alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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| Updated Rack
A friend of mine was over tonight and helped me take these pictures of my updated rack:
From top to bottom:
2 4U blank panels
DLI Ethernet Power Switch
Cisco 2924XL Switch
Cobalt RAQ4 Server - CentOS - SNPP Paging Server
4U Server - WinXP pro - webcam to Weather Underground
1U Server - CentOS - Web/Mail/Proxy/Database Server
1U Server - CentOS - PBX In A Flash - Asterisk Server
1U Server - WinXP pro - weather radio to Weather Underground
APC UPS - Powering all 3 1U servers (EPC Bus A)
Sola UPS - Powering EPC Bus B and WXCAM server
The modem for the paging server and the receiver for the weather radio server are both inside the rack, behind the blank panels sitting on top of the EPC.
All servers (except the cobalt raq) have multiple hard drives and share storage with the rest of the LAN.
All 5 machines also run Folding@Home.
Oh, Aaron reminds me - Never mind the labels, they are for my sighted friends who help me work on this stuff, not for me. I know what machine is what, but if I tell a friend "turn off wxcam", they wouldn't know which one it was without the labels, so Aaron made them with his label maker.
BTW: The "Ubiquiti" label on EPC switch 7 is for my wireless bridge, which has been known (with the older firmware, anyway) to lock up and need to be remotely reset.
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Silentwolf
Vaprotan
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Kingsport, TN
clubs: | The rack is looking good! Very well organized. |
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FlexBaud
Light the Fiber
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Pensacola, FL
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I love it... Great job.
This is something I've always wanted to do at my home is to build a rack. Currently I don't have ethernet ports in each room and when I moved in, I didn't have any phone jacks either. I didn't have the time or money to build a rack so I just throw in some cheap phone jacks/wire to get me by. I really need to take the time and do an overhaul. |
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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| reply to alphapointe
I have moved the WXCAM server to the ethernet power controller (#6) instead of directly connecting it to the Sola UPS.
Here is a snapshot of the web interface for the EPC (I hope it comes out OK.)
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Thane_Bitter
join:2005-01-20
London, ON | Looks good aplhapointe!
I was wondering what the graphical interface to the Ethernet Power Switch looked like - now I know.
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kash
join:2005-08-13
Houston, TX | reply to alphapointe
what kinda case is that asterisk box? |
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alphapointe
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Columbia, MO
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| said by kash  :what kinda case is that asterisk box? It's a Cisco 1U server. I think it used to be a file server. I bought it from a user here on BBR. |
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bilbusb
join:2003-04-10
Tucker, GA | reply to alphapointe
Weather Underground? Try not to blow anything up :P |
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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tubbynet
Just a green in a sea of blue and red
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Mesa, AZ | reply to alphapointe
actually, that cisco server looks like it used to be a cisco secure ACS box (runs TACACS+ for aaa).
they look good. hope you got a decent price for it because they list for a TON through cisco.
q. |
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alphapointe
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Columbia, MO
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| I paid $200 bucks for it. 
»[FS] Cisco 1U Server
Thanks, The2ndclory |
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tubbynet
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Mesa, AZ
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| ahh...my bad...
that was actually a box that was the precursor to WAAS (wide area application service). its a software that caches and compresses applications/data to be used across a wide area link. the compression algorithms are pretty cool and speed up a link quite a bit.
sorry, work with a storage ccie and a lot of datacenter guys.
still a good buy though. prolly listed for three or four thousand back in the day. easy.
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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| reply to alphapointe
I have a new cabinet, with plenty of room for me to experiment with some of my managed switches and other gear without having stuff piled on top of my desk. |
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