Astronomer Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) What? You were expecting pictures of something else? I installed 3 additions to the rack over the past week: a new 24 port Gigabit switch up top, a new-to-me HP DL360 rack server, and a second Liebert UPS, also new-to-me. The Liebert is the second one from the bottom. The DL-360 came with 3x 15k 146Gb SAS drives. One was bad and I tossed it, the other I'll keep as a spare. The server is running SOPHOS home UTM (Unified Threat Management), so one drive is enough. If it dies, I can be up and running again in a half-hour. It's my router, wireless controller, firewall, spam/malware/virus scanner and more. I've added a firewall rule to block ad-servers before any browsers can see them (it blocks those pesky ads on web pages). I have several hundred site addresses loaded in from from 2 large up-to-date files I found on the Web. The home version is actually their full enterprise version with all features enabled. And it's FREE. It will manage up to 50 end-points and 12+2 users (the license says 12, but you have "grace" coverage for 2 more). The big HP ML350 on the bottom has 10 drives and is running Ubuntu Linux Server. It's my shared file server, media server, Apache Web server, OwnCloud Server, FTP server, and soon to be TeamSpeak3 server, plus a couple of other things that I'm looking into. The one above it has 16Gb RAM and is my VMWare virtual server. I had 3 servers running on it full-time, but I consolidated their services onto the Ubuntu machine. For now, I use it for testing configurations on my existing servers and for trying out new things. As I mentioned in a previous post, I work for an IT company, and occasionally we get gear back when their leases expire, usually after 3 years. I've only sunk $250-$300 of my own money into it. The rack unit, 2 ML350's, bottom battery, and monitor cost me $0. The DL-360 and 2nd Liebert UPS cost me a $150 donation to the company charity committee. I bought the switch and cabling. Once I buy a couple of longer cables this week I'll tidy up all of the cabling so it looks nice and neat. The black power cord in the back right goes over to my work bench, otherwise there'd be no power cables visible. Edited January 26, 2014 by Astronomer LordOfChaos, Belted, hxtr and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WldPenguin Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 2995 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 181 Topic Count: 692 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 4450 Content Per Day: 0.98 Reputation: 6789 Achievement Points: 48668 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 68 Joined: 11/17/11 Status: Online Last Seen: 8 minutes ago Birthday: 02/13/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 26, 2014 Oh, I knew EXACTLY what you were talking about! Damage_inc-, TBC_Shaggy, Scoarch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Looks like they set the nipples a little low. Belted and Astronomer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.07 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted January 26, 2014 I suppose bigger is better. More to play with. Belted and Astronomer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted January 27, 2014 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.36 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted January 27, 2014 dam u made me look Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WldPenguin Posted January 27, 2014 Member ID: 2995 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 181 Topic Count: 692 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 4450 Content Per Day: 0.98 Reputation: 6789 Achievement Points: 48668 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 68 Joined: 11/17/11 Status: Online Last Seen: 8 minutes ago Birthday: 02/13/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 27, 2014 In fact, I have a pretty nice rack myself..... TBC_Shaggy, Damage_inc-, Astronomer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LordOfChaos Posted January 27, 2014 Member ID: 3174 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 100 Topic Count: 78 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 1645 Achievement Points: 17423 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/03/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 27, 2017 Birthday: 07/24/1957 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) In fact, I have a pretty nice rack myself..... at least YOU got it right.. lol @Astronomer you geek! Edited January 27, 2014 by LordOfChaos Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astronomer Posted January 27, 2014 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 In fact, I have a pretty nice rack myself..... Welll...uhhhh...I showed mine... hxtr and LordOfChaos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted January 27, 2014 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4479 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3643 Achievement Points: 36581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 27, 2014 Good show-n-tell Astro my rolling server still in build mode, got free from scrap yard it's the hated computer beige color will paint this summer Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted January 28, 2014 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Can't wait to see the final product, KaptCrunch. I'd love to see pictures of other folk's rigs, mods, and racks. I'm a gear-head and an enthusiast, so I'm always interested in this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
1lost1 Posted January 28, 2014 Member ID: 938 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 602 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 339 Achievement Points: 4774 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8 Birthday: 08/28/1972 Device: iPhone Share Posted January 28, 2014 show us your RACK Penguin...OH Isn't that another forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
1lkysob Posted January 31, 2014 Member ID: 6059 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 60 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 37 Achievement Points: 521 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/17/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 24 Device: Windows Share Posted January 31, 2014 rather see penguins rack myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted January 31, 2014 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 31, 2014 Nice Rack Astronomer. Them are the server XI plays on right? Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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