I've recently (thanks to Ben333) found the niche that I love: Servers. He has been bugging me about this Dell PowerEdge he has and while I really wanted it, I didn't want to go through the hassle of getting it and getting it setup. But, the pictures got to me, I wanted the server badly, there was no way I couldn't get it without it bothering me, the price was too good. Once I knew the server was coming, I started looking at racks and everything that I can put in one. All my switches are rack mountable and UPS's will either be rack mounted (I'll have to pick them up) or I'll sit them on a shelf in the rack.
That is just the beginning. This will be a log that is updated when anything changes. I'm not sure how often the updates will be, but there is going to be a ton.
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Server list:
- Smoothwall
- File server
- Web server
- Cisco 3640 (Currently being shipped)
- Main system (Not added yet)
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Current hardware list:
Smoothwall:
--OS: Smoothwall Express 3.0
--CPU: Pentium 2 Celeron 400Mhz slot1
Webserver:
--Dell Poweredge 2550
--CPU: 2x Pentium 3 933MHz
--HDD: 1x 16gb SCSI
--OS: Gentoo
File server:
--CPU: Phenom X4 (AM2) 2.6GHz
--MB: Asus M2N32-SLi
--HDD:
------320gb Seagate (OS)
------4x 1tb Seagate (Media)
------4x 1tb Western Digital Green (Backup, storage)
------7x 1tb Hitachi (Storage)
--Raid controller: Perc 5/i PCI-e
--PSU: Corsair HX620
--Case: Norco 4020
--OS: Windows 2003
Main system:
--MB: Asus P5Q Deluxe
--CPU: QX9650 @ 4.0 GHz
--Mem: 8gb GSkill 1000MHz
--Vid: GTX 260 216
--HDD: 1tb WD Black (Looking to get a SSD)
--PSU: HX620W
--Case: Norco RPC-470
--OS: Windows 7
Switche:
--D-Link DGS-1024D 10/100/1000 24 port switch
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Parts ordered:
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In the "thought queue":
- Get a rack to mount everything in
- Find location for the rack
- Find routing for ethernet cables
I'll add more when I think about it.