You might think your server is hot shit, but check out THIS bad boy
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LBKmTIw.png[/IMG]
Family business server, running basically nonstop since 2003 (not counting failing harddrives) with only a fairly recent RAM upgrade from 512 MB since I managed to snatch some for free. The case is boring and the networking equipment is in a different room so no picture of that.
(I'm well aware it's 7 years overdue for a replacement.)
Breathing some life into this thread. Got a shipment in.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/QuGTCWe.jpg[/t]
Sweet sweet DL380 Gen9's.
So could somebody tell me the biggest differences between a Cisco Catalyst switch and any other Layer 2 switch? We're looking into getting a L2 Switch and we're looking for something cost-effective.
[QUOTE=daigennki;47830553]So could somebody tell me the biggest differences between a Cisco Catalyst switch and any other Layer 2 switch? We're looking into getting a L2 Switch and we're looking for something cost-effective.[/QUOTE]
The main difference will be whether or not the switch is managed, meaning if it's configurable or not. You can still buy something like a Catalyst switch and use it without a configuration, though. It won't act like a hub out of the box.
If you just want connectivity go with something cheap. If you want to learn about L2 switching get a managed Cisco, Juniper, or HP switch.
[QUOTE=MTMod;47831091]The main difference will be whether or not the switch is managed, meaning if it's configurable or not. You can still buy something like a Catalyst switch and use it without a configuration, though. It won't act like a hub out of the box.
If you just want connectivity go with something cheap. If you want to learn about L2 switching get a managed Cisco, Juniper, or HP switch.[/QUOTE]
Well, the other one I was looking at was this L2 switch from a Japanese company called Buffalo (in case you haven't noticed by my flagdog, I'm in Japan). It says it comes with "Administrator features" so I assume that means it's Managed? It doesn't seem like it has anything like a console port but it does say it has web management features and VLAN. If we could go with that one, we'd be able to slash 90,000 yen (about $727.56 at the moment) off the receipt. (still a small company, every little bit matters)
[QUOTE=daigennki;47831118]Well, the other one I was looking at was this L2 switch from a Japanese company called Buffalo (in case you haven't noticed by my flagdog, I'm in Japan). It says it comes with "Administrator features" so I assume that means it's Managed? It doesn't seem like it has anything like a console port but it does say it has web management features and VLAN. If we could go with that one, we'd be able to slash 90,000 yen (about $727.56 at the moment) off the receipt. (still a small company, every little bit matters)[/QUOTE]
What's the total cost? And is it full gig (meaning every port is gigabit)?
[QUOTE=MTMod;47831153]What's the total cost? And is it full gig (meaning every port is gigabit)?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the switch is full gigabit. With just the router (also gigabit) and switch (Yamaha and Buffalo respectively), it's ¥74,847. If you also include the wireless AP and the PoE injector for it, both also made by Buffalo, that's ¥113,770.
Wow, now I realize how much cheaper things can get if we get everything from Japanese manufacturers :v:
Also, yes, when I say Yamaha that's the same company that makes musical instruments and motorcycles.
[QUOTE=daigennki;47831200]Yeah, the switch is full gigabit. With just the router (also gigabit) and switch (Yamaha and Buffalo respectively), it's ¥74,847. If you also include the wireless AP and the PoE injector for it, both also made by Buffalo, that's ¥113,770.
Wow, now I realize how much cheaper things can get if we get everything from Japanese manufacturers :v:
Also, yes, when I say Yamaha that's the same company that makes musical instruments and motorcycles.[/QUOTE]
I thought this was for home use, but I think I am mistaken. As long as the switch is manageable then you should be fine, especially if you are trying to do this on the cheap.
I love working with research equipment.
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I also upgraded my server and changed it around a bit
A while ago I had my media server(that athlon) but now it's turned itself into my webbox and my personal one(it hosts NZ/AUs TF2C server + a VM which is my web host)
and yes thats a intel pro 1000 quad port which i picked up for literally $100 with the i3 rig and more thanks to a friend[/QUOTE]
I'm rather curious as to why you're running your athlon server using the Datacenter edition?
Finally got my server back up and running.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/tatSBm7.png[/img]
[editline]13th June 2015[/editline]
It's a Dell Poweredge R210. I've got a second Pentium dual core version in my home rack too running pfsense as a router.
Here's my dedicated server. It's a HP BL460c.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xnDnUvB.png[/IMG]
I use it to host several databases and to develop .NET stuff on it. Also hosts my website, and will probably use it to host a gameserver once in a while.
I suppose it's fairly old, but it beats out my old VPS in performance seeing as it's a dedicated blade.
just built a server for all my house's backups
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZDAKPLRh.png[/img]
So now that Server 2003 is no longer supported, I'm curious as to whether or not anyone has tried the preview for Windows Server Next yet? Granted it's not to release until 2016, it's still a preview and 2012 R2 was released not too far back, I'm just wondering if anyone has thoughts on it yet.
just got all this shit from a guy i know moving his company to another state.
14 monitors
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3 poweredge 2900 series servers
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Can those poweredges handle a quad core 771 Xeons and a SATA card?
I'm not sure about Sata yet. I've yet to try to plug one in though I think they're is SAS. I believe you can plug sata drives into a sas controller though, right? Just not sas into sata. But they all currently have dual quad 775 xeons in them.
[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;48226369]I'm not sure about Sata yet. I've yet to try to plug one in though I think they're is SAS. I believe you can plug sata drives into a sas controller though, right? Just not sas into sata. But they all currently have dual quad xeons in them.[/QUOTE]
Correct.
So sadly the 3 poweredge's are only 2ghz with 4gb ram each. But I went back up to see the guy and we dug out this supermicro with 32gb ram and 2 dual 5450's.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aZiusEbl.jpg[/IMG]
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Nice. My coworker picked up a uses SAN with 24 bays, 24gb RAM, and 2 hex core 1366 Xeons for a bit over $400. He's currently filling the entire thing with 4tb drives.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48237045]Nice. My coworker picked up a uses SAN with 24 bays, 24gb RAM, and 2 hex core 1366 Xeons for a bit over $400. He's currently filling the entire thing with 4tb drives.[/QUOTE]
I would love to get some 4tb drives. Unfortunately I can't afford as many as I'd like to have yet.
So those of you who have managed to get paid internships/jobs/work/whatever related to working with servers and such, can anyone recommend to me something to start doing at home that would help me learn some shit so I'd more knowledge to put on a resume and for job interviews? I have all these servers now and would like to start learning some awesome things and get into even a low level IT job but I pretty much only know the basics of windows server, haven't touched much into linux servers yet. help? :s:
[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;48245615]So those of you who have managed to get paid internships/jobs/work/whatever related to working with servers and such, can anyone recommend to me something to start doing at home that would help me learn some shit so I'd more knowledge to put on a resume and for job interviews? I have all these servers now and would like to start learning some awesome things and get into even a low level IT job but I pretty much only know the basics of windows server, haven't touched much into linux servers yet. help? :s:[/QUOTE]
Microsoft offer some professional certifications that employers really value. These will get you proficient in Windows server and managing a domain of computers.
Setting up a couple of virtual machines and experimenting with things like Active directory really helps too.
I don't have any certification but I learned the material in my University course, been meaning to take them so I can progress in my job to maybe 2nd or 3rd line.
Here's the "networking board" we got going at home.
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TV and LAN are in the same box to prepare for possibly using TV over fiber optic (and the signal booster didn't fit in the box on the top left), but at the moment we just use terrestrial digital and satellite.
Colo lab with some labels:
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Love the bat phone. why is there a pi?
I'm not sure what its doing right now, it belongs to my friend. I think we tried to initially use it as a monitoring server but it couldn't handle all of the tests so the netbook does that now (built-in battery backup).
can I have that 50TB NAS?
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;48395758]can I have that 50TB NAS?[/QUOTE]
Do you want the cluster with 4tb of RAM at work?
[editline]6th August 2015[/editline]
And we're still somehow oversubbed with VM's on that thing.
If anyone's looking for a media/VM server, there's a good deal on some Lenovo ThinkServers right now.
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/291140796467?rmvSB=true[/url]
Quad core hyperthreaded Xeon, 4gb RAM (Should probably be upgraded for VM's), 500gb HDD, and it's a tower so you don't have to worry about rack mounting it and it's generally quieter.
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