folkzone:history:thinkpad_era
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ThinkPad W520 Era (cafe-old)
Hardware: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 (2011)
Period: ~2026-01
Status: Retired — replaced by the GA-78LMT-USB3 desktop (current server)
Specs
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-2860QM, 4c/8t, 2.5–3.6 GHz |
| RAM | 12 GB DDR3-1333 |
| GPU | NVIDIA Quadro 1000M (2 GB) |
| Storage | 250 GB |
| OS | Lubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (LXQt) |
Services That Ran
- 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)
Why It Was Retired
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.
What Carried Over
- Same Cloudflare Tunnel approach
- Same Caddy reverse proxy pattern
- Same security hardening baseline (UFW, fail2ban, SSH key-only)
- Same
docker compose up -dworkflow
See Also
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