Advise with a file server! / pictures of your own

Dark_Angel

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I recently have got my hands on a a 2.4GHZ socket a athlon, 512MB of ram, and a 5700 256MB card, along with a PSU.

I plan to nuke the 2 IDE hard drives in my Conroe system, and replace with a 400GB sata one (partioned, of course).

Use a router to connect the 2 system, and use the Socket a athlon as a file server.

I might use windows XP Pro and WIndows Vista Premium.

Will there be any trouble using stuff like mapping drives between the 2? and is there any advice or stuff that I should do other than the obvious?

Finally does anyone have any pictures of their own setup? to give me some ideas of the best way of placing it? at the moment I am thinking of not even putting it in a case, and just putting the lot in a wood cupboard...

Is that ok? the cupboard has no back, so air should not be to much of an issue...
 
No pics, but my domain controller/file server/web server/email server are two laptops stripped from their cases with a 92mm fan over each (File server has two 320gb USB 2.0 drives). Placed onto a shelf under my desk, invisible, and silent.

Both accessed through MSTSC (remote desktop), and both run server 2003, they have been up and running for around 4 months 24/7 now.
 
File server you say? :D
Be afraid of sata snake, be very afraid.....:eek:

This is a file, web, game, cache, TV and DC server

Pentium D 930 @ 3.8Ghz
1GB Patriot
Asus p5wd2e prem
x1300pro
5 sata bay caddy
lian li v1000b+
x-pro 400w psu
4x500gb aaks data drives
1*120gb boot drive
1*250gb backup and on-the-fly sync & log drive
2*external 80gb sata drives in caddies

Runs Server 2003 x64 and is administered through remote desktop



 


Socket A 2400+ @ 1GHz
512MB DDR
400GB x 3 Seagate 7200.8's
Server 2003

Custom case and cooling

83w peak load draw from the socket.
 
I have a file server. It runs Open Suse 10.1.
It is based on an Athlon chip, 512 MB RAM, 4 x 80 GB HDD, 1 x 120 GB HDD.

It started life as a home server at university for gentlemen's photography. Back then it was a P133 with 256 MB RAM and a 40 GB HDD.

It then evolved, this file server doesn't need much spec for my use.

It hasn't got much room by today's standards, but the 4 HDDs are in RAID 5 and it's never failed on me.

Anyway, for the amount of time I use it, I couldn't justify leaving it on 24/7, so I bought Linksys NSLU2 with a USB 320 GB HDD. This is left on 24/7 and uses minimal electricity. It runs Debian Etch and shares files using Samba.

Every week, I'll back up what I need from 'slug' to 'susy' and job done.

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Here we go... this is a shot before it was finished.

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It's pretty close to silent.

Passive PSU (DIY)
Theres now 2 x 120mm fans (running at 3.5v) on the front, to cool the hard drives. They are around 600rpm I think, and the hard drive suspension means you cannot hear the seeks.

I done this as I gotta sleep in the same room as it. :)
 
Here's mine, people with a cable phobia, look away!

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FTP, Media, Email, Backup, DC, TV, VPN entry point, Render node, CAD file storage, small room heater and low frequency sound supplier.

Intel C2D E6400
2GB Csair Twinx DDR2 PC5400
Asus P5WDG2-WS PRO
3D X1900XT 256MB AVIVO
Csair 620W PSU

Adaptec AAR-2820SA SATA2 raid card
2X 5Bay Icydock MB-455SPF
8X 500GB WD5000AAKS (Raid 6 Array = 2.72TB)
1X 150GB WD Raptor
1X 1TB HGST Drive (Volatile file swap)

Enclosed in a Compucase S411-SECC Rackmount:

http://www.compucase-hec.co.uk/mainpages/product_detail.asp?pid=34

OS: Server 2003 x64

Has room for 2 more drives using a strange caddy plate that’s in the case, but I fear they would overheat due to placement and two more removable drives using the Icydock caddies, believe it or not I’ve almost run out of space already so I’m going to grab a Norco 1220 http://www.norcotek.com/DS-1220.php


It’s relatively new and unfortunately it’s been through 4 drive RMA’s already, but WD are really good with the turn-arounds. All four were from the same delivery so I’m guessing the courier did something dodgy with them. I had to do a little case filing and drive filing to fit the optical drive but nothing drastic.
 
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Heres the beast which has been on since November 2006.

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1 Fan Server, only fan is the power supply which is set to low, very quiet. I'd say its around 14Db.

Specs

Intel Celeron 1Ghz
Passive CPU Cooler
512mb SD-133 Ram
160Gb 7200rpm Hard drive
O/B Intel 810 Graphics
O/B Intel Sound
1.44 Floppy disc Drive
8x BTC DVD-RW Drive
450w Silent PSU
SATA PCI Controller
Packard bell iMedia Case With Power Button Mod

Windows 2003 Server

Acts as a FTP server, Ventrilo Server, remote desktop access server and a download rig.

I dont need anything more meaty at all, it serves everything and copes fine with FTP downloads and had 8 people on at once on Ventrilo.
 
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My server is a P3 800 mhz
384 MB RAM
4mb S3 GFX
xp pro
120 gb hdd ( yes i know small, lol, but i move stuff after downlaoding immediatly onto my own gaming pc, with 1.26 TB of storage... )
 
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