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All servers have been reorganized into rack-mount cases
and placed into a full-size rack. All other components have been
arranged into the rack accordingly. The servers share one Dell
1704FPT 17" LCD monitor, one Dell keyboard, and one Logitech
Trackman Wheel Optical. |
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All systems utilize a networked Apple Laserwriter 8500
laser printer. |
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Two of my servers were previously connected to one monitor,
keyboard, and mouse using a 2-port Belkin KVM system switch. All four
are now connected to a 4-port Belkin KVM system switch. |
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This Dell 5324 24-port gigabit Ethernet switch connects the
main network. |
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The 3Ware 9500S-4LP SATA PCI-X RAID controller is currently
in my third server. It has 128MB PC133 SDRAM installed. |
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The LSI MegaRAID Elite 1650 (495) U320 LVD SCSI PCI-X RAID
controller is currently in my file server. It has 128MB ECC SDRAM
installed. |
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The LSI MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 (471) U160 LVD SCSI PCI-X
RAID controller is currently in my main server. It has 128MB ECC
SDRAM installed. |
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The AMI MegaRAID Elite 1600 (493) U160 LVD SCSI PCI-X RAID
has been retired. It had 128MB ECC SDRAM installed. |
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These two AMI MegaRAID Express 200 (466) Ultra-2 Wide LVD
SCSI controllers used to be in the file server. Both serve as
backup/spare controllers and have 64MB FPM parity RAM installed.
Both support a maximum of 128MB. |
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This is the AMI MegaRAID 1200 (428) Ultra-Wide SCSI
controller that has been used in both my main and file servers. It
serves as a backup/spare controller and has 128MB FPM parity RAM
installed. |
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The HP MSA30 RAID chassis currently has ten Fujitsu
MAW3147NC 146GB Ultra-320 LVD SCSI HDDs in a RAID 5 array totaling
1.314TB in size. There is a single hot spare of the same kind. |
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The first build of my current file server RAID array was
controlled using both AMI MegaRAID Express 200 (466) controllers.
Each ran four Quantum Atlas 10K II 36GB Ultra-160 LVD SCSI drives in a
RAID 5 configuration, for a total of 108GB. Each had one hot spare,
for a grand total of ten drives. |
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The old array had six Seagate Cheetah ST173404LCV 73GB
Ultra-160 LVD SCSI HDDs in a RAID 5 array totaling 340GB in size. |
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Here are some shots of my old file server RAID 5 array.
At one time, it was comprised of four Quantum Atlas 10K 18WLS 18GB
Ultra-160 LVD SCSI drives totaling 54GB in size. These drives were
previously in my main server. |
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The case used for this array now contains the three
Seagate Cheetah ST173404LCV 73GB Ultra-160 LVD SCSI drives in a RAID 5
array configuration totaling 146GB in size in my main server. The
drives have since been installed inside the server case, and the
external case has been retired. |
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The NetgearNAS Duo RND2150 has two Seagate 500GB SATA-II
drives installed. |
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Backups are now stored on a Seagate ST310005EXA101-RK 1TB
USB hard drive. Backup speeds are comparable with a Compaq or Sony
SDX-500C 50/130GB AIT-2 Ultra2 Wide SCSI tape drive. |
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The DiscZerver Cyclone NAS two hard drives: a Maxtor
94091U8 40GB HDD and a Quantum Fireball lct20 30GB HDD. A Toshiba
SD-M1402 12x/40x DVD-ROM drive is used for copying. The unit has a
10/100 NIC for network connectivity. The main CPU board has an AMD
K6-2 350, 256MB PC100 SDRAM, and additional connectivity for Wide SCSI
devices. |
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