Welcome to the Nirus Laboratories.
A research facility.
In the basement.
Here, time is measured from satellites, a chat server of our own brings WhatsApp, Signal and radios into one app, and the front door opens with a fingerprint. Every project is a test chamber. The elevator will take you down.
Facilityoperational
Systems online–/–
Time synchronised for– devices– internal · – external
Satellites in view–out of – received
Time requests answered–since the time server last restarted
Offset from GPS time–average, measured by chrony
Without GPS, per day–how far off the Pi’s crystal would be
Availability, 24 h–average over all – checks
Satellite geometryHDOP –the smaller, the more precise; below 1 is excellent
Stratum–the clock is wired straight to the GPS receiver
Matrix messages212,263since March 2026, from 486 chats over 8 bridges
Raspberry Pis at work7plus 3 VMs and 3 containers on Proxmox
Docker containers48on 3 servers
Photos in Immich49,404plus 4,112 videos
Documents in Paperless774scanned and searchable
NAS in use86 %of 26.8 TB, 5 disks in RAID5
Backup storage54.4 TBits own enclosure, for backups only
Network devices1610 switches, 5 access points, 1 router
Addresses under nirusdev.com24all through one door: Caddy
Adverts turned away1,534,873in 90 days, out of 42,922,602 requests
Accounts with a passkey4one sign-in for 11 services
Draft: demo values. Live from the homelab later.
Live from the homelab, as of –. Inventory counted on 2026-11-12.
No connection to the homelab right now.
New in the lab
Since 2026-11-12, 4 chambers have been added. One of them is still being built.
Photo album and filing cabinet
NEW ACTIVE 14/ 16The watchdog
NEW ACTIVE 15/ 16The internet without adverts
NEW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 16/ 16Where is the cat?
Elevator down
Level 2
Test chambers
Sixteen chambers, sixteen projects. Fifteen cleared, one under construction, some with water stains.
To level 2
Level 3 · access only
Control room
For friends and family: server addresses, access and whatever else is running. Sign in with the fingerprint on your phone. First time? How signing in works.
To level 3
Level 4 · decommissioned
Archive: Nirus LAN
At the very bottom lies the old wing. Four LAN parties, tournaments, foosball at three in the morning. The fifth was cancelled.
To level 4Lab director
Nirus Laboratories · Staff ID
Michael Predl
- Known as
- bonny · riasan
- Position
- Lab director
- Location
- Eisenstadt, Austria
- On duty
- since 2016
- Clearance
- all levels