Triple i5 web server

[blockhead]

Greetings everyone! 

 

I recently came into some money  and decided to devote a small percentage of that into some linux web servers for my web development company that I run out of my house. The goal was to spend no more than $2,000 overall and keep each unit under $500 without making much of a sacrifice. Since this is my first large scale server build I also had to include some minuscule things such as Ethernet cable, cable crimper and a network switch.

 

Now before questioning why I didn't go with server grade components... Reliability was not the intent for these servers. I have a dedicated server that has server grade components intended for network backups of each server. I'll get into that server in a moment.

 

So how many servers am I building? The final total from amazon was $1,789. That's 3 servers!

 

What makes up these servers?

 

here is the amazon cart!

 

 

The rosewill chassis is going to be used to replace the case of the server I currently have. Eventually I will invest some money into a proper rack for these servers but in the mean time I'll using a industrial shelving unit in my frigged basement.

 

Here are the specs of the current server I have that will be running network backups and will also load balance these new servers: 

 

MB: SuperMicro MBD-x9SC-FO (Micro ATX)

Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.2GHz

(raid coming soon)

RAM: 1 kingston 8gb DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered 

HDD: 2 3TB Segate Barracuda ST3000DM001  (most regretted purchases ever... going to replace soon)

PSU: High Current PRO 750W

 

I'll be posting updates along the way when I start getting the parts. Please let me know if you have any questions!

[blockhead]

Reserved 

[burnttoastnice]

+1 interest I do a similar thing except on a much-much-much less capable machine called the Raspberry Pi B+

[iHardware Shelden]

Very cool, and my god wish I had that type of money   Will be cool to see how this turns out  :lol:

 

[Poohy14]

[blockhead]

Update

 

It's been some time since I've looked on craigslist for much of anything. But I'm glad today I did. For about $350 I purchased a 42U  Sun Microsystems server rack and two Mac Xserve servers. How could I not go wrong!

 

The server rack Brand new is easily $1,500 to $2,000 and the Mac servers used any where between $100 and $500.

 

The two Xserve servers are a little different I guess...

 

Xserve G5 (pcitured bellow)

pcu: unknown

ram: 8gb

2 hot swap bays 

needs a new PSU and HDD's

 

Xserve #2 

pcu: 2x 2 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon

ram: 16gb

2 hard drives with hot swap 

running OS X

 

 

and finally got the rack in the basement!

 

 

So overall it was a good deal, and if I don't use the Xserve servers I'll probably part them out. But to get the rack at the price I did was well worth the investment even though I planned on waiting.