TPreston Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 2x HP Dl 380 G5 I I > HyperV1 1xE5450 64GB Ram 500GB SSD For VMs 2x1TB RAID1 for bulk vm data 2xHP NC380T=2GB Client & Server net HP P812 1GB Cache RAID Card Server 2k12 > HyperV2 1xE5450 64GB Ram 500GB SSD For VMs 2x1TB RAID1 for bulk vm data 2xHP NC380T=2GB Client & Server net HP P812 1GB Cache RAID Card Server 2k12 >MSA 60 with 5x4TB in RAID6 the rest of the bays are for backups with 2TB RAID5 Pics here, Nothing much changed apart from I got the caddys for the MSA60 and added more ram https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1195301-show-us-your-servers-2014-edition/page-4#entry596508295 Got the servers and MSA for 200 euro in a liquidation sale. The rest of the parts are consumer or off ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I still haven't built mine, but using all the information here has helped me confirm the build I want. Though, BudMan still thinks mine is excessive but will last for awhile. Going to buy a temporary $400 Tower, and use that to play with, add quad nic adapter, and some good space. It'll be enough until I need to expand. I'm rather curious about RAID, and how it effects your space. I know 0, 0+1, don't offer any redundancy (I think), 3 Offers some, 5 offers redundancy, but 6 and 10 I have no clue. Google made my head explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I've got an N54L running Hyper-V 2012 R2. Standard spec with 10GB ram and 4 x IBM 2TB SATA disks Raid 5 with HP P410 Raid Controller. Primary use was supposed to be Freenas box for primary server I got from work (IBM x3550 M4) but couldn't get the performance I wanted. So installed Hyper-V and configured a 6TB virtual disk (vhdx) and connected that directly to main server. Speeds are 1Gb instead of 300Mb with Freenas. Thinking of replacing the the HP 410 with a card that will allow external raid and purchasing another raid controller for the IBM (but it's a nice to have as performance is good as it is for home use) Now the N54L is a storage box and a replica box for a couple of VMs from the main server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 10, 2015 Author MVC Share Posted June 10, 2015 really really want to pull the trigger on this baby http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/midtower/5028/SYS-5028D-TN4T.cfm I found it being sold here for $1200 without ram and without disks.. http://www.wiredzone.com/supermicro-servers-compact-embedded-processor-sys-5028d-tn4t-10024470 Would be my replacement for my some what long in the tooth N40L... love to play with the 10G nics - but freaking 10G switches are still a bit high for home budgets.. But they will run at 1ge until such time that have a 10gig switch, etc.. Put say 32GB in it and SSD and couple HDD for storage vm and that thing would scream I am sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted June 11, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 11, 2015 My home build is: HP Microserver N40L - November 2012 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I just racked a R620 at a datacentre today lol. PoweEdge T310 with 32gb RAM, couple tb space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted June 11, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 11, 2015 I just racked a R620 at a datacentre today lol. PoweEdge T310 with 32gb RAM, couple tb space. Unless you put your own build into a DC its not allowed Otherwise I'll have a nice list of stuff I can post next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannlich Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I've got two home builds currently acting as Hyper-V Servers. Hyper-V Server 01 Intel Core i7 5820k Gigabyte GA-99X-UD4 64GB Corsair DDR4 Memory 2x256GB Corsair SSDs (OS Volume) 3x6TB WD Red Drives (Data Store) Rosewill Rackmount Server Chassis Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Server 02 Intel Core i7 4790k Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H 32GB Corsair DDR3 Memory 2x256GB Corsair SSDs (OS Volume) 2x4TB WD Red Drives (Data Store) Rosewill Rackmount Server Chassis Windows Server 2012 R2 Use my home builds to run a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain. Most of my family in the area is connected to it via site-to-site VPN (through pfsense) - 7 "sites" in total. It is a simple setup, but has been enormously beneficial, educationally speaking. TPreston 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I posted mine - T310. I was just commenting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Unless you put your own build into a DC its not allowed Otherwise I'll have a nice list of stuff I can post next week I just racked 30 DL560s, and 30 Full Blades. I know it doesn't count I've got two home builds currently acting as Hyper-V Servers. Hyper-V Server 01 Intel Core i7 5820k Gigabyte GA-99X-UD4 64GB Corsair DDR4 Memory 2x256GB Corsair SSDs (OS Volume) 3x6TB WD Red Drives (Data Store) Rosewill Rackmount Server Chassis Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Server 02 Intel Core i7 4790k Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H 32GB Corsair DDR3 Memory 2x256GB Corsair SSDs (OS Volume) 2x4TB WD Red Drives (Data Store) Rosewill Rackmount Server Chassis Windows Server 2012 R2 Use my home builds to run a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain. Most of my family in the area is connected to it via site-to-site VPN (through pfsense) - 7 "sites" in total. It is a simple setup, but has been enormously beneficial, educationally speaking. Nice! I was thinking of setting up a family domain for my house. Setup a few different things. I think it'd be fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted June 11, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 11, 2015 I just racked 30 DL560s, and 30 Full Blades. I know it doesn't count Nice! I was thinking of setting up a family domain for my house. Setup a few different things. I think it'd be fun! I don't know what has came in but if I was to guess, next week I'll be racking up an HP P2000 with 4 expansions and an HP Blade enclosure but again, not sure on how many blades but I believe we are buying in the G9's. Once we complete the first phase of this build of the DC we'll transfer the VMs and move out the other 2 SANs (Same Spec) and 2 x Blade systems (mostly G8's) with around 25-30 blades spread between them. Going to be a pretty interesting few months ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I don't know what has came in but if I was to guess, next week I'll be racking up an HP P2000 with 4 expansions and an HP Blade enclosure but again, not sure on how many blades but I believe we are buying in the G9's. Once we complete the first phase of this build of the DC we'll transfer the VMs and move out the other 2 SANs (Same Spec) and 2 x Blade systems (mostly G8's) with around 25-30 blades spread between them. Going to be a pretty interesting few months ahead. I'm switching DCs on Monday. I'm currently in a Boeing DC, but the team here is absolutely ****. I was hired for rack n stack, and configuration. I do all that, Monitoring, troubleshooting, and the best part is, I get to tell SAs to fix their ****, when I don't even know whats wrong with it! I'm moving to the Intuit DC that's next door. Higher pay, better hours, etc. I've installed 30 c7000 Enclosures in a night before, that BLOWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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