cow116
Cisco Kid
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join:2003-03-10
Indianapolis, IN
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Re: My new baby
the fire hazard is only part of your imagination. the cables and what not was just there as part of the setup process.
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noobfragger
join:2008-01-16
Elk Grove, CA | Ok, Will like to see pics after setup/Wire management. |
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scottymead
join:2007-07-29
Spokane, WA | reply to cow116
LOL |
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angryjohn
join:2004-11-05
Chicago, IL
| You have to pay for power for all that stuff. I mean its fun to learn and all, but it gets expensive (and loud) to have all that rack mount gear at home.
I used to be that way when I worked help desk, but I now have enough servers at work to keep me busy constantly that I don't really want to maintain more at home.
I have thought about getting 1 box and virtualizing a bunch of stuff as a testbed.
But really, why run such a power hungry and old server? We're decommissioning servers newer than that at work right now due to power usage. That is so much electricity for a small number of mhz. We virtualize 10 of those on a single box right now.
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tubbynet
reminds me of the danse russe
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Chandler, AZ
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| said by angryjohn  :You have to pay for power for all that stuff. I mean its fun to learn and all, but it gets expensive (and loud) to have all that rack mount gear at home. unless you have a case of not-my-bill syndrome... 
the only issue is the price point to entry. i used to have a lot of boxen because its all i could ever afford. once i managed to glean something that could run esxi on the cheap, i was in business. have one dl360g5 running all of my vms. managed to upgrade the hdd's on the 360 so i could remove my openfiler target. much smoother and removed about $40/month from my bill after everything was virtualized.
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