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Overview & Hardware

Overview & Hardware tags: [hardware, centerpoint, specs]

Overview

Centerpoint is the primary homelab server — a Mini PC form factor running a full self-hosted Docker stack. It acts as the central compute node for all containerised services, reverse proxying, media, AI inference, and automation in the homelab.

Property Value
Hostname centerpoint
Role Primary Docker host
Form Factor Mini PC (NUC-style)
IP Address 192.168.1.85
Tailscale IP 100.117.158.101
OS Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat)
Kernel 6.17.0-35-generic

CPU

Property Value
Model Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Core Architecture P-cores only (no hyperthreading)
Physical Cores 16
Sockets 1
Threads 16 (1 per core)

The 285H is an Intel Meteor Lake H-series mobile processor with a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU). The absence of E-cores or hyperthreading means all 16 logical CPUs are full performance cores, which benefits parallel container workloads.

Memory

Property Value
Total RAM 96 GB

At time of writing, approximately 33 GB is actively in use with ~9 GB free and ~49 GB used as page cache — normal for a long-running Linux system running a large Docker stack.

Notes

  • Uptime is typically measured in weeks; the system runs continuously.
  • The NPU in the 285H is not currently leveraged by any container workload — it is available for future OpenVINO or AI inference optimisation.

Last Updated: 2026-06-16