My Home Server rack
Posted on 16 July 2010 by Abidoon
Servers and switches. 2x HP Proliant DL320 — 1x 2.4GHZ, 2GB ecc ram, 2x 80GB Raid 1. (Firewall + 1 Spare) 1x Intel server — Core2 Q6600 2.6GHZ, 4GB ecc ram DDR2, 2x 1.5TB raid 1. (VMWare ESXI 4) 1x Dell Poweredge 2550 — 2x 1400Mhz, 2GB ecc ram, 4x 36GB SCSI3 (Windows 2003) 1x HP Proliant ML570 — 4x 3GHZ, 8GB ecc ram, 4x 36GB,3x 18GB, 1x9GB SCSI3 (VMware) 1x 3Com SW4924-3 Gigbit switch 1x APC 2 VMware servers running linux and Windows. 2x Windows Server Enterprise 2008 1x Windows Server Standard 2003 3x CentOS 5.4 Check my website: blog.exqua.nl for more info about my servers.
@farthestkris True.
@TheMuffinManshow better overkill than under kill
Lol, all i have is my router, and a file server. yours is a little overkill.
@pinguinokde
For all kind of things. fileserver, back-up server, mailserver, vmware test servers and lots more.
@Jaymn2589
Nice cables and setup.
The green color looks nice m8
Cool setup check mine its more what you would see residential vs. home business
@donnyab yea i have a rackable systems server a simple USB plug in cd drive worked for me i love installing the OS on those so easy to do…im still trying to figure out how to do it on my Poweredge 1750 ive been trying for a month
For what are you using all that at home?
@donnyab you can use a usb drive google “win to flash” it’s easy
@donnyab
Everything is possible, but fix a cd drive and install vmware.
Hey can I ask you a question – trying to set up some websites/thinking of using two or three rackmounts from Rackable Systems….BUT there are no cd/dvd drives on these systems so how do I install the OSs – maybe a network install is that possible before I install the OS ???
@ycats1000 oh yeah, nice. i’m using a virtual machine on my laptop, for my video tutorials, and an old acer desktop as the real server, both running win 2k3 enterprise. i’m looking into upgrading to a proper server though, once i get my macbook.
@techkra most people do it for study, it’s cheap to set up, and lets you install all sorts of configurations and networks, webservers, virtual machines etc
i got a VOIP phone system going on a crappy old DELL rack i got for almost nothing-
as napoleon said, study teaches you about the past, but experience prepares you for the future-
Nice Rack!
Where did u get the rack from?
Im going to buy 4 Dell servers off of a company that went dead for 50$ Each!
YAY Cant wait all i need now is a rack!
Whats the song?
7. Gameserver (CentOS 5.4) with hppd, ssl and MySQL for the game server control panel. <- testing server for 1000FPS cs 1.6. This one is going to EvoSwitch datacenter if its ready.
8. virus test server. (Win 7 32bits)
9. Linux test server (CentOS 5.4)
Well, i have 9 servers at the moment.
1. Firewall and proxy server. (CentOS 5.4 with iptables and squid)
2. Windows server 2003 (AD)
3. DNS, DHCP VPN (CentOS 5.4)
4. Back-up server 2x 1.5 TB raid 1 (Windows server 2008 enterprise)
5. File server (Windows server 2003)
6. Mail scanner (Linux ESVA)
Hey, What do you use your server/s for? They are for the home, but what’s the purpose of having so much equipment? I’m not having a go or anything, just curious, that’s all:)
You can stack the switches in the house.
This is the switch where all the other switches comes together. check out the 3com management software.
whats the function off (labeled)”core switch 1″?
Thanks m8, doing my best
looks awesome!