ThinkPad W520 Era (cafe-old)

Hardware: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 (2011)
Period: ~2026-01
Status: Retired — replaced by the GA-78LMT-USB3 desktop (current server)

• Caddy (reverse proxy)
• Nextcloud (files.folk.zone)
• Jellyfin (media.folk.zone)
• HedgeDoc (notes.folk.zone)
• Uptime Kuma (status.folk.zone)
• Plausible Analytics (analytics.folk.zone)
• Watchtower (auto container updates)

The W520 ran hot under sustained load — 12+ year old hardware with DDR3 constraints. Replaced by the current AMD FX-4130 desktop with 7.24 GB RAM and 228 GB SSD.

• Same Cloudflare Tunnel approach
• Same Caddy reverse proxy pattern
• Same security hardening baseline (UFW, fail2ban, SSH key-only)
• Same docker compose up -d workflow

• Current Server Specifications
• Security Hardening
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