Server Closet

[whetu]

*random thread*

Here's a couple o piccys of the flat's server closet.

From the top, the monitor and keyboard that are used on occasion, they are hooked up to either the server or the smoothwall box for whatever reason...

Then we have a 24port Bay Networks Rack-Mountable 10mbit switch, courtesy of mr SilverPriest.

Moving down we can see the bluebox, that is the Smoothie, running a P166mmx @ 280MHz (w00t for asus mobos!) with 64meg o ram and a 2gig seagate hdd.

In the beercrate is the flat domain server, does domain tasks, dhcp, all the authentication etc and also serves common install files on networked drives. It's another Asus mobo with a celery 450 and 256meg of ram, running NT4 Server. It has a 2gig and a 4gig seagate drives installed.

[whetu]

dont tell the landlord about this though ;) yours truely went crawling under the house feeding cables all over the place so that we each have a jackpoint in each room... nice and tidy that way

[whetu]

and finally a close up of the server. Any questions?

[Gremlin]

That switch looks huge ! I thought mine was big until I saw yours ... there such a thing as switch envy ? heh

http://www.kiwibloke.com/snitz/switch1.jpg

[whetu]

LOL do you feel inadequate now ;) you know what they say about a guy with a big switch :D

[whetu]

oh a pic

[Gremlin]

Yes ! I'm feeling terribly inadequate now, even if I put both my switches together it doesn't come close to that whopper of yours !

[[H]arls]

:eek:

Thats one big-ass switch. Have you ever pulled it apart to see whats inside it? Like, is it mostly empty space or all heatsinks?

I want your server case. It has good airflow, is easy to carry to LANs, its even got that nice wood look to it. Serious modding potential there. ;) :D

[whetu]

Originally posted by [H]arls
Thats one big-ass switch. Have you ever pulled it apart to see whats inside it? Like, is it mostly empty space or all heatsinks?
Yes I've been inside it.. you see, to keep it cold the manufacturers installed a pair of 92mm fans.. fine and dandy right.. ok.. the fans are made by delta electronics.. nuff said.

a couple of resistors and they are down to 8v and still pushing a SHEZAAAAATLOAD of air :D The switch used to reside in my bedroom.. I cut back a WHOLE lot of noise when i moved all the server gear into the closet.. mainly older HDD motor whine in there these days though...

It is mainly unused space... just space for expansion modules (eg more ports) a largish mobo section and a psu section

[KingJackal]

My network is even more of a waste.

2 machines and a router ( soon to be 3 machines and a router once I get an old socket-A mobo and RAM (http://forums.overclockers.co.nz/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3032) ;) ;) ).

...on a 16-port 100Mb switch. With a 32-port 100Mb switch in reserve. Heh - SerN must have a similar setup with his 32 as well.... :D

Still, even that won't come CLOSE to comparing to Warp's setup if we ever get the prototype AT gear working for LANs!! ( I'm talking 300+ 100Mb ports all at full speed to one p[H]at-ass backbone )

BTW - and NO CISCO GEAR!! Mwhahahahaaaa....
( students, cant afford :rolleyes: )

[fraz]

is that beer crate mobo the one you still owe me $20 for??:p

[whetu]

*thinks*

nup.. that mobo currently resides in the mp3 box in the lounge that cranks the tunes for playing pool to...

I could have sworn I purchased you a box o tui at A3 to pay for that thing???

[fraz]

yea, i think you did.
i think i drunk it all at once, maybee that explains why i dont remember it:D

[Techie]

KJ is right about big switches...

I have been working with mirage for a while on this and i think it goes on the equinox site sometime next week.

For equinox there will be

http://www.at-nz.co.nz/products/images/Switchblade3.jpg

and 32 * 24 port 8000 series switches with a 2 * 1000Mbit uplink per switch

Please see for more info.
http://www.at-nz.co.nz/equinox/index.html

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Techie
KJ is right about big switches...

I have been working with mirage for a while on this and i think it goes on the equinox site sometime next week.

For equinox there will be

http://www.at-nz.co.nz/products/images/Switchblade3.jpg

and 32 * 24 port 8000 series switches with a 2 * 1000Mbit uplink per switch

Please see for more info.
http://www.at-nz.co.nz/equinox/index.html

*drools profusely*

Awww dang, now I gotta go :D....

BTW, are you using a chasis that's half-empty, or is that picture 'indicative only'?

*drools profusely*

You'll only get what, 384 or so 100Mb ports off a full chasis? So are you using TWO? OMG, what sort of monstor-mofo backbone would that need? :eek: :eek: 10G?

*drools profusely*

Or are you using a chassis as a backbone, full of 1G blades linked out to the *cough* smaller *cough* switches? Mmmm - oooo, that would have so many purty LED's.... :p Man, blades AND claymores? So is this the ub3r-AT-smackdown or something? :D

Excuse me... I think I have to go spit....

[cadmax]

Originally posted by Techie
KJ is right about big switches...

I have been working with mirage for a while on this and i think it goes on the equinox site sometime next week.

For equinox there will be

http://www.at-nz.co.nz/products/images/Switchblade3.jpg

and 32 * 24 port 8000 series switches with a 2 * 1000Mbit uplink per switch

Please see for more info.
http://www.at-nz.co.nz/equinox/index.html

nice switch :D
(looks at his 4 port)
i think i need a bigger switch,
that does that cost (in parts)?

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by cadmax
nice switch :D
(looks at his 4 port)
i think i need a bigger switch,
that does that cost (in parts)?

The above setup will cost you ( in parts ):

1x liver
2x kidneys
5x lungs
1x soul


.....but it's gotta be SO worth it!! :D :D

[DiscoStu]

Don't forget a pancreas.

They are big ticket items at the moment.

[Techie]

The switch info is avalible on the site

http://www.at-nz.co.nz/products/switchblade.html

The Switchblade 4008
Slots 8
Maximum Gbit ports 64
Maximum 10/100 ports 384
Non blocking Throughput 128 Gbit per sec
Routed/Switching Capacity 96 Mpps
Height 15U
Wirespeed Layer 2 Yes
Wirespeed Layer 3/4+ Yes

The Switchblade 4004
is basicly half of the above values.
http://www.at-nz.co.nz/products/images/switchblade_4_slot.jpg

I cant say how much the switch is worth becuase it is on a project by project basis.

The switchblade is going at least 32-40 Gig ports for all the "desktop" switches to connect into.
It will have one blade with a 48port card for the servers to plug in.
The desktop switches has 24 * 10/100 port and 2 * gig ports.
1 is to link into the switchblade the other is doing nothing.

The "desktop" switches are very fast and can forward packets at 6.5Mpps with a 9.6 gig backplane.

The total for the network is 32 * 2 * 1Gbit + 9.6 * 32 = around 284 Gbit of non blocking throughput...

There is a claymore etc and there as spares.

The switchblade was designed in chch and is a impressive box not only is speed but in features.
But now i sound like a sales man so i will go play with a claymore and some switches and learn more about network classifiers etc... :)

Cheers,
Techie

[NTBlowz]

That switch is small compare to this one :D

http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0210/imgs/WPC2002-RARITAN001.jpg

[Techie]

That is very impressive!

The mind boggles at how many keyboards, mice and monitors that could control.

Cheers,
Techie

[mird-OC]

HOLY MOTHER OF ****! :eek:

[-DC-]

Originally posted by NTBlowz
That switch is small compare to this one :D

http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0210/imgs/WPC2002-RARITAN001.jpg

@#$%!~ :eek:

[cadmax]

Originally posted by mird-OC
HOLY MOTHER OF ****! :eek:

[[H]arls]

Pssh, you think thats big? You should see the one I got out in the shed.


;) :D

[SilverPriest]

Don't listen to [H]arls.
He just kidnapped 200 students, chucked them in his shed, and makes them pass the ones and zeroes manually to lots of different screens and keyboards.
Sure it's slow, but [H]arls is just an old fashioned guy :D
*ducks*

[Gremlin]

Originally posted by [H]arls
Pssh, you think thats big? You should see the one I got out in the shed.


;) :D

hmmm are we still talking about KVM's here ??? :rolleyes:

[[H]arls]

Silver shhhh! If they find out I'll have to give them back, and 200 kids arent easy to borrow without someone getting suspicious! Its not like the russian adoption people are going to trust me again... :p

[whetu]

new layout

[whetu]

smoothwall box on top of the switch

[whetu]

and finally your favourite hub and mine :rolleyes:

[sparkles]

ahhh, the source of so much downloady goodness....

*wipes tear from eye*

[soven]

./sheds a tear

its been long since I last saw my stingray

[whetu]

and an old pic of me at work

[SecretSquirrel]

hahah that last pic looks like its 4am, you've been woken by a dozen ocnz goons yelling "teh hub si borkehd!" and so you're doing your r-lo impersonation and forsaking comfort for us!

[Method]

I think i found your problem mate ;)

[Method]

:rolleyes:

[shag]

Ahhh home sweet home ;)

[Wibber]

rofl.. wd

[cadmax]

lol :p

nice dark places :D

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

Originally posted by shag
Ahhh home sweet home ;)

OMG I don't think I've laughed that hard since I last laughed really really hard :p

[sparkles]

god damn that's awesome shag!

perhaps that explains why whetu was looking so tired as well.... :p

[whetu]

BUMP!

New flat and no server closet this time.. this time it's a dedicated server room

And what better way to celebrate that than with a rack, courtesy of Mr Septic12

old BAD:

[whetu]

new GOOD!

[max]

Damn, thats what I want. They are hard to get cheap locally:(
You find a cheap one its in a place like auckland or something.
Looks good:)

[Wibber]

thats a cabinet you fvctard :P

[Tiggerz]

Thats what I thought. First of all assumed it was a rack with a sound proof cage. But it does look like a cab.

I want one of those 1U racks (12 shelf) that have the nice smoked glass surrounds and the glass door. Kind of like a smoked glass version of the tardis.

[Wibber]

thats a cabinet too :P

[SledgY]

So when does the "Post your server cabnet" thread start? :rolleyes:

[fatsanchez]

Originally posted by whetu
Sun goodness lurking on lower shelf

Specs (and price ;) ) plz, unless you've gutted the poor thing and replaced its godlike internals with nasty nasty x86 bits :eek:

[whetu]

Originally posted by Wibber
thats a cabinet you fvctard :P

Not sure who you're talking to here... if of course you are talking to me I was implying cabinet when I said the word "rack" eg "rack cabinet". If I say rack, that's what I mean. I dont use the term rack to describe any equipment that would go into the cabinet... I wouldnt call a "cable management bar" a "rack." As for the cases, they're "rack cases." Rack shelves, rackmountable wopbopaloobop.. the list goes on.

A rack is something you use to hold or store things with ("A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles" -Dictionary.com)eg shoe rack, milk rack (boobies!), cd rack etc etc so technically I was right :rolleyes:

Now follow me on this one... you could use a rack to hold/hang/display equipment and cables could you not? Therefore, whether or not it's an open rack (what I think you're thinking of) or a rack cabinet is irrelevant. They're both racks, and both usages of the term are correct.

To continue this diatribe on what Sledgy said, "server cabinet" is too specific. This rack cabinet doesnt have to be used exclusively for server equipment. Right now it's mostly taken up by network switches and cable management.. therefore if anything it's a "telecommunications/data equipment rack cabinet" BUT it could also be used for music equipment. Would that still make it a "server cabinet"?

Nope. It's a rack cabinet, or "rack" for short.

Me? Pedantic? Noooooooo never ;)

Sanchez.. just a standard sparcstation 5 afaik.. the monitor was really nice.. pity it was only used for cli...

[dorky]

looks all good, that cabinet rack thingy is sexy!!

[mird-OC]

Horses for courses. Impartial mediation:

whetu: -3 points for referring to a cabinet as a rack, leaving a far too tempting opening for a pedantic ****wad to specify correction.

Wibber: -10 points for being a pedantic ****wad.

[imdying]

phat ride ra... I'm jealous now :D

[Wibber]

... it was a joke, hence the use of the ":P" and the term "fvckwad"


as an aside I nearly bought one on turners online for $10, I waited till the end of the auction to lpace a bid.

then I had to spend 5 min entering my credit card detials :mad:

[whetu]

Originally posted by Wibber
... it was a joke, hence the use of the ":P" and the term "fvckwad"

I know, hence the smileys in my post... but as neil martin says "it's the putting right that counts" :p

[sparkles]

did someone say boobies?

[Growly]

Your switch is bigger than mine....

[Growly]

Word.

Kinda off topic, but anyone got a full sized 19" rack I can have?

[-NiBbLeT-]

Comforting to see I'm not the only one; the uber 1337 whetu also uses a POS 'Hyena' case :D :cool:

[whetu]

thanks for the ego stroking, but it's not mine.. it's Redevil's linux server. The sun box is an SQL server and we had the two dishing up a website. Now that said website is hosted by kiwihosting (w00t gremlin!) there's no need for the linux and sun boxes to sit there, so redevil has taken them back to play with...

In other news, Selling your home? Can you spot the problem with this internet real estate advertisement?
http://www.btinternet.com/~crillboy/property_morephotos.cfm.htm

hint: look out the window :D

[-NiBbLeT-]

Real estates really gone to the dogs these days.... :(

[whetu]

Originally posted by Growly
Word.

Kinda off topic, but anyone got a full sized 19" rack I can have?

There were a couple on tardme for about 80 bucks... failing that, if you feel like going for a cruise up to auckland, I'm sure there's a fellow OCNZ'r who could hook you up...

[neoprint]

Originally posted by whetu

In other news, Selling your home? Can you spot the problem with this internet real estate advertisement?



EL-OH-EL

:D

[RobbyW]

haha i didnt bother to click on the link, but if its the same one that got pointed out to me a few weeks back, its actually a fake site....