Jeremy Mann wrote: > I think the question is, "why not?"
heh... you stole my line ;-) Actually, what happened is we were having issues with an old backup server that disrupted a couple of meetings - so we were looking for a replacement. This server was offered to us for a price we couldn't ignore... In reality, though, normally we would've ended up getting a dual processor / dual core box with slightly less options - a standard poweredge. ($2Kish) Basically this will be a general purpose server with duties ranging from bridging/venueserving to streaming, jabber server - whatever we are up to at the moment. The most use it will probably ever get is when we start using it to bridge DV/HD streams. Ultimately, we will probably never come near using all of the resources. Cheers, Todd > > On 7/20/07, Derek Piper <dcpi...@indiana.edu> wrote: >> >> Okay, since noone else has asked, I feel I have to .. 'Why?' >> :) .. what >> else are you using this machine for? >> You could do some cool virtualization with it .. I guess I >> have that on >> my mind since I'm looking at Xen for a project here... probably using a >> similar spec'd machine to yours. >> >> Derek >> >> Todd Zimmerman wrote: >> > Todd Zimmerman wrote: >> >> Jeremy Mann wrote: >> >>> I'd like to take a consensus of what hardware and operating systems >> >>> people are using to host their own Venue servers. >> >> >> >> And the winner of the 'Most Ridiculously Overpowered >> Venueserver/Bridgeserver" is - our new server! >> >> >> >> Its a Dell PowerEdge 1950: >> >> >> >> Dual Quad-Core Xeon 2.66GHZ processors (w/ 2x4MB cache each) >> >> 8GB 667MHZ Memory >> >> Dual SAS 300G 10k HDD (Raid 1) >> >> Dual GB Ethernet >> >> Redundant power supply, 24X CDRW/DVD.... >> >> >> > >> > Forgot to mention... we're running Fedora 7 - AG3.1beta. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Todd >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu - (812) 855 5560 >> IU Molecular Structure Center, A421C, Chemistry >> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana >> >>
