http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27505090 en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:31:56 EDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:31:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27634902
I got tired of listening to it and paying for it in the form of power.

So through virtualization and a pretty beefy ram upgrade on one of them, I was able to consolidate everything down to a pair of Dell Poweredge R300 1U servers. These servers run much more quietly than the two 2950s I used to have. I also have eliminated all of the unnecessary network gear.

So now I have the two R300s, a single fanless Gbit switch and an old P3 running IPCop for my firewall. I've removed close to 10A of current draw and thousands of BTU of heat from production, and it makes much less noise. Saw the difference in the power bill as well.

I've also relocated the rack to a room downstairs in the finished basement that stays cool. I don't have to listen to any of it now.

Still, these racks are impressive and I applaud the attention to detail paid. It sets a good example.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27634902 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:51:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27620444 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27620444 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:20:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27611063
I envoy all of it.
Your home brewed racks, layout, wiring, your office layout.
Everything!
except one thing.
noise.
After working for a year and a half being 5 feet away from two 4 post racks full of gear.

again, your workmanship is superb to the 10th degree!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27611063 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:14:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27578428 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27578428 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:02:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27576957 --
Matt Barlow Rules! Bring him back to Iced Earth! \m/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27576957 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:58:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27574975
More info here: »Re: My home office setup]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27574975 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:05:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27574600 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27574600 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:30:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27570871 --
~Sly
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Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27537744 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:56:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27536814 [att=1]

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Almost finished setup:
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Todo list:
- Add HWIC-1FE (Routed-Port HWIC) to 1841
- Replace raid backup batteries on 2 2950's
- Reconnect Cisco LAB setup and re-add second 3550-48

Spec list:
- 36 Xeon Cores
- 100GB RAM
- 3.3 TB Raw SAS 15K Storage
- 18 TB Raw SATA 7.2K Storage
- 116x 1GB Ports on Core Switch (not used at all but multiple blades for redundancy)
- 8x 1GB iSCSI interconnects
- Full redundant network and power

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What did you use to finish them? It looks similar to the polyurethane material used on my Euphonic Audio speaker cabinets.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27511930 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:52:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27507241 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27507241 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:03:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27506756 --
Matt Barlow Rules! Bring him back to Iced Earth! \m/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27506756 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:38:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27505480
Good job on the new setup!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27505480 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:33:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27505171 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Home-setup-v2-27505171 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:48:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Home-setup-v2-27505090 My home office setup, Version 2 gets a new one.

Doing some updates on my racks. Ended up pulling everything out :D

Getting old stuff out:
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Cable mess left:
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Cleanup:
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New gear in:
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Cabling:
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