Heracles | ||
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Services: Authentication (NIS), Internal DNS (Bind), E-Mail (Sendmail, MIMEDefang, SpamAssassin, Cyrus IMAPd), Web server (Apache), Remote access | ||
| In my on-going efforts to not pay an insane fortune for electricity, I migrated to this machine from an E4000. On the upside, I can now more easily use 450MHz processors (versus 336MHs ones), and can even use SunPCi cards. However, this machine is now being phased out, since I have turned my SB1000 into a server. Its services are in the process of being migrated to Hyperion and Neutronium. |
Heracles (old) | ||
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Services: File server (NFS/Samba), Authentication (NIS), Internal DNS (Bind), E-Mail (Sendmail, MIMEDefang, SpamAssassin, Cyrus IMAPd), Web server (Apache), Sun Ray server, Remote access | ||
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Finally, I have a "real" enterprise-grade server. This would be my third
attempt at having a "big" machine, of sorts. Thankfully, it is also
the most powerful of all my attempts. This system is now in the migration
phase, where I'm bringing services over from Photon as I have time.
Eventually this will be my main central server. This machine is the product of a very nice friend, and some good fortune in the second-hand market. Loading out one of these is actually a lot cheaper than you might think. In any case, I really look forward to putting it through its paces. However, due to practicality and electricity costs, I've retired this machine in favor of something smaller and less power hungry. (note: photo is technically an E4500, but the machines are nearly identical in form and function) |
SGI Origin FibreVault | ||
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Configuration: SP-A: 10-drive RAID-5 (324GB) SP-B: 10-drive RAID-5 (324GB) Striped together on the file server, to effectively provide a 648GB RAID 5+0 (or about 600GB of actual usable space) | ||
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This is my new big storage project. It is a real fibre channel RAID box.
While not technically a computer, it has enough guts to justify its own
entry on this page. The advantage of a box like this, is that I can actually
set it up to connect to multiple servers (i.e. SAN). In addition, being both
Fibre Channel and having its own RAID controllers, a box like this is actually
better supported than simpler solutions on high-end server machines.
I've been keeping my collected notes on my experiences with the device on
this page.
However due to practicality and electricity costs (this thing uses over 800W), I have shut down this array and may wind up selling the hardware to reimburse myself for some of the cost of the SATA array I put into Photon. |
Neutrino | ||
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| This is probably one of my most expensive "impulse buys". However, I think it was worth it, as I got a great deal. I basically bought this machine in exchange for waiting another 6 months on upgrading Omega. It's really nice, and I still use it for OpenGL and some audio stuff. |
Brick | ||
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I got this from a random impulse buy on eBay.
Basically, I got a bare-bones system on the
cheap. The TGX used to be in my IPX, but that
system was too slow to show it's performance.
I got the RAM from an Xterminal 1 that I used
to use.
Now that I have a good Sun workstation (proxima),
this machine had become my firewall box.
It has since been retired in favor of a newer machine. (note: the photo is of the Xt1, but the case is the same) |
Centauri | ||
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Lately, I've had some strange desire to
get a "real" server. Some kind of beast.
My first attempt was with a Sun 670MP.
That thing made way too much noise, and
wasn't very powerful for it. This machine
is from the same era, but is a lot better.
First of all, IBM knows how to properly design
cooling in this system. As a result, this thing
is incredibly quiet. Also, IBM really knows how
to design a processor. Although the clock speed
may look low, this thing's floating point performance
gives my 266MHz Pentium II a run for its money.
This machine was my main NIS server and web server
for a while, but is currently sitting in storage.
(note: not actual photo; my tape drive is full-height
and CD-ROM is caddy-load) Due to some mouse-related damage and general age, this machine is now no longer completely functional. It may be quirky from time to time if fired up, but has essentially been decomissioned and turned into a permanent end-table. |
Deadweight | ||
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| This is my second RS/6000 workstation. I got it due to a good deal on eBay. It is faster than my old POWERstation 350 in every respect. What I really like about this machine is that its got support for 24-bit color graphics. |
