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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: malcolmm on January 21, 2009, 09:58:44 am
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Benn
do you have time to explain your "server".
Is it simply an external HD?
I have 3 copies of my library (I use InSync) to update changes to the drive I'm working on, which results in identical replicas of the original drive.
Sometimes I feel disadvantaged cause I haven't taken on board the common gargon. ie "server"
I get promos from Dell advertising/offering "servers" and I don't know what the hell they're talking about ?
Cheers, Mal from Cessnock Au
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Anything that you have data being accessed from multiple computers could be considered a server. It's a loose word that can describe a web server, email server, data server, application server, database server, etc. Mine is an all purpose server because I use a lot of server services but none of them require a dedicated box because there isn't enough traffic.
My server is simply a server-class rackmount case with all the computer components you need (CPU, motherboard, memory) and the case happens to have 16 hot-swappable hard drive bays. I have them all filled with 500GB drives. Then, I have a Promise RAID card (PCI-express) which plugs into all 16 of the drives and gives me a 7TB data drive. It is actually 8TB (8 * 500) but two of the drives go to parity. So, if two drives fail, I won't lose any data.
Unfortunately, I'm literally almost out of free space. So I am contemplating building a new 21TB server. I want to find a buyer for this one, first, because otherwise it may just sit--what a waste. I had about 1.3TB free up until perhaps 8 months ago when it started diminishing quickly. I'm down to about 100GB free right now--out of 7,000 total gigabytes.
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Looking for a buyer, hey? ;) That's quite a system. What are you hoping to get for it?
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This forum is not the right place to offer hardware for sale. Locking this thread. Please use a PM.