Home lab AI, automation, and infrastructure — under one core.

MTechCore is the private command layer for Ahmed Marafie's home lab and mini data-center: automation, monitoring, internal tools, organized systems, and secure self-hosted operations.

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Private Mini Datacenter

Compute + storage, tuned for a serious home lab.

A compact view of the MTechCore environment: dedicated compute cluster, separate storage layer, automation, monitoring, and private self-hosted operations.

Hybrid Home Lab

Compute cluster

1Virtualization cluster

13Compute nodes

288CPU threads

800 GBCluster memory

74Container workloads

24/7Operational mindset

Storage layer

4Unraid / NAS systems

400+ TBRaw storage

HybridMedia, backup, archive, and lab data roles

Service footprint

119Internal services monitored

37External services monitored

156Total active health checks

Service Monitor Public presence online. Home lab health monitored continuously.

156Active health checks

2Monitor planes

24/7Ops awareness

Monitoring is split between public-facing availability and private internal operations.

Built like a serious home lab.

Designed around clean separation: compute, storage, automation, monitoring, documentation, and operator-assisted workflows.

⚙️ComputeIsolated lab workloads

🗄️StorageNAS-backed data layers

📡NetworkOrganized access paths

🤖AutomationRepeatable admin flows

🧠AI OpsPlanning and research assist

📊ObservabilityHealth and inventory awareness

Operating model

The lab is organized like a small production environment: plan, deploy, monitor, secure, and improve.

CoreCompute, storage, and organized home lab systems.

AutomateRepeatable workflows for admin, intake, and operations.

MonitorHealth visibility and alerting for important services.

DeployVersioned changes, documentation, and lifecycle control.

SecurePrivate-first access, secret safety, and careful change approval.

What it powers

Research IntakeIdeas, references, technical resources, and experiments are collected into structured review flows.

Personal CloudPrivate services for files, notes, media organization, and day-to-day digital operations.

Learning LabA safe place to test systems, deployment patterns, monitoring, backups, and automation ideas.

▶YouTube Data API · MTech Playlist Intake

Private/internal playlist-to-task automation for owner-controlled MTech playlists. Processed playlist data is handled according to the MTechCore Privacy Policy.