Embarking on a new project....

[mousey]

Well hello people, as your may well know, iv'e done a few projects in my time.


-Bring an old laptop to modern standards
- Combine 4 computers into one
-upgrade this pc

all simple, as i'm still busy with myteenmedia, but today / tomorrow im going to try and set up a linux server, as i type it is downloading, slowly xD.

I will be using the 4 computers i combined which is sitting in my garage. I hope it will be a fun project and well i shall post some pictures / show you when its online. I'm hopping to make a hosting / webmail server.


Thanks for reading, wish my luck.

Tom
CEO myteenmedia

P.s Im using xubuntu.

[Jackboy]

myteenmedia has 1 registered user @l

Anyway good luck to you, sounds like you know what your doing :)

[Protege]

I don't think combining 4 computers as servers is the right way to go, unless you network 3 to work on a 1 database in the middle and then thread/retrieve data through each. Your internet upload speed has to be quite high to be honest or loading sites from your server will be very slow.

[mousey]

Jhames i don't think you understood what i ment. I had 3 spare pcs in my garage, then i use bits from each one to make one big pc, ie hdd from 2 of them cpu from one gfx from another etc.

Im going to make that ONE into a server.


Lol that rejestered user is me. i only set it up yesterday and im stil making it all. :p

[Protege]

Ahh right - I thought you where linking them up.

[Excellent]

What the hells the point in using 4 pc's? For one, your electric bills will rocket and 2, ever heard of global warming?

[Jack!]

HE USING 1 BIG COMPUTER MADE FROM ALL THE BITS FROM THE 4 PCS . SO IT NOT FOUR .ITS 1

[Dentafrice]

Yeah I get what you are saying.. why hook up a bunch of computers? :rolleyes:

http://blog.mindblizzard.com/uploaded_images/datacenter-755478.jpg

[Jackboy]

Yeah I get what you are saying.. why hook up a bunch of computers? :rolleyes:

http://blog.mindblizzard.com/uploaded_images/datacenter-755478.jpg

Dentafrice could you not post pictures of my personal datacenter without asking me, thanks.

[Plux]

Dentafrice could you not post pictures of my personal datacenter without asking me, thanks.

LOL!!!!!!

[Dentafrice]

You forget to remember, only the left half is yours, the right half if mine ;)

[Protege]

Aww, I wish my little rack looked like them :( All i got is some standard 31" rack rails, 24 port patch panel to wire everything up, (5) 500gb hds in raid 5, also mirroring the drives for the OS (server 2003) and another 300gb drive for backups also another network drive i haven't rigged up (500gb) for backups in the future. Good for routing and limiting internet usage around my house that only has 4 computers. LOL

Can't forget the 2 little rack servers I built up for it - Tho I dont use them.

[e5]

Good luck with your new project.

[Dentafrice]

Nice :) I don't have any servers around my house, but here is my host's rack that my node is on.

https://www.rapidvps.com/img/datacenter/may2008/P1010226.JPG

https://www.rapidvps.com/img/datacenter/may2008/P1010226.JPG
https://www.rapidvps.com/img/datacenter/may2008/P1010223.JPG

https://www.rapidvps.com/img/datacenter/may2008/P1010225.JPG

[Protege]

Datacenters - MORE money :( than I.

[Dentafrice]

Yeah they have some nice cabinets though :D

[Hypertext]

Dentafrice...

"Yep my server running windows 2003 is sitting right next to me.."

Hmm. LIE!

[Dentafrice]

I don't have any servers now, the one I had was Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, and I got fed up with that, and installed Windows Home Server, and got fed up with that, so now that server is sitting packed up.

http://www.tehupload.com/images/1124409976421IMAGE_00015.jpg (http://www.tehupload.com)

[Hypertext]

Heh, cool - I wouldn't touch WS3003 with a long rod.


@thread starter..mousey?:

How did you link together the computers this is what I'm doing.

I recently got a lot of money... so:

This is to be my setup:
1 8-core Mac Pro
8 iMac G3's purchasable for 20-100$ each.
2 23" Apple HD Displays

The idea is to utilize the iMac's as a render farm but not actually use them to render...

[Dentafrice]

How many times do people have to say this, read the ******* thread.

He said he took parts from the computers, and combined them to make one, not hooked them together. fgs.

[Protege]

Mac's/Apple are total ****, so I wouldnt "boast" about them.

[Hypertext]

Ummm....

I didn't boast.

And have you got any reason? Have you ever even used one?

[Plux]

Ummm....

I didn't boast.

And have you got any reason? Have you ever even used one?


Yes, his reason is his opinion.

Charlie, go bum in a corner with Darren Toogood, show him your divs
while he shows you his photography. You can be best friends. :rolleyes:

Edited by brandon (Forum Moderator): Please do not be rude

[Dentafrice]

Ummm....

I didn't boast.

And have you got any reason? Have you ever even used one?
Yes you did, this isn't a showoff what you are getting thread.

And you didn't even know what a MAC could do until you visited this forum.

[MrPinkPanther]

Heh, cool - I wouldn't touch WS3003 with a long rod.


@thread starter..mousey?:

How did you link together the computers this is what I'm doing.

I recently got a lot of money... so:

This is to be my setup:
1 8-core Mac Pro
8 iMac G3's purchasable for 20-100$ each.
2 23" Apple HD Displays

The idea is to utilize the iMac's as a render farm but not actually use them to render...
Yeah but if you were playing games or anything the 8 cores are useless.....Oh wait your using a Mac, you cant play games, nevermind.

[craigg.]

Once the project is complete be sure to post up the final specs. Sounds like a fun project. All my computers (old) are windows 95/98 hardly worth the bother. With ROM I think the 95' which is, useless to say the least. Anyway good luck.

[Jahova]

Sounds like a good project and you know what you are doing.
Keep up the good work!

[mousey]

Lol i mucked up theboot disk =/

what software would you use for it? (creating the linux boot disk lol magic iso is bad )