All I can say Josh is well done. One man show with the right kind of drive and a bit of knowledge, goes a long way. Things may not be "how they do it downtown" but if it works and does what you need for the price you need then go for it.! I live in an area that can mainly be serviced by wireless DSL or wireless broadband. There is no wired DSL for around 200 homes. I am currently looking into options of a microwave link with a regional ISP and service whatever homes I can myself, as well host.
@amw3000 Starwind is running on a separate box, Windows Server 2003 x86, feeding two separate boxes running ESXi 3.5. There is no automatic fail-over setup, all manual. The data is backed up from the iSCSi server to my storage shelf which is composed of two logical drives, 2x copies of the data on each logical drive updated twice daily.
@XtR0pX What is your definition of hosting? My definition of hosting is providing services for clients (e-mail, database, web, off-site storage) utilizing equipment I own. I provide the hardware, I provide the platform, they provide the data and I get paid! Everyone's a happy camper!
@hechter80 I do, as the video shows. Sense a theme here at all? ESXi (Free), Starwind (Free), 2 servers for ESXi ($120), making as much money as possible with minimum investment (Priceless)
@mackbrown4pres This is just two ESX boxes running. I've run trial versions of HA and VMotion before, and completely love it, but atm thats a little outside the budget.
@NETWizzJbirk I have all of this equipment because I am moving my company into the hosting realm. I only host for my client as of now. Just so happens that I host from home... great way to write off rent, electric, cable bill, you get the point. I do not use vCenter. I have tried trials of it in the past but I cannot justify purchasing it when I only run two ESXi boxes.
How do you monitor you esxi host with your HP hardware how do you monitor temps fans power supply disks in esxi 3.5. if so your able to monitor your hardware could please tell me this would be great help
How do you monitor you esxi host with your HP hardware how do you monitor temps fans power supply disks in esxi 3.5. if so your able to monitor your hardware could please tell me this would be great help.
@lo9765 That may be your personal opinion, so lets keep it at that. I HATE LINUX. It's easy enough to install and use and manipulate, and you can do so much with it, but there's just too much damn coding involved for my liking. I work with Windows because not a single one of my customers uses anything but Windows so it only makes sense to be on the same page as them. Linux had it's trials for desktop... it didn't make it very far. Oh, btw, ESX is based on Linux.
@josh2beefy I agree that linux is a bit harder to setup, but there's a reason why biggest sites and server farms uses linux, also most routers(small ones included) does.
The big issue with windows on servers is that it was not designed to support networking in first place, and that windows architecture is not designed to keep the computer always running and that it wastes also 300 mb of ram just to run useless GUI on a server
@josh2beefy You have your "data center", so you're supposed to know stuff or do research about the topics you don't know anything about.
Just shouting "I HATE LINUX", acting like a real adult are we?
I don't get the "too much damn coding" thing though.. You expect servers to be as easy to setup with a couple clicks, but be tight & secure at the same time?
Which distros did you try? Also, if you don't offer/know anything about linux, it's no wonder that you don't have any customers using linux.
@GuntherDW When I made the comment claiming to hate Linux I was in the process of learning it, and still am. On that day I just happened to be fairly frustrated with it. I agree that if I wasn't willing to expand my offerings I wouldnt have any customers who use Linux. I'm actually liking the stability of linux but am not comfortable enough with it yet to deploy it for customers.
@lo9765 not all windows has its ups and downs but I will give linux this Linux has good speed it can run on less meomory than Windows and that is good for hosting yes
Hey cool video's man, im lookn to do my first server for home, was thinking about a HP DL380 G3, any reccomendations or quirks that I might need to know about before I shell out 150 bucks, be using it for NAS an streaming some media to my portables an such. How do you like you g3's? worth the money? headaches? Thanks for any replys
Also, you should try to install the "Health Driver" and the "Insight Manager" on your HP servers, that can reduce the noise on some model by controlling the fan speed ;)
If by "Health Driver" you are referring to the HP System Management Agents then yes, they are already in place. If by "Insight Manager" you are referring to HP Systems Insight Manager then yes, it is already in place. Did you know that SIM can do management across multiple hardware platforms such as Dell, IBM, etc.? I deploy HP servers for my customers as well as myself. That's enough reason for me to know these servers inside and out. You're not telling me anything I don't already know.
I agree that a SAN on a 100mbs connection is not an ideal situation for productivity, but then again look at the cost versus performance. Do I run a fiber SAN (which I already have all the hardware for including HBA's and a 16-port switch) and consume additional power for the 5 VM's that I'm running, or do I continue with my iSCSI SAN that costs nothing additional to use? Theres the conundrum....
Two of my servers are ESX boxes. They host vm's for a few of my customers doing e-mail, databases, web sites, etc. You are aware of iSCSI and VLAN's, right? with the proper implementation of the two iSCSI can keep up with if not exceed the performance of fiber.
All I can say Josh is well done. One man show with the right kind of drive and a bit of knowledge, goes a long way. Things may not be "how they do it downtown" but if it works and does what you need for the price you need then go for it.! I live in an area that can mainly be serviced by wireless DSL or wireless broadband. There is no wired DSL for around 200 homes. I am currently looking into options of a microwave link with a regional ISP and service whatever homes I can myself, as well host.
gemini5865 8 months ago
Ha What is that?? I dont know anything about Networking...
Is there any good Network teaching websites or books??
Pls Help??
JineshJK 9 months ago
Very nice mate :)
Theserversman 10 months ago
you should get a prolant dl380
simplex237 1 year ago
@simplex237 in the video I show 2x Proliant DL380's. One a G2 and one a G3
josh2beefy 1 year ago
@josh2beefy oh now what I ment to say is you should get a prolant dl380 G6
simplex237 1 year ago
What "Software San" are you using?
amw3000 1 year ago
@amw3000 Nothing too elaborate. Starwind iSCSi software. Free, effective, reliable.
josh2beefy 1 year ago
@josh2beefy And is it running in a VM or do you have a dedicated box for it? How do you back it up?
amw3000 1 year ago
@amw3000 Starwind is running on a separate box, Windows Server 2003 x86, feeding two separate boxes running ESXi 3.5. There is no automatic fail-over setup, all manual. The data is backed up from the iSCSi server to my storage shelf which is composed of two logical drives, 2x copies of the data on each logical drive updated twice daily.
josh2beefy 1 year ago
When you say hosting, what exactly do you mean?
XtR0pX 1 year ago
@XtR0pX What is your definition of hosting? My definition of hosting is providing services for clients (e-mail, database, web, off-site storage) utilizing equipment I own. I provide the hardware, I provide the platform, they provide the data and I get paid! Everyone's a happy camper!
josh2beefy 1 year ago
not realy prof datacenter if you use SAN over ethernet with 100 mbit/s - see 0:14
hechter80 1 year ago 2
not realy profesionall - who use SAN with 100 mbit/s
hechter80 1 year ago
@hechter80 I do, as the video shows. Sense a theme here at all? ESXi (Free), Starwind (Free), 2 servers for ESXi ($120), making as much money as possible with minimum investment (Priceless)
josh2beefy 1 year ago 7
awesome dude , nice setup .
raffis15 1 year ago
omg I thought I was a badass..
80amnesia 1 year ago
@josh2beefy - do you you use HA and VMotion? or is this just 2 ESX 3.5i boxes without it?
mackbrown4pres 1 year ago
@mackbrown4pres This is just two ESX boxes running. I've run trial versions of HA and VMotion before, and completely love it, but atm thats a little outside the budget.
josh2beefy 1 year ago
Nice setup....looks like you know what your doing. Good luck with the hosting, hope you have great success with it.
PoweredbyCiscoIBM 1 year ago
seeing as you only virtualize windows, you should try hyper-v
cloudbook1994 1 year ago
Why do you have that many servers, multiple switches, and a SAN for your home network? Do you do use vCenter with ESXi?
NETWizzJbirk 1 year ago
@NETWizzJbirk I have all of this equipment because I am moving my company into the hosting realm. I only host for my client as of now. Just so happens that I host from home... great way to write off rent, electric, cable bill, you get the point. I do not use vCenter. I have tried trials of it in the past but I cannot justify purchasing it when I only run two ESXi boxes.
josh2beefy 1 year ago
How do you monitor you esxi host with your HP hardware how do you monitor temps fans power supply disks in esxi 3.5. if so your able to monitor your hardware could please tell me this would be great help
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stu9121 1 year ago
nice setup, differnt os"s to choose from, and i agree with your choice.
Mrthemaxdj1 1 year ago
wtf , wasting good equipment with shitty software -.-
Use linux, windows for desktop use sucks, and for server use it sucks even more.
lo9765 1 year ago
@lo9765 That may be your personal opinion, so lets keep it at that. I HATE LINUX. It's easy enough to install and use and manipulate, and you can do so much with it, but there's just too much damn coding involved for my liking. I work with Windows because not a single one of my customers uses anything but Windows so it only makes sense to be on the same page as them. Linux had it's trials for desktop... it didn't make it very far. Oh, btw, ESX is based on Linux.
josh2beefy 1 year ago
@josh2beefy I agree that linux is a bit harder to setup, but there's a reason why biggest sites and server farms uses linux, also most routers(small ones included) does.
The big issue with windows on servers is that it was not designed to support networking in first place, and that windows architecture is not designed to keep the computer always running and that it wastes also 300 mb of ram just to run useless GUI on a server
lo9765 1 year ago
@josh2beefy You have your "data center", so you're supposed to know stuff or do research about the topics you don't know anything about.
Just shouting "I HATE LINUX", acting like a real adult are we?
I don't get the "too much damn coding" thing though.. You expect servers to be as easy to setup with a couple clicks, but be tight & secure at the same time?
Which distros did you try? Also, if you don't offer/know anything about linux, it's no wonder that you don't have any customers using linux.
GuntherDW 1 year ago
@GuntherDW When I made the comment claiming to hate Linux I was in the process of learning it, and still am. On that day I just happened to be fairly frustrated with it. I agree that if I wasn't willing to expand my offerings I wouldnt have any customers who use Linux. I'm actually liking the stability of linux but am not comfortable enough with it yet to deploy it for customers.
josh2beefy 1 year ago
@lo9765 I think Linux is good for running websites and DNS but Windows is good for DHCP, Game and VOIP servers
Sliffer21 1 year ago
@Sliffer21 What is about asterisk for voip?
for games depends, if you want punkbuster yes.
but if the game has native dedicated server / doesn't use punkbuster it's better hosting it on linux.
the point is that linux can do ALL of that things good, windows only some.
lo9765 1 year ago
@lo9765 not all windows has its ups and downs but I will give linux this Linux has good speed it can run on less meomory than Windows and that is good for hosting yes
Sliffer21 1 year ago
Hey cool video's man, im lookn to do my first server for home, was thinking about a HP DL380 G3, any reccomendations or quirks that I might need to know about before I shell out 150 bucks, be using it for NAS an streaming some media to my portables an such. How do you like you g3's? worth the money? headaches? Thanks for any replys
lostfiringpin 2 years ago
Also, you should try to install the "Health Driver" and the "Insight Manager" on your HP servers, that can reduce the noise on some model by controlling the fan speed ;)
poussin78640 2 years ago
If by "Health Driver" you are referring to the HP System Management Agents then yes, they are already in place. If by "Insight Manager" you are referring to HP Systems Insight Manager then yes, it is already in place. Did you know that SIM can do management across multiple hardware platforms such as Dell, IBM, etc.? I deploy HP servers for my customers as well as myself. That's enough reason for me to know these servers inside and out. You're not telling me anything I don't already know.
josh2beefy 2 years ago
A SAN connected on a 100mbps connection ? It's too slow !
poussin78640 2 years ago
I agree that a SAN on a 100mbs connection is not an ideal situation for productivity, but then again look at the cost versus performance. Do I run a fiber SAN (which I already have all the hardware for including HBA's and a 16-port switch) and consume additional power for the 5 VM's that I'm running, or do I continue with my iSCSI SAN that costs nothing additional to use? Theres the conundrum....
josh2beefy 2 years ago
What are you doing with these servers? SAN over anything but fiber isn't going to perform at all.
Avalanche2 2 years ago
Two of my servers are ESX boxes. They host vm's for a few of my customers doing e-mail, databases, web sites, etc. You are aware of iSCSI and VLAN's, right? with the proper implementation of the two iSCSI can keep up with if not exceed the performance of fiber.
josh2beefy 2 years ago
Damn nice!
mociinurbo 2 years ago
FIRST!!!!
96EvoProductions 2 years ago