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Given the work that’s gone into my tech setup so far, I think it’s time to step back and take a look at the current tech infrastructure setup that I have going on.

File Server

Hardware

• AMD Athlon X2 processor
• 8GB RAM
• 6x 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green hard drives

Services

• GitLab CE site running as private code repository and version control system
• CIFS/SMB file shares for 5x of the drives provided by Samba
• rsync-based backup system duplicating important files on a secondary drive and also on the remote server
• rsync-based backup also collects and stores database backups from development/production servers

Development Server

Hardware

• AMD E350 Fusion platform
• 4GB RAM
• 60GB SSD

Services

• Dropplet-based blog for testing themes, reporting on mental health and as an outlet for Snowy
• Ghost-based blog for testing themes and miscellaneous purposes
• DNS server to allow easier access to resources within the private network of my home
• Dokku PaaS implementation to allow efficient rollout of development applications
• MongoDB instance to store key-value data

Remote Server

Hardware

• $20 Digital Ocean instance
• Dual core processor
• 2GB RAM
• 40GB SSD
• 3TB monthly data transfer

Services

• Main website host
• Dropplet-based blog for keeping track of Operations/Administration adventures and providing tutorials on these topics
• Ghost-based blog for keeping track of Development adventures and providing tutorials on related topics
• Dokku PaaS implementation to allow efficient rollout of production applications
• MongoDB instance to store key-value data