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 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Home networking allittle too much? Excuse the pics they are not the best 
Top to bottom : here we go
Dsl modem att( shut down now) and sb6120 cable modem
Tacit networks case but running pfsense 1.2.3 dual gig intel cards and 160 gig hard drive 3.0 h/t and 2 gigs or ram. ( way over kill)
Dell axim 51v (windows 6.1) used for wireless testing.
#6 4u case empty for now.
cicso hub sr 2024 gig switch.
#5 4u case running old 2.4 intel and 120 gig drive in linux for testing
#4 4u case running 3.0 intel H/t and 80 gig drive testing more in linux.
Belkin Kwm 8 port
2 power strips remotes top one is for network and bottom one is for servers
Dell poweredge console rack 15fp
#3 4u case running windows 2008 server ( testing and learning)
#2 4u case running windows media sever ( 2.4 intel and 4 tb of space)for videos for xbox and ps3 and pictures
#1 4u case running windows media sever (2.4 dual core 8 tb of space for videos for xbox and ps3
On the door is a white box Engenius Eor7550 repeater.
On the back side not pictured is a mhn300 linksys media server with 4 tb of movies for xbox and ps3. and back up for laptops.
Beside of this 1200 pound beast is the wireless printer canon mx860.
Plans are to replace the stand its on for a 42u rack so i can add ups units to my rack.
Next pic is the other half's system
55 lcd. dink 1522 bridge
linksys media link radio
time warner dvr
apc 1500 ups
xbox 360
Final pic is my system
61 dlp samsung.
Apc 1500 ups
Xbox 360 modern warfare one.
dlink 1522 bridge, headset for night playing , wii
Ps3 60 gig ( bought it from a dsl here)
linksys media radio
xbox 1, panamax and a switcher for video
time warner box
comments are welcome |
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 lumaPremium
join:2004-08-17
Port Coquitlam, BC | do you pay hydro?
my single Dell T410 has tons more processing power then all those 4u's combined then that yet on averages uses under 200 watts of power
Virtualization is a wonderfull thing.
thanks for posting pics though. |
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Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T Southeast
1 edit | The plans where to start running xeons but everything now is on hold do to a layoff. ( this is more of a winter project of me)
Granted i am running older processers for now, im at the experiment stages of stuff. Tho your dell might have more hp than these, there are alot of hard drives running for storage.
All the psu's are green power and really one doesnt use more than 250 watts for 4 2tb drives running on the two bottom ones.
Most of the time the rack is only half power and running no more than 745 watts of power.
Virtualization i havnt go into yet im wanting to learn more about other things first.
Not bad for someone who has some IT experience, not a pro level, who work around it ever day. |
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 Zorack
join:2001-12-14
Fayetteville, WV | reply to hayabusa3303
That is a nice damn rack you got there,kudos |
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 Reviews:
·TekSavvy DSL
| reply to hayabusa3303
said by hayabusa3303:Most of the time the rack is only half power and running no more than 745 watts of power.
745W on a 24/7 basis is a lot of power for a home network!
That's around 536kWhr per month which for me would be an extra $64 on the utility bill (at $0.12/kWhr)!
My (very conservative) network and server utilize an average of 100W, which is about 72kWhr or about $9.
Used to run a separate Windows file server, another box with Linux as a web server and game server, and for a short time yet another box for pfSense. Now I've got a single server running CentOS Linux on a dual-core AMD Athlon 7850, that does everything, except for pfSense, which has been replaced with a Mikrotik RB450G, which sure packs a lot of performance, features, and reliability for such an inexpensive, low-power, tiny little box.
I've got all of that powered by an APC Smart-UPS 1400 which gives a runtime of approximately two hours (powering the server, router, network switch, wireless AP, and VoIP ATA)! |
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·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to Zorack
said by Zorack:That is a nice damn rack you got there,kudos
It a old rack the Feds used at one time but they moved on to something else, i picked it up for 60 bucks. all doors and sides and keys. Its just heavy when you move it empty. |
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·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to TheMG
said by TheMG:said by hayabusa3303:Most of the time the rack is only half power and running no more than 745 watts of power.
745W on a 24/7 basis is a lot of power for a home network! That's around 536kWhr per month which for me would be an extra $64 on the utility bill (at $0.12/kWhr)! i think i pay $0.10 per kWhr i will check when the bill comes in.
Alot of this is testing and me playing around, i thought, i would though this up here and get feedback from you guys see what direction i should turn( or my next step that interest me ). |
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·Speakeasy
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I'd consider replacing all those white box desktops in rackmount cases with an actual real server and put it all in VMWare once you're back among the workforce. Also, placing a wireless device inside a metal cage will greatly reduce its performance. 
I myself run two Dell servers - Poweredge R300 and a 2950. The R300 is my 2008 R2 DC and the 2950 runs vmware and hosts 9 VMs of various types.
I'll post some pics this week after a planned ISP cutover.
Cheers |
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·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T Southeast
| two reasons for the wireless inside...
One other half thinks its ugly and doesnt approve of it outside which it was.
I live in a apartment and i dont want to broadcast tho its wpa2 i just dont need people 6 doors down know im here thats with out antennas on.
I have been looking at motherboards that can support 6 hard drives thats what i need. |
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 BrendanWarr Guitar is here
join:2000-07-14
Littleton, CO | reply to hayabusa3303
How do you like the SB 6120? I'm thinking about purchasing one, once we switch to Comcast. |
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Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T Southeast
| I like the modem. No problems with it at all. Alot more zipper than my old dlink modem i had. Only problem for me is its still docsis 1.1 here, and will stay that way for about other year or so thanks to time warner.
Imo got for it it does take a while for it to boot up. |
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 beachintechThere's sand in my tool bagPremium
join:2008-01-06
kudos:5 | reply to hayabusa3303
That SA cable box is going to cook a drive if you keep it on its side like that. I suggest laying it flat...
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I speak for myself, not my former employer. |
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| It been that way for over a year with no problems. If i lay if flat the cats lay on it for heat, then it really gets hot. I guess if it cooks go back to tw for other one.. |
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 ·AT&T Wireless Br..
| reply to hayabusa3303
said by hayabusa3303: i dont want to broadcast tho its wpa2 i just dont need people 6 doors down know im here thats with out antennas on.
Turn off SSID broadcast on the access point and no one will know besides you and your wife. Having to enter the SSID (name) of the access point on top of having WPA2 is basically like having two layers of passwords. Have to know the name, and then the WPA2 password to connect to it.
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 Reviews:
·TekSavvy DSL
| said by tman852:Turn off SSID broadcast on the access point and no one will know besides you and your wife. Having to enter the SSID (name) of the access point on top of having WPA2 is basically like having two layers of passwords. Have to know the name, and then the WPA2 password to connect to it.
Actually it's "security through obscurity", nothing more.
There are a number of easily obtainable programs which make it possible to find and connect to wireless networks that are not broadcasting SSID.
So it's not the same as a password, nowhere near. |
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