Post Your Servers v3: Holy Motherload of Knowledge

[whipbone]

I am thinking about building a new server rack with a few servers soon. I will be running with shitty internet but that is okay since I will only be doing websites for businesses in my small town.

Any ideas what is some cheap full size servers I could get? (P.S My internet isn't to bad it is better then 80% of Canada)

[Levelog]

You can grab a Dell C2100 with dual nelham quads and 24gb RAM for pretty cheap. Just slap some drives in and you're good to go.

[TrinityX]

This HP DL380 G7 seems like a nice webserver on the cheap. Lots of RAM and expandability on storage.

2x Xeon E5645, 72GB RAM, HP P410i RAID controller, 2x 146GB HDD all for 827.34 CAD.
[URL="http://www.ebay.com/itm/262407852224"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/262407852224[/URL]

[MTMod]

Thanks for remaking this thread.

Just got my new CCNA lab set up, it's about time I finally passed the certification that goes with the work I do every day anyways.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/dXHbpp8.jpg[/t]

[Levelog]

I really need to get around to that too.

[MTMod]

[QUOTE=Levelog;50228394]I really need to get around to that too.[/QUOTE]

I've got my ICND2 exam scheduled at Cisco Live in July, time to hit the books!

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=MTMod;50228419]I've got my ICND2 exam scheduled at Cisco Live in July, time to hit the books![/QUOTE]

For sure. Now that I got my Sec+ I think I'm in the mood for a short exam next though...

[MTMod]

[QUOTE=Levelog;50228830]For sure. Now that I got my Sec+ I think I'm in the mood for a short exam next though...[/QUOTE]

You could always tackle the CCNA in two parts, although ICND1 is still a good chunk of knowledge.

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=MTMod;50261687]You could always tackle the CCNA in two parts, although ICND1 is still a good chunk of knowledge.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'm actually just about studied up for the full exam anyways, just need to memorize some terminology that's useless in the real world and take some practice exams. Just kinda procrastinating.

[MetricMoose]

The box I brought into the office for testing crap and storing backups:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kN6NWTm.png[/IMG]

Home server:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lDox1sO.jpg[/IMG]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/6hMuqLW.jpg[/t]

[Levelog]

Needs more RHEL distros.

[editline]5th May 2016[/editline]

And how is PBX in a flash? We use FreePBX.

[MetricMoose]

[QUOTE=Levelog;50266080]Needs more RHEL distros.

[editline]5th May 2016[/editline]

And how is PBX in a flash? We use FreePBX.[/QUOTE]

It works well, I use it at home and have no issues. At work we thankfully went with a local company's appliance so we actually have some support in case shit hits the fan.

[deadeye536]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/6QwwqYt.jpg[/t]

I got a new toy

[MTMod]

This thread needs more content. Bumping with a picture of the final revision for my CCNA lab... added WIC-2T's for WAN stuff and a switched PDU so I can power everything up/down from anywhere. The 1841 at the top and the 2950 at the bottom are not part of the lab, but are used for the management vlan that's configured on the gear. I'll add a topology map later for those interested.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/8GiaMnv.jpg[/t]

Topology:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Jsfbs2e.png[/t]

[HikJ]

All my servers are on Cloud, especially DigitalOcean.
If you are not going to host some hardcore sensitive data or somewhy need 1ms latency then Cloud always wins: It's probably cheaper to run, it costs nothing to spin one up, it's scalable, it's safer, and extremely fast to deploy.

[HikJ]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;50471623]But that's no fun.[/QUOTE]
Single physical server is not my idea of fun.
Cloud can also give your server up to 1Gbps down/up, 2 minute whole-server backups, 2 minute migrations from geographical locations, etc. Cloud is so much more fun actually.

[editline]7th June 2016[/editline]

I just tested my Frankfurt server. I'm getting 1844.32Mbps down and 435.75Mbps up.

[DrTaxi]

[QUOTE=HikJ;50471604]It's probably cheaper to run,[/QUOTE]
In business contexts where buying, maintaining and administrating the supporting infrastructure is really expensive, sure. Personal use though? Dedicated servers win in price vs performance.
Not to say that a $5/month droplet isn't cheap. It's just hard (but not impossible) to find a dedicated server slow enough to be that cheap.

[QUOTE]it's scalable[/QUOTE]

Don't need scalability if I can just rent a regular server for the price you're paying now but with the performance you want to be able to scale to.

[DrTaxi]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;50474416]The closest I can get is $10 for a core 2 do[/QUOTE]

Online.net's [url=https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/]Scaleway[/url] has what's essentially a Raspberry Pi for 3€/month.
With fast provisioning and hourly billing and all that cloud jazz too.

[Levelog]

Datashack got bought out or evolved into another company and everything jumped by $5-10/month. Might still get one though.

[DrTaxi]

I actually just got done setting up a [url=https://c9.io]Cloud9 server[/url] on a C2S there. CPU's an Avoton so performance isn't incredible but since the CPU is single-tenant it'll at least be consistent.

Unless disk I/O becomes a problem, in which case... maybe I should put my code on a ramdisk :v:

[frankpetrov]

There's also the fact of those both in business or personal server usage, you don't have to rely in an internet connection to access your files unless having to access them from a remote location. Chances are you already would have an internet connection, so really you're only paying for the physical servers that you can upgrade the hardware yourself over time. In a long run, it is often cheaper to own vs rent.

[deadeye536]

[QUOTE=HikJ;50471707]Single physical server is not my idea of fun.
Cloud can also give your server up to 1Gbps down/up, 2 minute whole-server backups, 2 minute migrations from geographical locations, etc. Cloud is so much more fun actually.

[editline]7th June 2016[/editline]

I just tested my Frankfurt server. I'm getting 1844.32Mbps down and 435.75Mbps up.[/QUOTE]

I maintain my fair share of cloud hosted servers (DO, AWS, Azure, Rackspace), but I've personally had more fun with the old C6100 pictured above. I installed MAAS and an Openstack controller on one of the nodes, and can freely wipe the other 3 and PXE boot them as Openstack compute/storage nodes.

[GaryJS]

I have a little Raspberry Pi with Apache on it. Not super exciting, nor is it done. Currently I have it running a script logging into Godaddy and changing the IP of my domain to my current IP. Too cheap for static IP address.

[T]https://i.imgur.com/QWa2wFOh.jpg[/t]

[T]https://i.imgur.com/PCWe8ggh.jpg[/t]

[frankpetrov]

[QUOTE=Levelog;50474551]Datashack got bought out or evolved into another company and everything jumped by $5-10/month. Might still get one though.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Just ran across it on facebook. back in March, they posted about it:

[quote]
Formally known as "DataShack", Nocix is an affordable VPS and dedicated server provider based in Kansas City, MO. Nocix specializes in offering budget friendly, highly reliable solutions for your mission critical hosting needs. We currently operates out of our own private data center in North Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
[/quote]

[Falstad007]

[T]http://i.imgur.com/lvR7Cbu.jpg[/T]

Just put together my first tower server using spare parts from my previous machines.

Got it running Apache for my website and Samba to access my backed up music / movies at home... still looking for other things to play with; thinking about LAMP next.

Just about to do my A+ exam and I'm looking at doing Sec and Network+ after that.

Still got a lot to learn.

[Killervalon]

[QUOTE=Falstad007;50492383][T]http://i.imgur.com/lvR7Cbu.jpg[/T]

Just put together my first tower server using spare parts from my previous machines.

Got it running Apache for my website and Samba to access my backed up music / movies at home... still looking for other things to play with; thinking about LAMP next.

Just about to do my A+ exam and I'm looking at doing Sec and Network+ after that.

Still got a lot to learn.[/QUOTE]

If you have movies on it you could use Plex. (Plex + Chromecast is godly)

[birkett]

[QUOTE=gjsdeath;50484540]I have a little Raspberry Pi with Apache on it. Not super exciting, nor is it done. Currently I have it running a script logging into Godaddy and changing the IP of my domain to my current IP. Too cheap for static IP address.
[/QUOTE]

Use Cloudflare. Most don't realise that it works great as a DDNS service.

[BatyaMedic]

-snip-

[DrTaxi]

Serve cool ASCII art, obviously.

[Nightscout]

So I'm at University and would like to play online with some friends on our own server. I'm considering just renting one, but I'd like to be able to rent it for a smaller period of time than a month. That doesn't really seem to exist at the moment.

I was considering buying my own router, since I can't just go port-forwarding the University one.
My reasoning is that it will eventually pay for itself when I can host listen servers whenever my friends and I want to play something in particular online. I also will have the option of hosting different games as opposed to signing up for a dedicated of specific game.

Is that a logical solution? Or am I better off just dropping 8 bucks for a rental? Better yet, is there a service to pay for the use of the server, but allows you to configure it for any game you want? I know a small amount when it comes to servers but I'm sure you all know better than me.