Dell OptiPlex 7040 // Zeus + Hermes

These small servers are perfect for an ITX sized homelab. They provide enough computing power for most tasks and combined have 16GB of RAM. These servers were the first of my actual hardware I bought.

Specifications

CPU	RAM	Storage	OS	Hostname
Intel i5-6500T	8GB	250GB SSD	Debian 12	zeus
Intel i5-6500T	8GB	250GB SSD	Debian 12	hermes

Services

Both of these servers are part of a nomad datacentre that alloctes jobs on any available node according to the scheduler. You can find out more about the service running in this cluster here.

Notes

Converting from Windows to New OS

1. Create a bootable USB with desired operating system
2. When booting up, press F2
3. Allow "boot from USB" in BIOS
4. Follow installer instructions

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