Active Homelab32GB Aggregate VRAM10GbE Direct InterconnectZero Trust Access
Homelab & Server Management
April 2023 – Present
Featuring a dedicated dual-GPU workstation for Local LLM inference (llama.cpp, Hermes Agent), Synology 1522+ NAS for data storage, and UniFi networking (UCG Max, U6 Pro).
Hardware & Infrastructure Specifications
Component breakdown and physical infrastructure topology in production
AI Compute Node (WCKD)
Dedicated Ubuntu workstation for local LLM inference & autonomous agents
GPU2x NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (32GB VRAM aggregate)
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 9700X (8C/16T, up to 5.5GHz, Zen 5, 65W)
MotherboardASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero (PCIe 5.0, AM5)
Memory48GB Crucial Pro DDR5-6000 (2x24GB EXPO/XMP)
Storage1TB WD Black SN8100 PCIe 5.0 (14,900 MB/s Read, 11,000 MB/s Write)
Power Supply1200W be quiet! Dark Power 14 (80PLUS Titanium, PCIe 5.1, ATX 3.1)
Chassis & Coolingbe quiet! Light Base 500, Pure Rock 3 Cooler
Tiered Storage NAS (DS1522+)
Synology DS1522+ with Btrfs snapshots & 3-2-1 backup strategy
Processor & RAMAMD Ryzen R1600 (dual-core) + 24GB DDR4 ECC Memory
Fast Tier (Vol 1)2x 1TB WD Red SA500 NAS SSDs (SHR-1 / RAID 1) for Docker & DBs
Capacity Tier (Vol 2)2x 16TB Seagate IronWolf Pro 7200RPM CMR (~14TB usable)
Cache TierDual M.2 NVMe SSD cache tier for random IOPS acceleration
Network ModuleSynology E10G22-T1-Mini 10GbE RJ-45 direct link
Data IntegrityBtrfs scrubbing, scheduled local snapshots & cloud sync
Network & Zero Trust
Multi-gigabit routing, VLAN segmentation & secure mesh overlay
Gateway RouterUbiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG Max, 2.5GbE routing, IDS/IPS)
SwitchingTP-Link TL-SG108-M2 (8-Port 2.5Gbps Multi-Gigabit)
Wireless APs2x Ubiquiti UniFi U6-PRO Wi-Fi 6 Access Points
Direct InterconnectPoint-to-point 10GbE subnet (10.0.0.0/24) for low-latency NFSv4.1
Zero Trust IngressCloudflare Tunnels (cloudflared) — zero exposed inbound public ports
Mesh OverlayTailscale mesh VPN with MagicDNS & subnet router nodes
Power & Out-of-Band Operations
Unattended power protection, remote KVM & automated graceful shutdown
UPS ProtectionEaton 5S 550VA / 330W Line-Interactive UPS with AVR (NAS & KVM)
Signalling & ShutdownUSB HID link to Synology DSM with automated volume safe unmounting
Hardware KVM-over-IPGL.iNet GL-RM10 Comet Pro (Wi-Fi 6, 4K passthrough, touchscreen)
Disaster RecoveryRemote BIOS access and bare-metal OS recovery via Tailscale mesh
ObservabilityUptime Kuma heartbeat monitoring & Docker container health watchdogs
Technologies & Tools
UbuntuDockerSynology DSMUniFiTailscaleLocal LLMs