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(data taken from my hardware inventory system) (pictures may be slightly out of date)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


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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
Quantum Atlas 10k2 18.4GB 3.5inch Half Height 10000 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS)
Quantum Atlas 10K3 36.7GB 3.5inch Half Height 10000 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for my home directory)
Quantum Atlas 10K3 36.7GB 3.5inch Half Height 10000 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for my home directory)
Quantum Atlas 10k 18.2GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS)
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (Netboot for diskless systems)
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (Netboot for diskless systems)
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 Barracuda 7200.11 1000GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID5 for media)
Areca ARC-1120 PCIX SATA RAID card with 256MB of RAM on board
Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5721 PCIe 1x Ethernet card
Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5721 PCIe 1x Ethernet card
LSI Logic LSI20320-HP PCIX UW320 SCSI controller card
Sony CDU5225 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 1024MB
Total Disk Space: 5430GB

hellmouth.sanitarium.net:

This is a home built system running OpenBSD 4.3. It is my router and secondary file server. 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:


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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
Matrox Marvel G200-TV AGP Video card with 8MB of RAM on board
SMC EtherPower Dual PCI Ethernet card
Intel Pro 1000GT PWLA8139GT PCI Ethernet card
Sony CDU5211 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 512MB

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:


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Technical details:

Lian Lee PC-A70B Full Tower ATX case with 650 watt power supply
Tyan Trinity S2390B ATX Socket A motherboard
AMD K7 Thunderbird 1200MHz Socket A CPU
Micron 512MB PC133 DIMM
Micron 128MB PC133 DIMM
Micron 512MB PC133 DIMM
Maxtor DiamondMAX 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 5400 RPM hard drive --- (More old TV shows)
Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 120GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Shows)
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (More TV shows)
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (More TV shows)
Seagate Barracuda 400GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV Shows)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (More old TV shows)
Western Digital WD3200JB-22KFA0 320GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (more TV shows)
WDC WD3200SB 320GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (more TV shows)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (TV shows)
Promise PDC20269 PCI ATA133 card
Promise PDC20269 PCI ATA133 card
Matrox Millineum G450 AGP Video card with 32MB of RAM on board
Intel Pro 1000GT PWLA8139GT PCI Ethernet card
Sony CDU5211 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 1152MB
Total Disk Space: 2340GB

dementia.sanitarium.net:

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

Pictures available:


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Technical details:

Aopen H700a Full Tower ATX case with 520 watt power supply
Asus A8V ATX Socket 939 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2403MHz Socket 939 CPU
Crucial 512MB PC3200 DIMM
Crucial 512MB PC3200 DIMM
Crucial 1024MB PC3200 DIMM
Crucial 1024MB PC3200 DIMM
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250820A 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS, RAID5 for TV shows)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS, RAID5 for TV shows)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250820A 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS, RAID5 for TV shows)
Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS, RAID5 for TV shows)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Sound card
Asus V9950 AGP Video card with 128MB of RAM on board
Turtle Beach Riviera PCI Sound card
Marvel Yukon PCI Ethernet card
Via Integrated audio PCI Sound card
Plextor PX-708A 40X IDE DVD+-R/W drive
Total RAM: 3072MB
Total Disk Space: 1000GB

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:


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Technical details:

Aopen HX08 Full Tower ATX case with 550 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)
WDC WD800 80GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (Linux RAID1 OS)
WDC WD800JB 80GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (Linux RAID1 OS)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID0 for backups)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID0 for backups)
Adaptec 2940UW PCI SCSI card
Promise Promise ATA133 PCI ATA133 controller card
Via Rhine PCI Ethernet card
C-Media CM8738 PCI Sound card
Leadtek A180B LR-2938 AGP Video card with 128MB of RAM on board
Plextor PlexWritter 8/2/20 20X SCSI CDR/RW drive
Plextor UltraPlex Wide 40X UWSCSI CDROM drive
Total RAM: 1024MB
Total Disk Space: 1200GB

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:


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Technical details:

Thermaltake Bach Media PC 8000 Desktop ATX case with 385 watt power supply
Asus A7V600 ATX Socket A motherboard
AMD Athlon-XP 2800+ 2050MHz Socket A CPU
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
Umax Astra 1200S SCSI Scanner
Sony SDT-9000 SCSI Tape drive
NCR 53C810 PCI SCSI card
Turtle Beach Riviera PCI Sound card
Via Rhine PCI Ethernet card
Intel Pro 1000GT PWLA8139GT PCI Ethernet card
XFX GeForce 6200 AGP Video card with 256MB of RAM on board
Sony DDU1615 48X IDE DVD drive
Total RAM: 512MB

sloth.sanitarium.net:

This is another home built system running Gentoo Linux. It connects to my 46 inch Samsung LCD HDTV in my living room at 1080p.

Pictures available:


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Technical details:

CoolerMaster unknown Mid Tower ATX case with 700 watt power supply
Asus M8N-E ATX Socket AM2 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3000MHz Socket AM2 CPU
Crucial 1024MB PC2-6400 DIMM
Crucial 1024MB PC2-6400 DIMM
Apple iPod 3rd generation 40GB 2.5inch Full Height hard drive --- (40GB mp3 player)
Apple iPod Classic 160GB 2.5inch Full Height hard drive --- (160GB mp3 player)
WDC WD1600JS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (temp storage)
WDC WD1600JS 160GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (temp storage)
Turtle Beach Riviera PCI Sound card
Leadtek Winfast PX7600GS TDH 256MB Classic Edition PCIe 16x Video card with 256MB of RAM on board
nVidia MCP-55 Ethernet PCI Ethernet card
Asus DVD-E616A3 IDE DVD drive
Total RAM: 2048MB
Total Disk Space: 520GB

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:


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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
Crucial 1024MB PC2-6400 DIMM
WDC WD800 80GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (Linux OS drive and win2k E: for video processing)
Seagate Cheetah 15k.5 74GB 3.5inch Half Height 15000 RPM hard drive --- (NewsRover disk)
WDC WD800JD 80GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS)
WDC WD800JD 80GB 3.5inch Half Height 7200 RPM hard drive --- (RAID1 for OS)
Adaptec 2940UW PCI SCSI card
3Ware 8006-2 PCI RAID card
Zotac ZT-85TEG2P-FCL PCIe 16x Video card with 256MB of RAM on board
Plextor UltraPlex Wide 40X UWSCSI CDROM drive
Pioneer DVD-305S 40X SCSI DVD drive
Total RAM: 3072MB
Total Disk Space: 314GB

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)
Attansic ATL1e PCIe 1x Ethernet card
Ralink rt2860sta PCIe 1x WiFi card
Intel 82801G HD Audio (ICH7) PCI Sound card
Intel 945GME PCI Video card
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 500 watt power supply
Asus A7S333 ATX Socket A motherboard
AMD K7 Thunderbird 1333MHz Socket A CPU
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
Crucial 512MB PC2700 DIMM
ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP Video card with 16MB of RAM on board
SMC EtherPower Dual PCI Ethernet card
Intel Pro 1000GT PWLA8139GT PCI Ethernet card
D-Link DGE-530T PCI Ethernet card
Sony CDU5211 52X IDE CDROM drive
Total RAM: 1024MB

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:


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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 )
Sun Microsystems esp SBUS SCSI card
Sun Microsystems SUNW,leo SBUS Video card
Sun Microsystems espdma+ledma SBUS SCSI+EtherNet card
Sun Microsystems Happy Meal SBUS Ethernet card
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:


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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)
Intel EtherConnect PCMCIA 16bit PCMCIA EtherNet card
Adaptec 1460b PCMCIA SCSI card
3Com unknown PCMCIA EtherNet+Modem card
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:


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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)
Sun Microsystems CG6 SBUS Video card
Sun Microsystems Fast Ethernet 1 SBUS EtherNet card
Sun Microsystems Bi-Pro Printer SBUS Parallel card
Sun Microsystems esp+le SBUS SCSI+EtherNet card
Total RAM: 64MB
Total Disk Space: 6.4GB