An image of the assembled mainboard and the PicoPSU-90.

Building a Power-Efficient Home Server

Like so many tech people out there, I run a home server since around 2020, on which I have a couple of services running. These most notably include syncthing for file synchronization, nightly backups with restic, and forgejo for git projects with LFS support. I kept that server running at my parent’s home for historical reasons since they need a NAS. In the past year, I often thought that it would be nice to have another server at my apartment so that backups (especially from my phone) and file synchronization are fast....