datacenter

Hey All, Question for you because it is not making much sense to me, but perhaps I am missing something obvious. My Company is rolling out a new RDC, consisting of multiple racks; each rack will have redundant switches, 48port 10GbE. In talking with Networking, they have provisioned 4x 10GbE...

I watched the video on the Colossus datacenter built in Memphis several months ago. I have a homelab (life long nerd) and I am a career sales engineer (professionally) designing these HVAC systems, so this was a very interesting video. But then I saw the below video a few days ago. It is from...

Just because I like pretty cables... For use on some servers I'll be racking in a co-lo.

22TB+ of DDR3 ECC Server memory for sale in southern Minnesota taken out of running servers this month. 4 to 32GB modules, samsung,hynix,kingston,micron many with dell,hp,ibm stickers. Breakdown in google sheet. Offers welcome, but i cant just give it away. Working on listing what i have for...

Hi there, i have these 2 similar units that I dont use, nor do i intend to use them at home :) maybe somebody in here would be interested. The units comes without any modules beside the 2* PSU and 4 fans in the rear. (Management and interface modules is needed) My selling price is: 150 each...

Hi there, i have recently aquired a couple of these badboys. The router itself is included with two PSU's, and missing the management module. they are from a former datacenter, that has turned the key. Shipping is possible in europe and costs around 230 USD. Local pickup in Denmark is also...

According to german it news site Golem and their source Intel bids 6billion $ for Mellanox. Sources: Intel Among Bidders for Chipmaker Mellanox - CTech Rechenzentren: Intel bietet wohl 6 Milliarden Dollar für Mellanox - Golem.de (German) I'm wondering what will happen if Mellanox accepts the...

Hi, I've created a Storage pool containing 6 SATA disks connected directly to ports in my motherboard. I decided on a 3-column, two-way Mirror of and creating a simple volume (basically just wanted a resilient NAS Server with fast sequential R/W speed capable of theoretically coming close to...

I saw @Patrick response in another thread & I thought, wow, he brings up some great thoughts. @Patrick can you expand on your "colo to be abs breeze" bullets? I'm looking to make the move to a colo, but I keep asking myself "how do I manage all the assets", "are there tools that can make my...

I've got two APC8641 PDUs. These were in use for a little over two years as A/B power in a datacenter. They are 200/208V power, can be networked, and over the network you can monitor and power on/off each outlet. Currently located in the eastern US. Official Product Specs My eBay Profile...

Intel S3500 80 GB,Internal, 2.5" (SSDSC2BB080G401) SSD At time of posting, 8 available :)