do you know any web sights that is a basic one on people who run there own servers and what is what and how to do stuff were did you learn by reading books web sights which I really want to get back into computers and would like to build my own server to make thing s easier for my home office and has I said evenly host my own web sight. besides size is physically a server computer built different from a regular every day computer has I said on this gateway i don't know if it was built to be a server or just used has one but built to be a regular computer I know has far has towers go this thing is much higher and I can see how it has spots to put about 8 drives. also any one else have your own network and have any pictures.
Ok, 1U and 4U are just shorthand, to describe the thicknesses of the individual computers and other appliances in a rack. I think, off the top of my head, that 1U represents about 1 3/4" of height. Looking at the rack in the photo, and starting at the bottom... The thin 1U at the bottom is a SuperMicro server, dual PIII 1,000 MHz CPU's, and 1 gig RAM, named supermicro.robertwittig.net. It is home to four websites, robertwittig.com, robertwittig.net, robertwittig.org, and no-friction-cafe.com, and handles email for those four domains. It is running OpenBSD 3.9 operating system. The 1U server above it, is not running... it is a back-up computer, that is configured the same as supermicro.robertwittig.com, and can be put on-line when needed, if/when the main server requires maintenance. The white 4U computer above it is a Desktop machine, running FreeBSD 6.0 at the moment, but with removable hard drive cages, it also runs an OpenBSD Desktop installation. Basically, it is a 'practice box', where I test things before putting them 'live' on a working machine, and for learning and studying things. Above that, sits a small 1U power panel, to protect against power surges. Also, on the floor behind the rack, is a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) so that the servers and other machines can be shut down properly, in the event of a power failure. On top of the power panel, is a 1U Compaq KVM switch, so that I can control the array of computers from a single Keyboard, Video array, and Mouse. Above that, the blue Netgear ethernet hub, to connect all the computers to the Internet... there is a single cable running up to the attic workshop from the DSL modem/router, which is in my office, downstairs, along with my two main computers... this Red Hat machine I am typing on now, and a Windows 2000 Graphics Workstation. Above that, the black 4U machine, is a Windows 2000 file server, and is connected to the Compaq SCSI array. I picked that up, along with about 50 SCSI drives, when the University of Chicago was upgrading their servers last winter, for the cost of carfare down there and back, and the muscle to lug the huge, heavy suitcase-with-wheels across Chicago on public transit in the dead of winter. The Skeletek frame cost me $90.00 on eBay, from a store here in Chicago. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ http://robertwittig.net/ http://robertwittig.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
