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cow116 @ 22nd Mar 02:04AM:
My new baby

This is my new IBM netfinity 5600. 6x9gb scsi hdds and a single 667 p3 currently. 2k3 standard running on it as bacup ADS, DNS,DHCP as well as IIS for my web site. »cowkilla.dyndns.org
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scottymead @ 22nd Mar 06:18AM:
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Looks like a fire hazard :P
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noobfragger @ 22nd Mar 06:16PM:
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A Sexy Fire Hazard :)
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cow116 @ 22nd Mar 06:19PM:
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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 @ 22nd Mar 06:21PM:
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Ok, Will like to see pics after setup/Wire management.
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scottymead @ 22nd Mar 07:17PM:
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LOL
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angryjohn @ 23rd Mar 01:02AM:
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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.

It just isn't worth running old servers anymore.
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tubbynet @ 23rd Mar 03:46PM:
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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... :D

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.

q.
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scrummie02 @ 26th Mar 09:48AM:
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If you're going to run all of those services on one box just run SBS 2008 or SBS 2003.
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cow116 @ 26th Mar 04:16PM:
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i was able to get 2k3 for free from my university they dont offer sbs 2003 or 08 yet.
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Ryan @ 27th Mar 09:26AM:
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Apply here and you can get server 2008 free »https://www.dreamspark.com/
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Thane_Bitter @ 1st Apr 10:15AM:
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Wow - looks like you could use a rack to house all of your equipment. :)
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cow116 @ 1st Apr 12:50PM:
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i really do need one. the two servers plus all my cisco stuff are all rackable. problem is getting my room mate to let me do that lol
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