Calvin and Co.
How the EasyTarget hangs together
You are now looking at the default page for my NGINX web server, running on my home FreeBSD powered server system. It is run on completely open source Software.
The heart of my website is 'Calvin', a Gigabyte Brix A8-5545.
The micro form-factor of the Brix allows me to keep this mounted behind my TV, where I can run it both as a server and as a Media PC, there is more than enough performance in this system for full HD playback.
The system uses very little energy, and is nearly silent, though the fan can be heard during FreeBSD rebuilds and other intense operation. It is fast too, with four cores, 8Gb of memory and an internal M2 SSD for the Operating System.
Software-wise, I run FreeBSD (always the latest release, fully updated) as my server Operating System.