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Hey there, so Iv always been into networking and I currently have 32 clients who I rent servers to (as a reseller) Yet I want to get into having my own physical server! So I did some research and looked for cheap equipment; I contacted someone selling a cabinet for 45.00 GBP. (specs below for all)

 

Secondly, I put a bid on a little starter server. I just want some advice on starting with my own cabinet..... switches, firewalls the whole 9 miles!

 

Thanks for taking the time to read my post! <3

 

-------Sorry for the large table of specs for the server-------

Cabinet: 9U Wall Cabinet in Grey, 500x600x550mm (HxWxD) (JPC25)

Server1: DELL SERVER POWEREDGE 1550 2 x PIII 1GHz 256K cache 2GB ram 9GB disk

System
Processors

Up to 2 Intel®  Pentium®  III processors at 933MHz and 1.26GHz

133MHz front side bus

32KB Level 1 cache (16KB instruction cache and 16KB two-way write-back data cache)

256KB Level 2 cache

ServerWorks HE-SL Chipset

Memory 128MB - 2GB 133MHz ECC SDRAM memory
4 DIMM sockets on system board
Storage
Hard Drives 18GB, 36GB and 73GB (10,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160) and 18GB (15,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI hard drives
SCSI Controllers Dual-channel integrated Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI Adaptec®  AIC-7899 (160Mb/s) controller
RAID Controllers Optional PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller, Version 3, Dual-Channel Card (PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL) with 64MB cache
I/O Slots 2 x 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots on separate PCI buses
Drive Bays Bays for three hot-plug SCSI drives
IDE CD-ROM
IDE DVD-ROM
Standard 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive
Graphics Integrated VGA-compatible, ATI-Rage XL controller
Communications

Dual Integrated Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter

Alteon Gigabit NIC

Broadcom Gigabit NIC

Intel Pro 100+

Intel Dual-Port Pro 100+

Intel Pro 100S

Input Devices Windows SpaceSaver 101-key keyboard
Windows Performance 101-key keyboard
Dell PS/2-style mouse
Chassis Rack-Mountable Chassis: 4.3cm (h) x 44.7cm (w) x 61.0cm (d)
1U rack height
Weight 16.3 kg. max
Drive Bays Three hot-plug hard drives
I/O Ports Two 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots
Power 240 Watts
110/220 Volts
Management

Integrated remote management

Fault monitoring of voltage, fan, and thermal conditions to help ensure notification in case of potential problems

Management of drive array under optional PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller

Tracks memory errors that have been corrected by the ECC memory

Automatic Server Recovery will reboot and restart the server if the OS hangs without user intervention

User-definable OS thresholds can be set, allowing administrators to tune systems and eliminate bottlenecks to performance

Console alerting through Dell OpenManage IT Assistant keeps administrators informed of server performance or potential problems

Asset management features allow customers to inventory server configuration, CPU, memory and disk

Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD included with every server to get your PowerEdge server up and running

Software
Recomended Software

Microsoft Windows NT Server, Version 4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Red Hat®  Linux®  7.0, 7.1

Environmental and Regulatory
Environmental

Operating Temperature: 10º C to 35º C (50º F to 95º F)

Storage Temperature: -40º C to 65º C (-40º F to 149º F)

Operating Relative Humidity: 8% to 80% (non-condensing)

Storage Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% (non-condensing)

Operating Vibration: 0.25G at 3Hz to 200Hz for 15 minutes

Storage Vibration: 0.5G at 3Hz to 200Hz for 15 minutes

Operating Shock: 6 shock pulses of 41G for up to 2ms

Storage Shock: 6 shock pulses of 71G for up to 2ms

Operating Altitude: -16m to 3,048m (-50 ft to 10,000 ft)

Storage Altitude: -16m to 10,600m (-50 ft to 35,000 ft)

Regulatory

FCC (U.S. only) Class B

DOC (Canada) Class B

CE EN 55022, IEC 801-2, EN50082-1, ICE 801-3, ICE801-4

VCCI Class II

UL 1950

CSA 950

EN 60950

IEC 60950

CE

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I have converted the loft into an office, there are full power and ethernet connections. Its fully converted; carpets, blah blah... 

I should add I don't plan to wall mount the rack, it was just a 9U rack I found at a cheap price if you have suggestions for another please share.

 

edit - details <3

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that is so under powered look at something that supports dual or quad core xeons 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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7 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

that is so under powered look at something that supports dual or quad core xeons 

Would you say its underpowered for a price of 20GBP ? im not looking to use this as a main server or really for anything just for experience with my own server....

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5 minutes ago, PyroSyndicate said:

Would you say its underpowered for a price of 20GBP ? im not looking to use this as a main server or really for anything just for experience with my own server....

what drive does it come with. it is ok 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

what drive does it come with. it is ok 

Im yet to get a reply from the seller on that question but ill post when i get a reply!

 

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2 hours ago, PyroSyndicate said:

O sorry about that, new to the forum!

Sorry, I did not see you respond.  You sometimes have to quote people so they know.

 

3 hours ago, PyroSyndicate said:

I have converted the loft into an office, there are full power and ethernet connections. Its fully converted; carpets, blah blah... 

I should add I don't plan to wall mount the rack, it was just a 9U rack I found at a cheap price if you have suggestions for another please share.

 

edit - details <3

Usually a server's hardware will be tailored to the specific software it will be running.  In your case you will be buying the hardware and have to adapt it's use case after the fact.  So what are you wanting out of this box, other than the learning experience?

 

I asked for your location simply because of the traffic coming and going through the lines.  Will there be a lot of traffic?  If so, how will your ISP respond to it?  Do you have a decent throughput as far as internet connectivity is concerned?

 

I am not a server guy, so finer details will not be coming from me.  The more details you can provide to the forum, the better the chance that someone with specialized experience and knowledge will be able to direct you properly.

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Well, I intend to most likely run LAMPS off of the server so that I can teach myself more PHP. Secondly, I just want to have the experience of the different components. My upload and download is decent (I have included an image of the average results I usually get.)

 

 

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That server won't run much more than Windows 2003 or linux.

The rack appears too shallow for most equipment, going to be a very tight fit.

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Yeah I realized, been trying to find a 12-20U server rack deep enough for switches and data servers... Any suggestions would be really helpful! <3

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On 3/7/2017 at 9:48 AM, PyroSyndicate said:

Yeah I realized, been trying to find a 12-20U server rack deep enough for switches and data servers... Any suggestions would be really helpful! <3

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Adjustable-Levelers-Management-4POSTRACK25U/dp/B00O6GNLQE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1489076649&sr=8-2&keywords=24u+rack

 

Personally bought it, love it. 

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  ended up going for a 24U 19" 4 cabinet from USystems, 210 GBP, and a Dell PowerEdge R610.

 

 2x Quad Core X5560 2.8GHz 48GB RAM x4 1TB Drives.

 

Thank you for the help!

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16 minutes ago, PyroSyndicate said:

  ended up going for a 24U 19" 4 cabinet from USystems, 210 GBP, and a Dell PowerEdge R610.

 

 2x Quad Core X5560 2.8GHz 48GB RAM x4 1TB Drives.

 

Thank you for the help!

Did you get a good deal on the server?  Under 400 GBP?

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