Hy all,
My new Home server 4:
Build’s Name: Home server 4
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Host: Linux Debian 8.0 "Jessie" + others OS in KVM VMs (Windows, Linux, ...)
CPU: Xeon D-1518 (4c/8T , 2.2 Ghz, 35W TDP)
Motherboard: SM X10SDV-4C-TLN4F
Chassis: Antec Solo 1 (recycling from my old server 3)
Drives: 1 x SSD Intel X25-V 40 GB for the host (recycling from my old server 3) and 3 x WD RED 5 To WD50EFRX (RAID5) for others datas.
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 ECC (2x Kingston 8GB KVR21R15S4/8HA)
Add-in Cards: IBM ServeRAID M5110 PCI-E + 512MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
Power Supply: Seasonic G-360 80Plus Gold (recycling from my old server 3)
Other Bits: APC Back-UPS Pro 900. And none for the moment (I plan to buy a rack latest this year to put all my server and networking in subsoil instead of my home office. But I need to do some cabling in my house before)
Other information: This new home server is up since two months yet. Storage, medias, VMs, dhcp-dns and others are on it.
It replace my old Home Server 3 build in end of 2006 (core2duo 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5B-V, 2 GB RAM, 3ware 9590SE RAID card and 4 x 500 GB WD RE2 disks + one 2 TB disk). Too slow now, and difficult to upgrade (8GB max memory, 2 TB max per disk supported on the raid card, no virtualization instructions, etc). No major problem with this server in 9 years, except one disk died (after ~55000 hours) and one Antec NeoHE 380 Power supply (~48000 hours).
Yes, already 4 home server in my life (home server 1: Pentium 120 in 2001 and home server 2: Pentium II 333 in 2004 are gone now)
First goal for my new Home Server 4 was to reduce power consumption (at idle: 63w now with my switch Netgear GS108T). (112W for my old Home Server 3). Power are more and more expensive now. Others goals: little better performance and virtualization (vt-d, sr-iov).
For the future: I'm very interested in to buy high capacity 2.5" disks drives to again reduce power (example: 4x 4TB 2.5" would be perfect or big SSD if it cost less). 2.5" drive use less power. And also buy a new switch with at least two 10GB ports)
For my backup, I have an old computer with a Q-logic FC card connected to a DS4700 (16 x 300 GB FC). Recycling from my work. Powered once a month to do backup. I also have two 2,5" 2TB USB disk drive for my very importants datas out of my home.
Thanks for reading.
My new Home server 4:
Build’s Name: Home server 4
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Host: Linux Debian 8.0 "Jessie" + others OS in KVM VMs (Windows, Linux, ...)
CPU: Xeon D-1518 (4c/8T , 2.2 Ghz, 35W TDP)
Motherboard: SM X10SDV-4C-TLN4F
Chassis: Antec Solo 1 (recycling from my old server 3)
Drives: 1 x SSD Intel X25-V 40 GB for the host (recycling from my old server 3) and 3 x WD RED 5 To WD50EFRX (RAID5) for others datas.
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 ECC (2x Kingston 8GB KVR21R15S4/8HA)
Add-in Cards: IBM ServeRAID M5110 PCI-E + 512MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
Power Supply: Seasonic G-360 80Plus Gold (recycling from my old server 3)
Other Bits: APC Back-UPS Pro 900. And none for the moment (I plan to buy a rack latest this year to put all my server and networking in subsoil instead of my home office. But I need to do some cabling in my house before)
Other information: This new home server is up since two months yet. Storage, medias, VMs, dhcp-dns and others are on it.
It replace my old Home Server 3 build in end of 2006 (core2duo 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5B-V, 2 GB RAM, 3ware 9590SE RAID card and 4 x 500 GB WD RE2 disks + one 2 TB disk). Too slow now, and difficult to upgrade (8GB max memory, 2 TB max per disk supported on the raid card, no virtualization instructions, etc). No major problem with this server in 9 years, except one disk died (after ~55000 hours) and one Antec NeoHE 380 Power supply (~48000 hours).
Yes, already 4 home server in my life (home server 1: Pentium 120 in 2001 and home server 2: Pentium II 333 in 2004 are gone now)
First goal for my new Home Server 4 was to reduce power consumption (at idle: 63w now with my switch Netgear GS108T). (112W for my old Home Server 3). Power are more and more expensive now. Others goals: little better performance and virtualization (vt-d, sr-iov).
For the future: I'm very interested in to buy high capacity 2.5" disks drives to again reduce power (example: 4x 4TB 2.5" would be perfect or big SSD if it cost less). 2.5" drive use less power. And also buy a new switch with at least two 10GB ports)
For my backup, I have an old computer with a Q-logic FC card connected to a DS4700 (16 x 300 GB FC). Recycling from my work. Powered once a month to do backup. I also have two 2,5" 2TB USB disk drive for my very importants datas out of my home.
Thanks for reading.