Friends of mine recently bought a large traditionally-designed house.
The former servant's quarters are now the server room.
On 8/16/2011 6:17 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote:
On 08/16/2011 03:28 PM, William Warren wrote:
On 8/12/2011 7:28 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote:
Hey all,
I have one rack of stuff..:)
Not Enough! We will be removing you now from the list that is. :)
I then have my tower(custom build) and ups
On 8/12/2011 7:28 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote:
Hey all,
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
I've got the following:
Production rack (4 post AV rack)
From
On 08/16/2011 03:28 PM, William Warren wrote:
On 8/12/2011 7:28 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote:
Hey all,
I have one rack of stuff..:)
Not Enough! We will be removing you now from the list that is. :)
I then have my tower(custom build) and ups on another shelf.
What kind of UPS? Seems most
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Charles N Wyble
char...@knownelement.com wrote:
What kind of UPS? Seems most here prefer APC. Perhaps that's a topic for
another thread...
I can usually get used APC SmartUPSes on the cheap. When the batteries
go bad or are removed, they play dead. They don't
In a message written on Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 05:17:09PM -0500, Charles N Wyble
wrote:
What kind of UPS? Seems most here prefer APC. Perhaps that's a topic for
another thread...
If you want products available at the local big box retailer APC
is pretty much the only quality choice. If you're
All the actual EE's I know are most impressed with the PowerWare (now
Eaton Power) designs. For insance their 5110 is a line-interactive
design built with quality components. The last I looked APC did not
have a line-interactive design in this price range; they were all the
standby design.
In a message written on Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:07:15PM -0400, Alex Rubenstein
wrote:
Most EE's don't deal with day to day operations of datacenters.
We have been a long time (14 years) user of Exide / Powerware / Invensys /
Eaton UPS systems. I have many 9315 and 9395's, ranging from 80
On 2011-08-16 20:07, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
All the actual EE's I know are most impressed with the PowerWare (now
Eaton Power) designs.
Most EE's don't deal with day to day operations of datacenters.
That may be, but I can personally attest that they're often consulted
when UPSes for
On 8/13/11 4:01 AM, Alexander Harrowell wrote:
Anyone got experience with XBMC and similar linux media centre tools running on
tablet or netbook class hardware? I like the idea of using a couple of el
cheapo Android tablets with decent external speakers as music/video/TV/phone
terminals,
Leo,
Why? Unless you live in a HUGE house, you can do 10GE over copper to
all rooms. Copper is infinately easier to run and terminate.
Because you need optical so that you can run the feed into the backup
servers in the EMP protected room? :-)
(I have a shelter that had to be added for
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:08:28PM -0700, Leo Bicknell
wrote:
The holy grail I'm searching for now? A GigE switch with POE,
unmanaged is ok, and probably preferred from a price perspective;
but with NO FAN.
Based on a private message and some poking around it appears
On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 13:11 -0700, Leo Bicknell wrote:
So, there you go, a way to star 8 8-port switches off a central switch
with the remote switches needing no power. This allows UPS'ing the
central switch only, while knowing they will all stay up.
In some cases, that's not always a great
in the winter.
Lets not talk summer I need new windows :)
-Original Message-
From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:30 PM
To: Charles N Wyble
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: NANOGers home data centers - What's in your closet?
On Fri, 12
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Jake Khuon kh...@neebu.net wrote:
On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 13:11 -0700, Leo Bicknell wrote:
So, there you go, a way to star 8 8-port switches off a central switch
with the remote switches needing no power. This allows UPS'ing the
central switch only, while
On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 19:07 -0700, Matthew Petach wrote:
Of course, if he had local AC power available, it would kinda defeat one of
the points of having PoE, which is to be able to put switches where there
isn't a convenient AC drop to begin with. ^_^;
True. Leo's point of being able to
Of course, if he had local AC power available, it would kinda defeat one of
the points of having PoE, which is to be able to put switches where there
isn't a convenient AC drop to begin with.
But wait, there is more...
Maybe you want your POE devices (like phones) to stay alive during a power
- Original Message -
From: Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org
The GS110TP is a 8 port 10/100/1000 w/POE + 2 port SFP switch, no fan:
http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart-switches/GS110TP.aspx
Note that it only has a 48w power budget, so it can't do full power
on each
All your dads are in the closet.
On 8/12/2011 7:02 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
Why? Unless you live in a HUGE house, you can do 10GE over copper to
all rooms. Copper is infinately easier to run and terminate. I dunno
about you, but 10GE is both out of my price range, and useless given
the speed of my NAS disks, Comcast cable
On 8/12/11 11:59 PM, Chaim Rieger wrote:
On 8/12/2011 7:02 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
Why? Unless you live in a HUGE house, you can do 10GE over copper to
all rooms. Copper is infinately easier to run and terminate. I dunno
about you, but 10GE is both out of my price range, and useless given
the
data centers - What's in your closet?
On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:17 39PM, Joe Greco wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
I ran a bunch of fiber from the telco rack to the server rack to
reduce the risk of damage to expensive servers ... it's likely
At 07:28 PM 8/12/2011, you wrote:
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
I have a 60KVA Kohler diesel genset (with DM550 controller and
electronic governor)
-Original Message-
Anyone got experience with XBMC and similar linux media centre tools running
on tablet or netbook class hardware? I like the idea of using a couple of el
cheapo Android tablets with decent external speakers as music/video/TV/phone
terminals, getting content from a
On 08/12/2011 09:17 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
I ran a bunch of fiber from the telco rack
What's in the telco rack? This is in your house? What's on it?
Demarc and lightning suppressors for T1, 2xISDN BRI, DSL, cable,
Subject: NANOGers home data centers - What's in your closet? Date: Fri, Aug 12,
2011 at 06:28:57PM -0500 Quoting Charles N Wyble (char...@knownelement.com):
Hey all,
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers?
I'm trying not to have anything. Mail, AFS fileserver,
On 8/12/2011 8:29 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote:
So what's in NANOGers home networks/compute centers? :)
Surprisingly minimalistic - a Linksys cablemodem and a Belkin Play wireless
router, both from Best Buy, a Dell Latitude laptop from work, and a PS/3.
(I used to have more gear, but it
Adtran Netvanta 2054 FW
Sperry Univac (1979, ~8U rackmount)
http://oldcomputers.net/AIM-65.html
http://oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html
http://www.wap.org/a3/default.html
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Jeff Kell jeff-k...@utc.edu wrote:
On 8/12/2011 8:29 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote:
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Charles N Wyble
char...@knownelement.com wrote:
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
In my basement:
I use a Sparcserver
- Original Message -
From: Steven Bellovin s...@cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: NANOGers home data centers - What's in your closet?
The holy grail I'm searching for now? A GigE switch with POE,
unmanaged is ok, and probably preferred from a price perspective;
but with NO FAN.
I
On 8/13/2011 01:59, Chaim Rieger wrote:
On 8/12/2011 7:02 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
Why? Unless you live in a HUGE house, you can do 10GE over copper to
all rooms. Copper is infinately easier to run and terminate. I dunno
about you, but 10GE is both out of my price range, and useless given
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:28:57 CDT, Charles N Wyble said:
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
He doesn't get out much, does he? :)
So what's in NANOGers
I cheat... I use the lab we have in house within the company I work for.
After all MXs/Ts/Nexus7k/etc. puts a heavy toll on the home power bill.. :-)
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Charles N Wyble
char...@knownelement.comwrote:
Hey all,
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:28:57PM -0500, Charles N Wyble
wrote:
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
I have installed a 2 post rack in
The holy grail I'm searching for now? A GigE switch with POE,
unmanaged is ok, and probably preferred from a price perspective;
but with NO FAN.
I can't help with the POE part. I have a 16-port D-Link DGS-1016D
-- GigE, no fan, unmanaged.
--Steve Bellovin,
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 09:11:56PM -0400, Steven Bellovin
wrote:
The holy grail I'm searching for now? A GigE switch with POE,
unmanaged is ok, and probably preferred from a price perspective;
but with NO FAN.
I can't help with the POE part. I have a 16-port D-Link
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers?
a soekris 5501 running freebsd 8-stable
a mac mini connected to the tee vee
an apple tv connected to the tee vee
i moved all servers and such crap into real racks in real colos over a
decade ago. i don't want that kind of crap
Mine is mostly server stuff, as that is my primary function. Router testing is
usually done at the office
In the utility room in the basement:
4-post rack with the following:
Tripp Lite 5000VA UPS with extra battery (everything runs on 240V)
NetApp FAS980 with a single shelf of 500GB SATA
On Aug 12, 2011 6:08 PM, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote:
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:28:57PM -0500, Charles N
Wyble wrote:
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab:
On 08/12/2011 01:28 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote:
Hey all,
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
Call me lazy, skinflint or otherwise, but I don't have much
Yes the 8 ports are 10/00, the uplink and downlink are both gige
though. You can use all 8 ports with full PoE, I've plugged in 8
polycom 331's and it works just fine.
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote:
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:34:03PM
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Charles N Wyble
char...@knownelement.comwrote:
Hey all,
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
My last house engineering
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:57:56PM -0700, Chaim Rieger
wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
Why? Unless you live in a HUGE house, you can do 10GE over copper
to all rooms. Copper is infinately easier to run and terminate.
I dunno
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I still get out plenty, thanks! :) It's been years in the making, and
more than served its purpose!
But convenient to have... And heats the home nicely in the wintertime!
And someone said it was all about the toys!
Scott
On 8/12/11 8:29 PM,
I have not found a fiber-to-Ethernet adapter for sufficiently low cost. If I
ever do, backyard Gigabit, here I come.
On Aug 12, 2011, at 9:57 PM, Chaim Rieger wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
James R. Cutler
james.cut...@consultant.com
On Aug 12, 2011 7:02 PM, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote:
In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:57:56PM -0700, Chaim
Rieger wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
Why? Unless you live in a HUGE house, you can do 10GE over copper
to all
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
I ran a bunch of fiber from the telco rack to the server rack to reduce
the risk of damage to expensive servers ... it's likely to be
meaningless but it is just a little extra precaution. The server rack
is at least a little
On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:17 39PM, Joe Greco wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
I ran a bunch of fiber from the telco rack to the server rack to reduce
the risk of damage to expensive servers ... it's likely to be
meaningless but it is just a little
On 08/12/2011 09:17 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
I ran a bunch of fiber from the telco rack
What's in the telco rack? This is in your house? What's on it?
to the server rack to reduce
the risk of damage to expensive servers ...
[mailto:s...@cs.columbia.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:59 PM
To: Joe Greco
Cc: nanog@nanog.org; Jeff Johnstone
Subject: Re: NANOGers home data centers - What's in your closet?
On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:17 39PM, Joe Greco wrote:
What nobody wired their abode with fiber ?
Am i the only one here
On 08/12/2011 10:08 PM, Eric Krichbaum wrote:
I have a 12 pack of single mode run between wiring closets upstairs and
downstairs.
Nice. I can't wait to get my next house and be able to say exactly that
phrase. LOL.
Only one server running feeding media to my xbmc's everywhere
but quite a
On 12 August 2011 19:28, Charles N Wyble char...@knownelement.com wrote:
Hey all,
I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
*snip*
Just finished putting it
On 13/08/2011, at 11:08 AM, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote:
Beyond that, a nice home file server, rsynced to something in a
real data center each night. This a combo of backup plus high speed
access no matter which side of the home connection you are on. I
currently use a PC I built
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