Anyone have a Blade Server Setup at home?

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Gimpymoo

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For a bit of fun and as a personal project, im wanting to fully network my house, although wanting to be a little eccentric about it so bear with me.

I have a considerable sized loft and am wanting to install a blade server for the following reasons:

A: They look cool
B: Lots of flashing lights

Only kidding.

The main reason is to enable the family to share data easier rather than using the current ad-hoc method. The ability to share music and films from a server in the home would have its advantages and would pretty much be unlimited in size as installing new HDD's would be a doddle.

Also, having the data in a centralised point would make it easier to host a website from home for friends and family etc without the need to upload to a host plus I would have the all the space I require. Also, the running of email servers etc would also be easier as would the monitoring of network traffic etc as to keep an eye on the young ones as they get a little older.

Am also looking to stream TV over IP on the network as well.

Would be wanting to utilise roaming profiles on the network as to put less strain on the client PC's. Im also hoping this would make file admin a lot easier to.

House to be Networked with Cat5e which I think should be adequate.

Any links to good suppliers of blades and racks which do not breach forum rules would be appreciated.

Anyone currently have a similiar setup?

Any advice appreciated as im sure this is going to be a long and often painfull journey, especially as ive never setup a centralised network before :)
 
I agree with the comments made.

Didnt realise the blade servers were soo much although after looking, I nearly fell off my chair.

Gonna downgrade to a rackmount server :)

I like the idea of running several OS's at the same time.. would have many uses if configured correctly.
 
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Good point.

May get a water sprinkler installed over the server.

Wouldnt most servers detect something is wrong and switch off though before the point of a fireball occuring?
 
Regarding adding additional HDD's, is it possible to cluster HDD's in a cabinet and then simply connect them to the server?
 
From what I understand, SCSI is still the preferred weapon of choice for most servers even after all these years.

Not used SCSI since I got my first CD/RW.

A testament to good old fashioned reliable technology and not changing for the sake of it.
 
Beansprout said:
You don't need a rackmount. You might not even need SCSI.

Just buy a normal, every day system and throw a bunch of drives in, probably with some form of RAID. Sorted :cool:
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I dont know why, but even if I built my own, I dont think I could trust a desktop to be as reliable.

If im going to do it, may as well do it properly.

Besides, once ive set one up, it will last a VERY VERY VERY long time with probably only HDD's required as upgrades.
 
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