Server Rig

[nathan]

Well, i've finally rebuilt my server, do alot of vmware work, hence the ram, might need to upgrade the cpu in the future, we will see.

Specs

• Some cheap case that i dont know the name of (it was £28)
  

• AB9 Pro
  

• C2D E6300
  

• 4GB Geil PC 6400
  

• 3x 400GB configured with RAID5
  

• NEC DVD Writer
  

• Noctua NH-U12F (big bugger!)
  

• Windows Server 2003 R2
  

Pics

The Case.



The Case open!.



Inside.



Pretty (and hugh) Heatsink.

[Sprite]

Ooooh nice one, whats that case like btw and where did you buy it from ? Looks quite snazzy

[Ham]

E63200? You getting ES's form next year.

Very nice though mate. gonna be one hell of a powerful server!

[NugentS]

I find the biggest problem with VMWare is not memory (although that is a problem) or disk space - but disk speed. Its very easy to consume the resources of a disk array (or single disk) with one VM and wonder why the rest are running dog slow...

Allowing memory to swapping with VMs is a real killer

Not that I have a good solution though - I have a caching RAID 5 SATA controller and it don't really help....

Sean

[FarFarAway]

Nice and tidy mate and a decent spec server

[Toxcity]

Very impressive server dude!

How much did the 3x 400GB drives cost??

[ExtremeBlizzard]

Very nice and tidy.

[nathan]

Originally Posted by name='NugentS'

I find the biggest problem with VMWare is not memory (although that is a problem) or disk space - but disk speed. Its very easy to consume the resources of a disk array (or single disk) with one VM and wonder why the rest are running dog slow...

Allowing memory to swapping with VMs is a real killer

Not that I have a good solution though - I have a caching RAID 5 SATA controller and it don't really help....

Sean

it depends on what your running on the virtual servers and how much they use the disc. So far i have, mail server, web server and a file server. All running ok, but then again its not going to see heavy traffic, so it should be ok.

Hard drives were £80 each, but i brought them about 3 months ago. They should be about £65-70 now.

The case is a Shinobi SH09A, Can be found just here, Its not the best made one in the world, but for the money, its ok.

[Rastalovich]

28 bucks was a steal tbh.

Great build, the Noctua will serve u well. Looks like u got the temps under consideration. How are u gonna clock it ? stock ? Be a nice folder for u doesn`t have to run @ 100%.

I gotta install WinSer2k3 on something to get used to playing with it tbh.

[nathan]

Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'

28 bucks was a steal tbh.

Great build, the Noctua will serve u well. Looks like u got the temps under consideration. How are u gonna clock it ? stock ? Be a nice folder for u doesn`t have to run @ 100%.

I gotta install WinSer2k3 on something to get used to playing with it tbh.

no overclocking, but ofcouse its folding