One of Ted Cahall's main hobbies include his "home datacenter". Ted maintains a number of Linux, Mac, and even Windows machines to support his hobbies and various work research projects he does from time to time. Some of this research has led to projects such as
Apache SOLR which was developed while Ted was the CTO at
CNET and the DynaPub application development system and CMS at AOL. While infrequent, Ted occasionally
blogs about his home datacenter. Listed below are some of the machines Ted is currently maintaining in his datacenter.
| Machine | Hardware | OS | Usage |
| cahallhpe170t | Hp HPE-170t, 2.8GHz Quad Core CPU, 8GB RAM |
Windows 7 Ultimate | New Main Home Desktop |
| cahall2800 | Dell Dimension 4600, 2.8GHz CPU, 2GB RAM | Windows XP | Old Main Home Desktop |
| cahallxps | Dell XPS Gen5, 3.2GHz Dual Core CPU, 4GB RAM | Windows XP | Secondary Home Desktop |
| cahall360 | Dell Precision 360, 2.8GHz CPU, 1GB RAM | Windows 7 Ultimate | Windows 7 Test Machine |
| cahall270 | Dell OptiPlex GX270, 2.4GHz CPU, 2GB RAM | Windows XP | Guest Desktop |
| cahall3000 | Intel D875PBZ, 3.0GHz CPU, 2GB RAM | Ubuntu 9.04/9.10 | Ubuntu Desktop |
| cahall1950 | Dell 1950, 3.0GHz 2CPU, 4GB RAM | RHEL 5.2 | RHEL Test Server / DNS |
| cahall3320 | Dell 1850, 3.2GHz CPU, 2GB RAM | RHEL 4.x | Down Seattle Windstorm Crash |
| cahall2260 | Home Brew Server, 2.26Hz CPU, 512MB RAM | CentOS 5.2 | CentOS Test Server |
| boxer | HP DL320, 3.06GHz 2CPU, 4GB RAM | CentOS 5.3 | CentOS Test Server |
| jet | HP DL320, 3.06GHz 2CPU, 4GB RAM | CentOS 5.3 | CentOS Test Server / Nagios / SVN |
| walter | Dell 2850, 3.0GHz 2CPU, 4GB RAM | CentOS 5.3 | CentOS Test Server / DNS |
| pucci | Dell 2850, 3.0GHz 2CPU (64 bit), 4GB RAM | Debian 5.0.3 (64 bit) | 64 bit Debian Test Server |
| macg5 | Mac Pro G5, 2.0GHz PPC 2CPU, 4GB RAM | MacOS Leopard | Mac Test Desktop |
| cahall-mac | Mac Mini, 1.42GHz PPC CPU, 1GB RAM | MacOS Leopard | iTunes for my Stairstepper |
| macmini-intel | Mac Mini, 2.0GHz Dual Core, 1GB RAM | MacOS Snow Leopard | iPhone Development |