So... what do I have running? Well first off, I have a SonicWall CDP 110 unit running in the crawl space. This is a backup-to-disk solution. Agents on all the local pc's back up files as they change. I keep about 15 revisions of everything. All this data is then replicated late at night to an offsite unit I have.
The main storage system is an unRaid solution. As per Looney's storage post, I originally had one unit running about 40TB of space. I recently split that up. In the house I have a unit
So, now that you know a bit about the underlying makeup of the network in the house. In this Blog I will talk a bit about all the other systems.
Each of the kids have a gaming class rig. My oldest saved up money for a while, and with some parts from dad is running a pretty sweet build. Corsair 540 with all the fans bitfenix spectre with the gold LED's. Asus Z87 pro board, 16GB ram, 4670k, plextar m5 256GB SSD boot, couple of 1TB for storage, and a massive phanteks cooler. Gold one with bitfenix
So, day-to-day, what am I running in my back pocket. Hmmm... Well, as I mentioned, I have a crawl space where all my networking comes into the house. In here I have a few of the "no touch needed" systems. These include an older HP AMD server, ML110 G6 model I think. I have on that a voice solution running for various things. Also in here is the main unRaid server. Beside that I have an HP ML330 G6 system running Server 2012 R2. This is my main test platform and I use Hyper-V extensively on it. I
Every good system boils down to the network. This is the underlying foundation for your entire setup. If this isn't rock solid and supports everything you need to do, it doesn't matter how fast that rig of yours is, you will still lag as your switch drops packets due to a network flood.
Most people seem to think when they need one, the thirty dollar switch is just a good as the fifty dollar one. Most cases they are correct, when you only have a few connections not
So, many people have asked about the Whale's Place - what hardware, how many PC's, where does it all come from... In this section I will work to describe my various systems builds (or link to my builds already on the forum), upcoming plans, my network layout, etc... I tell you, running CAT6 in coral is a pain in the butt...
To generalize, I have a enterprise grade firewall, three redundant GB switches, high end wireless N and some powerline gear running as the cor
A new entry, been some time... lot of changes in my life. Most of you have probably noticed my activity on the Forum has dropped off a lot over the past while. Not nearly as involved in the Folding section as I want to be. I really need to thank @tobben and @Imakuni for all their help in supporting the folding team and users on the forum.
This past fall my wife and I separated. It was something coming for a long time. I am doing much better now. But of course had to scramble, lot of changes
