Your home server & Network

[knowlesy]

dont know if there is one but......

A thread to show off your own home server .... its specs and its custom bits ....


this is my current one however Ive been building one for a few months now ....

Im not with o2 and dont have the wrt54g in use at the minute as Ive moved flats and currently stuck with some unknown all paid for company that is to put it....DIRE.. but once i figure the password and get a new linksys modem (other than belklin) attach my new access point and jobs a goodin


but anyways heres the spec

* WindowsServer 2003
* Intel Pentium 4 – 1.6GHz
* Unkown Mobo
* Nvidia GForce 2
* 1GB Kingston DDR PC3200
* 512MB Kingston DDR PC2100
* 60GB Seagate IDE HDD
* 500GB My Book Western Digistal External
* 1TB My Book Western Digital External

 

[knowlesy]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet !!!!! are the hdd cages an extra that you bought for the case or ?

 

[knowlesy]

.... think i went over kill then for my new one haha i went ocz 500watt but i did spec it for a 8800 incase i get one for folding)

 

[knowlesy]

i only have a crappy 80mm fan attached to the front of mine with the hdds cramnmed against it otherwise i cant put the cables in (i take it you have it closed the case i mean) do you have any issues with heating if the case is closed ive got 6 disks in my new one (which i need to post) but i need a new case in all reality so im wondering how long this will last .... due to how close together they are etc

 

[knowlesy]

Id hate the leccy bill lol ..... just been rebuilding mine

 

[knowlesy]

liking it benjo just a word of warning you will have to put up with them conatantly coming to you if something goes wrong !!!

 

[knowlesy]

House is full of computing students, so hopefully not much will go wrong We have plans for it to be a file server, game server, and I think my friend wants to house his Xbox in there as a media center :/

I've got a test computer in there at the moment, 3200 Barton, 1gb DDR, 7600GT, and loads of space left over

ah class dude Ive got a 360 in the living room and ps3 in my room

youll deffo need more than 1 gb of ddr for a game server and all of that..... xp and vlite it up god dude i do envy you living with computer students !!! Im the only techy in the flat bar one of the business guys whos done business and it but Im having to teach him.....sadly theyve got me fixing pcs tvs alarms boilers ni on everything haha

 

[knowlesy]

why filezilla and vnc if i remember unless you pay or set up certificates there not secured ?

EDIT:






my new setup

500 watt ocz module psu (yes overkill but im planning some folding eventually)
amd 939 3000 1.8 - currently running at 1 ghz
abit an8 motherboard
xfx nvidia gforce 7200
Via raid controller - (its puny tbh i got it so it can tide me over till my next big upgrade)
3 x WD 1tb barracuda
1 x Hitatchi 1TB deskstar
1 x Seagate 80gb ide - boot drive
1 x Maxtor 160gb sata




Running WHS - itunes server and contemplating sticking tversity purely for iplayer on demand as well as youtube vids, flickr's..... etc

got a 1 tb external and a 500 external which im using for backups

network consists of

netgear 8 port 10/100 business line switch
Linksys WRT54g running Tomato - opendns
Belkin Router of sorts - made into a sole purpose modem (getting replaced soon enough)
Linksys Wireless Access point


waiting on some new ariels (12db) and still need to setup the access point upstairs but apart from that ...its all set up

 

[knowlesy]

I haven't seen any issues with my Atom based server, I seem to be more limited by the physical speed of the green drives. No problems streaming high-def content, copying files etc. Don't expect it to be particularly fast in doing complex tasks such as encoding though.

thats good think Ill pop over to that on my next upgrade !!!

 

[knowlesy]

Yup, they are IcyDock ones. Difficult to get now, OcUK dont sell them no more . . . .

They are 2 5in3 bays and 1 3 in 2. All that runs off a single Antec Earthwatts 380W PSU. And my UPS (Newly bought, the cheapy from OcUK) says its only using 132W.

just seen the price of those cage's.....OMG

 

[knowlesy]

Just as fair warning, the problem with Atom is that Intel has tried its hardest to lock down what chipsets and configurations the boards have, so don't expect to find an Atom coupled with 6 PCI Express slots and 10 SATA ports!

I went for the Point of View Atom 330 board in the end, its expensive and a little overkill in the graphics department, but it does have four SATA ports and a PCI Express port for expansion. There are Atom server boards out there, but they are for non-enthusiast uses such as industry or retail, so good luck finding one

that would hinder adding a big ass raid controller too it..... its not for at least a year so im fine until then hopefully somthing will come out ... maybe ion will go mainstream ?

 

[knowlesy]

Some great pics here guys.

I notice the use of patch panels in one or two of the photos. I'm using a couple of 24 port switches in my setup and could never quite see the point of using a patch panel (or two). So, the cables for my house network are all terminated with RJ45s and plugged straight into the network switches.

What am I missing? Are patch panels really required in a home network setup?

its all about showing your kit of to the homies ya nar ?

lol no in all serious its not necessary although given the chance Id defiantly do it as it would be a lot easier if you wanted to have multiple networks etc plug other stuff directly into them etc etc etc ....

 

[knowlesy]

Where do you guys get your equipment from? I've seen some on ebay but I always think the stuff is going to be broken.

the bay ... there are some good bargins ocuk, friends and work

 

[knowlesy]

Maybe of interest to some - you can currently grab a HP proliant microserver for £200 or so, HP are offering £100 cashback on top of that until the end of december. So £100 for a dual core Athlon 1.3, 1GB RAM and 4 drive bays, it's about the best value disk free NAS I've seen for a long time...

I saw that deal but didnt know if you could install an os on ?