added: 7/1/2023

My unRAID based home server / NAS solution.

This server comes in handy for accessing my data within and outside of my network. It’s powerful enough to host a game server for friends, run VMs as a hypervisor, or simply run Docker containers.

Hardware Configuration:

• Model: Dell OptiPlex 5050 MT
• CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.40GHz
• RAM: 32GB TEAMGROUP DDR4-3200 + 8GB SKhynix DDR4-2666
• UPS: APC Back-UPS BE600M1 (monitored via USB)
• GPU: Palit GeForce GT 730

Storage Configuration:

• USB Boot Drive: 64GB SanDisk Cruzer Ultra Flair USB 3.0
• Parity HDD: 6TB HGST UltraStar 7200RPM
• Disk 1: 4TB Seagate Barracuda Compute
• Disk 2: 6TB HGST UltraStar 7200RPM
• Disk 3: 6TB HGST UltraStar 7200RPM
• Total: 16TB usable space
• Cache SSD 1: 256GB Samsung PM981 NVMe SSD
• Cache SSD 2: 256GB Western Digital SN740 NVMe SSD

Software Configuration:

• OS: unRAID
• Homebridge Server (for HomeKit integration)
• Tailscale for secure LAN access
• Nextcloud for easy photo backup
• Zipline for photo, file, and link sharing
• Gatus for service status monitoring
• Vaultwarden for secure password management
• Jellyfin for media management
• qui for torrent management
• Beszel for system resource monitoring
• CloudBeaver for database management