need idea for server uses, please.


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Hi firstly let me work you through the basic stats of my 3 servers....

I have 1 dell power edge, with about 2gbs ram and 500gbs HDD (72gb raid 3.5)

I then have one hp proliant with 12gbs ram and 140gb HDD (72gb raid 2.5) with quad core intel xeon 2.4hz per core

lastly I have another hp with 18gbs of ram (with space for 22 more ram slots) 8 x 72gbs raid hdds (2.5) with 8 cores intel xeon at around 3.2ghz

Obviously all can be upgraded

I need ideas ... I dont know what to do with them I want something that will either make me easy money or just be useful and to be done from a home network (for now, untill proper testing and use)

ideas? I already have 3 servers placed in different countries around the globe so a web server for a BASIC website is not really needed

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Hi firstly let me work you through the basic stats of my 3 servers....

I have 1 dell power edge, with about 2gbs ram and 500gbs HDD (72gb raid 3.5)

I then have one hp proliant with 12gbs ram and 140gb HDD (72gb raid 2.5) with quad core intel xeon 2.4hz per core

lastly I have another hp with 18gbs of ram (with space for 22 more ram slots) 8 x 72gbs raid hdds (2.5) with 8 cores intel xeon at around 3.2ghz

Obviously all can be upgraded

I need ideas ... I dont know what to do with them I want something that will either make me easy money or just be useful and to be done from a home network (for now, untill proper testing and use)

ideas? I already have 3 servers placed in different countries around the globe so a web server for a BASIC website is not really needed

I assume they're at home, in your bedroom or something because you refer to your home network. And I'll assume they are attached to this home network, and your actual internet connection is poor. At least not useful for any mainstream hosting as you've not even mentioned it.

My suggestion is to check if any of the CPUs support VT. Use that as server sole server, pop a few virtual machines on it and play around with networking/fallover load balance and routing etc in a sandbox network.

Sell the other servers on ebay.

With the little information about the servers other then cpu clock speed and storage sizes we can't fully offer you any great ideas. We don't even know the extent of your current network, your router(s) any switches you use etc.

I used to run a server back when LTSP was a pain to setup and run, very fun to play around with and if you have some older machines, you could get away with completly slient terminals with the server in the shead.

For actual home use, I'd say those servers are a bit much. The power consumption is very high, and I assume they're scsi drives rather then sata making them quite old xeon cpus aswell.

Again, I'd sell up, buy into a low power micro/mini-itx and virtualize some servers.

I assume they're at home, in your bedroom or something because you refer to your home network. And I'll assume they are attached to this home network, and your actual internet connection is poor. At least not useful for any mainstream hosting as you've not even mentioned it.

My suggestion is to check if any of the CPUs support VT. Use that as server sole server, pop a few virtual machines on it and play around with networking/fallover load balance and routing etc in a sandbox network.

Sell the other servers on ebay.

With the little information about the servers other then cpu clock speed and storage sizes we can't fully offer you any great ideas. We don't even know the extent of your current network, your router(s) any switches you use etc.

I used to run a server back when LTSP was a pain to setup and run, very fun to play around with and if you have some older machines, you could get away with completly slient terminals with the server in the shead.

For actual home use, I'd say those servers are a bit much. The power consumption is very high, and I assume they're scsi drives rather then sata making them quite old xeon cpus aswell.

Again, I'd sell up, buy into a low power micro/mini-itx and virtualize some servers.

good suggestions tnak you and no they are not that old one is about 5-6 years one is 2 and the crap one is like 100years old or something lol they will be behind a home network untill after the set up... after that they will be moved to a location with business internet around 200mbs download and 100 upload ... with cisco routers, firewalls, hubs ect....

I might set up a "business" network for university students to penetrate with purposely left wholes ect creating levels to complete ... but thats something which is a massive job I can use vitually machines but have not tried a virtual network .... even if i had a physical with all these servers and cisco gear I would still need the VMs

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