Couple of pics from my new NAS and cabinet build, full thread here - http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=243431
It's a 4U case from ebay... can't remember the make. I got it because it was cheap and will take enough drives to last me a fair few years
Back from the dead Not really much to show, but my Hetzner EX8 dedi is now running 27 VMs: Everything that matters is HA and load-balanced, all of the VMs are provisioned using PXE and Puppet
I'm now running a new Server rig, which i'm finding out needs more horse power. Will get some pics of it tomorrow though. Sam
Here is some pics of my recent install. When i transfer my nas from it's current case into the norco i will post pics of the guts. From the top down Linksys WRt54GL (tomato) Sonos Zone Bridge 24port Patch Panel Netgear GS724TP (gigabit POE) Supermicro Case (empty) Norco RPC230 (Empty - Future Nas) Raspberry Pi-B (Phone System) 2TB WD-Live (old backup drive) ADSL v2 Modem Asus 24" monitor Current Nas - 3TB ZFS I will most likely end up removing the Supermicro chassis and installing another rpc 230 for additional drive space.
Xeon E3-1235 Asus P8B WS GSkill RipjawsX 2x4GB DDR3-1333CL7+2x8GB DDR3-1333CL9 Force 3 240GB (in a hotswap cage) 4xWD30EFRX 2xWD20EARS 6xWD20EARX Nanoxia DS1 Seasonic X-460FL IBM M1015 controller Digital Devices CineCT v6 DVB-T/C dual tuner with CI card reader Coolink Corator DS It runs Ubuntu 12.04, on it there is XBMC as a frontend, MythTV (for PVR & LiveTV), Virtualbox with phpVirtuabox (for VM), working remote desktop using xrdp, WHS1-like drive pooling using greyhole and of course a working LAMP setup.
Thats cool, how have you got it set up and configured as im very interested and know nothing about what FreePBX can do
Currently it is configured the following way. 1. Ring group modules is installed 2. Connected to my voip carrier via SIP trunk 3. All of the phones are members of the ring group 4. Cell is a member of the ring group. That way when someone calls my home number not only do all my voip phones ring but so does my cell . Here is a list of hardware i have running. Raspberry Pi running Freepbx 4x Polycom Soundpoint 320 1x Polycom Soundpoint 550 Netgear GS724TP It's pretty straight forward to configure and there are alot of resources out there. Other things you need to do is to make sure you it to use NAT if you are placing it behind a nat firewall. I terms of what freepbx can do it can do alot. There are a ton of addon modules. I would recommend installing some vm software (virtualbox, vmplayer, etc) and download an iso and try it out in a VM. All of the software is free.
Despite my network overhaul thread being idle for a long time, I am still chipping away at work on my home & work network (with plans to rebuild and upgrade the main file server this summer) but I've run into a large roadblock - trying to find somewhere more suitable for a large cabinet than the attic... I need a minimum of 20U, deep enough for 4U ATX cases + patch cables with the door closed (900mm). I'm trying to get a corner of the workshop cleared for one, but they're so deep that it's going to stick out like... Well, a huge data cabinet
did you see my "scalable" rack a few pages back it can be built with 2x4 to any height and depth you want to. I use some small 90-mounting brackets that I put some tape on one of the sides and screw the other side to the 2x4, one on each corner, for each case, so they can be easily removed I can take some pictures of it, but I have let the whole thing become a mess lately, I really need to clean stuff up.. :| Switched to a managed Gigabit Cisco switch since last time the file server has gotten 6 additional 2TB HDDs and one 1,5TB drive died on me, it was running in RAID1, so just got an email saying it had switched to a hot-spare
i've added some "new" stuff that i got from work 1x Dell powerconnect 3348 Layer2 Switch 48 Port 1x IBM System X3250M2 1x IBM System X3650 1x IBM eServer X306
Updated: This is as neat as I can make it. Just replaced two 5 year old 1TB Samsung F1s with two 3TB WD Reds, and the 30GB Kingston SSD with a 256GB Samsung 840. It's a LOOOOOT faster. Massively overpowered but I've maxed out the power efficiency features in the BIOS. HDDs are on a 15 min spin-down - only the SSD is active all the time. i5-2500K - 2 core, No Turbo. Reused from old rig. Max IV Gene-Z - Max power savings in BIOS, all extra hardware disabled. Single, high pressure fan on Titan cooler. Intel Gig LAN also gives better throughput too. Reused hardware also. 1x 4GB DIMM @ 1333 (saves ~3W with 1 DIMM over 2) 2x2TB Seagate Green (mirrored) 2x3TB WD Red (mirrored) - 1 fan cools all 4 HDD, only 2 fans powered in whole system. 256GB Samsung 256GB 650W Corsair PSU - Well over-powered, but at least 80Plus Gold efficiency. I'd love a 460 Fanless Seasonic with Platinum level, but $$$ Lian Li A04 - plenty of room but not easy to hide cables. I've not yet measured the whole system power yet, but the aim is ~25W idle, 70W load. My old system was 100W!
It will be 22-25W at idle - without the hard drives. Unfortunately drives will add few watts extra even in standby. My E3-1235 (Sandy Bridge i7-2600 Xeon equivalent) + 2x4GB RAM + SSD + fans + 80Plus Gold 450 Superflower PSU was taking 22W from the socket.
