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 core network. For backups of local systems, I have a backup-to-disk solution running that replicates to an offsite unit. I have a 40TB storage server that basically holds everything that also rsyncs to an offsite unit. I have the main Folding systems running, a Hyper-V host (here is where I do a lot of testing), a voice server, two HTPC systems, about 8 PC's in the house for various things and a couple of laptops floating around.

In upcoming entries I will work to give more details on the various systems and config here that keep Whaler's Happy Fun House running.

Cheers!

Shot of my main work area....

http://puu.sh/8gYAt