Hardware Pledge
We source quality hardware so you don’t have to sweat it. The core offer is preselected: we handle the selection and quality bar so you get infrastructure that works.
How We Choose Parts
We optimize for best bang for buck against one rule: the most power-efficient chip on the market at any given time. We don’t hold a huge backlog of supply, but we do keep stock on hand for platforms that meet that standard, including the one we offer as our mainline SKU.
The HOMESERVER Standard: Performance per Watt
Performance per watt is what we measure by. That is always the HOMESERVER standard. We prioritize efficiency so your infrastructure stays capable without burning power or budget.
The mainline HOMESERVER SKU will always be the best chip for the job: the most power-efficient option on the market at the time we stock it. We adjust our pricing to match what the market says is fair. Right now that is the Intel N100, capable of easily servicing the standard fleet of services native to our homeserver platform; our software and documentation are structured around that baseline. When a better chip for the job exists, we move to it.
Before It Leaves Our Door
We thermal-test and endurance-test each unit before it ships. Every device must meet our quality standards before it leaves our door.
What to Expect
Due to parts shortages and supply conditions, units may appear differently than pictured. Specs and capability stay consistent; enclosures, branding, or cosmetic details may vary by batch. We don’t lock to a single OEM. We lock to the standard: quality, efficiency, and tested before it ships.
What’s Typically in the Box
- Fan-cooled Intel N100 mini-PC (4-core 3.4GHz, at least 8GB DDR4 RAM, at least 256GB SSD (SATA, M.2, or NVMe, possibly higher), dual 1Gb/s NIC). Thermal- and endurance-tested before shipping. Actual specs may be higher depending on availability; we never downgrade a unit if supply exceeds our minimums.
- Preconfigured external USB NAS drive
- User manual
- Ethernet cable
Need More Than We Stock?
That mainline SKU (preselected, efficiency-optimized, tested) is the core offer. We have everything chosen for you so you don’t have to.
If you want or need more than we normally stock (different specs, different tier), reach out privately to owner@arpaservers.com. We can negotiate over what’s available on the market and pricing independently and attempt to satisfy your needs. Put in the legwork to message us and we can sort something out. If your workload requires a 32-core Xeon, we can oblige; that won’t be part of our main website offering. We focus on the common user, not edge cases.