My Home Server rack

[Ralfhenne]

Schönes Museumsstück

[Mydadsdog]

What is it with this bloody song and youtube video's? That is a rhetorical question.

[G4334777]

nice system

[littleohah]

im learning about this i want to build one to handle my all my computer network i have about 6TB on my computers of shared filse i want one system to handle the lot because i have to turn on 8 computer just to get access to all my movies and tv shows and i really cant be bothered to buy new all new hardware to handle 6Tb im thinking of using my old P-III pc i have 5 usb 1TB HDD the mobo has 6 ports

[dnbrhythm]

@littleohah get a raid card for it and 4 1tb hd then use home server or freenas

[Exqua]

@dnbrhythm I have a new fileserver with 6x 2TB on raid5 running windows server 2008. i don't like home server.

[jean2719]

it was verynice im learnin the samething in class

[alexanderwheeler]

Do you have a separate power supply from your house (RCDs)? How much current leakage do you get?

[Exqua]

@alexanderwheeler the power is separated :-)

[patricklorio]

how much power do they use?

[Exqua]

@patricklorio

i don't know m8

[TylertheGeek28]

@patricklorio Doubt they use much, probably a few hundred watts each under 100% load. Servers are meant to be pretty power efficient no matter what

[stevensheps]

why the hell do need 8 running operating systems for you home ? i bet you got more servers than workstations !

[Exqua]

@stevensheps its for my company now, it used to be a hobby :-)

[Timbojones0123]

what is this server used for?

[Wolfnem]

Hello, I have a questions, What are the APC ?? , and the switch ??, and what internet are you using for thoes machines ??. Thanks :)

[Exqua]

@Wolfnem

APC = the 1u unit on top of the rack and the 3com switch is the one under it. i have a 60mbit internet connection.

[brianfking]

That's a real nice set-up you have there....I'm jealous !!!  Thanks for the reply !

[brianfking]

8. virus test server. (Win 7 32bits) ??

Well,I'm sure with Windows 7 you'll have no probs finding virus's...lol

I run fedora Core 64 at home on my desktop & laptop but wanna set up a rack running CentOS.. Do you run your own name servers at home?

[Exqua]

@brianfking I have 1 DNS server at home and 1 at transip.nl

[cheeches]

well the question ive got is: what for? i mean ive just got a 10 port switch an old P4 2,66Ghz with 1gig of ram and 4TB diskspace... thats all i need, so tell me what do u guys do that u need that "monster machines" at home tho?

[Exqua]

@cheeches

Well, i use it for my company, for home automation, for storage, i use my own exchange 2010 server. only that needs a server with 4gig ram, and core2duo cpu... x64, then i have 2 mailscanners for in and outbound mail. and offcourse a nice firewall server to keep it safe :-)

[cheeches]

@Exqua do u use an open source firewall? ive got ipfire running and i think its kinda better than the old ip cop and has got nice "addons"

[Exqua]

@cheeches

CentOS Linux with IPtables (firewall) and Squid (proxy).

[VictorButny]

@cheeches

don't expect for answers...

[cheeches]

@VictorButny hum? what do you mean?

[Exqua]

@VictorButny ?

[VictorButny]

@Exqua sorry, i really don't know what was on my mind.. .

[steakhached]

ehh buddy, i think your heartbeat light is blinking :\ should have a problem loll

[Exqua]

@steakhached

1 powercable ;-)

[steakhached]

@Exqua aaaaaahhh .. sure xD

hahahah sorry buddy

[Meta4XYZ]

Beautiful setup you've got there. I've got three AP9211's in my racks at home and wish I had three more. The AP9212 you have is an IEC-320 C13 model, right?

[Exqua]

@Meta4XYZ

IEC-320 C14 :-)

[TdzaleskiVids]

some people go way over the edge with home servers... Dell optiplex g150 ftw!

lol, my home server is a 600mhz intel celuron, 512mb sdram, 2x 40gb hard drives... lol, talk about bad, lol

[Exqua]

@TdzaleskiVids The most are for research, so i must have some servers in my rack.

[leepaul707]

Heh. All I got at home is an old advent PC, 768 MB ram set up as a domain controller on Server 2003 Standard R2

[Thetrutv]

Thats masiv, what are you using this for?

[Exqua]

@farthestkris

hehe yeah..

[ngtflyer]

Should have just left the camera audio in.. Servers sound cool. :)

[TheMuffinManshow]

@farthestkris True.

[TheMuffinManshow]

Lol, all i have is my router, and a file server. yours is a little overkill. ;)

[Jaymn2589]

Cool setup check mine its more what you would see residential vs. home business

[Exqua]

@Jaymn2589

Nice cables and setup.

The green color looks nice m8

[pinguinokde]

For what are you using all that at home?

[Exqua]

@pinguinokde

For all kind of things. fileserver, back-up server, mailserver, vmware test servers and lots more.

[donnyab]

Hey can I ask you a question - trying to set up some websites/thinking of using two or three rackmounts from Rackable Systems....BUT there are no cd/dvd drives on these systems so how do I install the OSs - maybe a network install is that possible before I install the OS ???

[Exqua]

@donnyab

Everything is possible, but fix a cd drive and install vmware.

[cloudbook1994]

@donnyab you can use a usb drive google "win to flash" it's easy

[Sliffer21]

@donnyab yea i have a rackable systems server a simple USB plug in cd drive worked for me i love installing the OS on those so easy to do...im still trying to figure out how to do it on my Poweredge 1750 ive been trying for a month

[XxMEVANSxX]

Nice Rack!

Where did u get the rack from?

Im going to buy 4 Dell servers off of a company that went dead for 50$ Each!

YAY Cant wait all i need now is a rack!

Whats the song?

[techkra]

Hey, What do you use your server/s for? They are for the home, but what's the purpose of having so much equipment? I'm not having a go or anything, just curious, that's all:)

[Exqua]

Well, i have 9 servers at the moment.

1. Firewall and proxy server. (CentOS 5.4 with iptables and squid)

2. Windows server 2003 (AD)

3. DNS, DHCP VPN (CentOS 5.4)

4. Back-up server 2x 1.5 TB raid 1 (Windows server 2008 enterprise)

5. File server (Windows server 2003)

6. Mail scanner (Linux ESVA)

[Exqua]

7. Gameserver (CentOS 5.4) with hppd, ssl and MySQL for the game server control panel. <- testing server for 1000FPS cs 1.6. This one is going to EvoSwitch datacenter if its ready.

8. virus test server. (Win 7 32bits)

9. Linux test server (CentOS 5.4)

[ycats1000]

@techkra most people do it for study, it's cheap to set up, and lets you install all sorts of configurations and networks, webservers, virtual machines etc

i got a VOIP phone system going on a crappy old DELL rack i got for almost nothing-

as napoleon said, study teaches you about the past, but experience prepares you for the future-

[techkra]

@ycats1000 oh yeah, nice. i'm using a virtual machine on my laptop, for my video tutorials, and an old acer desktop as the real server, both running win 2k3 enterprise. i'm looking into upgrading to a proper server though, once i get my macbook.

[basmagic]

whats the function off (labeled)"core switch 1"?

[Exqua]

You can stack the switches in the house.

This is the switch where all the other switches comes together. check out the 3com management software.

[Bluezero75]

looks awesome!

[Exqua]

Thanks m8, doing my best :-)