Currently going through a major overhaul of my home hardware. I got a few C6100's and a couple of DL180 G6's on the way (Thanks STH!)
For the last few months I've been trying to reduce the amount of hydro and heat my home rack consumes. At it's peak I was pulling about 23A (two dedicated 120V/15A circuits) on the rack + another 7A on cooling.
I've gone through a lot of hardware changes over the years. Started with Dell PowerEdge 1750/2850's. A lot of custom built 4U boxes (cause they were cheap). Gradually moved to Dell PE2950's. Once the Dell R710's started coming down in price I started selling the 2950s and started upgrading. I couldn't believe how much quieter the R710's were over the 2950s. Although, the worst server of all was the 1750 as it was a horrible screamer. Could hear the fans pretty much throughout the house. Wife was glad when that server was gone.
I typically upgrade year round whenever I find deals on hardware. Recently I ran into some C6100's on Kijiji, way overpriced, asking was $2200, but I started digging around which led me to this site. I'm hoping that by the time I'm done my power draw will be reduce to 1/2 of what I was running before this upgrade cycle.
That being said, here's my current config:
Core Switch (Force10 S50) / 48 Port
4x R710 (2x ESXi, 1xHyper-V 2012, 1xNexentaStor + MD1000). The R710 running Nexentastor has been modded to accept a 2.5" HDD in the DVD-Rom slot (SSD Cache drive).
Also my Norco 20 Bay case which is my Media server (8x2TB + 12x1TB drives). Currently running X3400 series Xeon hardware and NexentaStor.
Not shown is another DL160 G6 which is paired to another MD1000 acting as a backup server.
The whole rack is backed up via 2x1500 APC SmartUPS (2U each). Each UPS is powered via external 2x12V Deep Cycle batteries. During power failures the 2 battery banks provide enough power to run the rack for 2-3 hours depending on the load.
"Telco Rack"
2xCable Internet (150/10 each). Modified Watchguard x750e running pfSense 2.0. Dell 5324 switch connecting the whole house.
I'm running additional hardware at two data centers. One of them is a private Half-Rack, the other one is a shared full rack. I'll post some pics of that soon plus some pics of my home office.
For the last few months I've been trying to reduce the amount of hydro and heat my home rack consumes. At it's peak I was pulling about 23A (two dedicated 120V/15A circuits) on the rack + another 7A on cooling.
I've gone through a lot of hardware changes over the years. Started with Dell PowerEdge 1750/2850's. A lot of custom built 4U boxes (cause they were cheap). Gradually moved to Dell PE2950's. Once the Dell R710's started coming down in price I started selling the 2950s and started upgrading. I couldn't believe how much quieter the R710's were over the 2950s. Although, the worst server of all was the 1750 as it was a horrible screamer. Could hear the fans pretty much throughout the house. Wife was glad when that server was gone.
I typically upgrade year round whenever I find deals on hardware. Recently I ran into some C6100's on Kijiji, way overpriced, asking was $2200, but I started digging around which led me to this site. I'm hoping that by the time I'm done my power draw will be reduce to 1/2 of what I was running before this upgrade cycle.
That being said, here's my current config:
Core Switch (Force10 S50) / 48 Port
4x R710 (2x ESXi, 1xHyper-V 2012, 1xNexentaStor + MD1000). The R710 running Nexentastor has been modded to accept a 2.5" HDD in the DVD-Rom slot (SSD Cache drive).
Also my Norco 20 Bay case which is my Media server (8x2TB + 12x1TB drives). Currently running X3400 series Xeon hardware and NexentaStor.
Not shown is another DL160 G6 which is paired to another MD1000 acting as a backup server.
The whole rack is backed up via 2x1500 APC SmartUPS (2U each). Each UPS is powered via external 2x12V Deep Cycle batteries. During power failures the 2 battery banks provide enough power to run the rack for 2-3 hours depending on the load.
"Telco Rack"
2xCable Internet (150/10 each). Modified Watchguard x750e running pfSense 2.0. Dell 5324 switch connecting the whole house.
I'm running additional hardware at two data centers. One of them is a private Half-Rack, the other one is a shared full rack. I'll post some pics of that soon plus some pics of my home office.
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