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How Does Your Personal Data Center Measure Up?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the si-per-ft^2 dept.

tachijuan asks: "My job allows me too meet many technically inclined people. Invariably we get to talking about our home setups. I've run across some very sophisticated setups. Some people I've met have enough computing and storage resources to have themselves classified as large data centers. They run this at home, and usually just for the hell of it. How do the setups of Slashdot readers measure up?" How many pieces of networked digital equipment do you have at home? "Here's a description of mine:
  1. 1 x RedHat 9 quad processor PIII Xeon web server+other general duties stuff
  2. 1 x FC3 router/VPN server
  3. 1 x Astaro secure unix firewall/external router
  4. 1 x FC3 email ( http://zimbra.com/ ) server + backup server
  5. 1 x Mac G3 OSX 10.3.9 print server
  6. 1 x WinXP print server/general use machine
  7. 1 x WinXP general purpose home machine + TIVO media center server
  8. 1 x UltraSparc 10, Solaris 9, play machine + web server
  9. 2 x WinXP laptops
  10. 1 x Apple PowerBook 17"
  11. 1 x NetApp 630 with 1.1TB of disk serving both NFS and CIFS
  12. 2 x external USB 200GB drives for backups of main data in NetApp DCF
  13. 3 x inkjet printers scattered around the house
  14. 1 x 8 port GigE main DCF backbone switch
  15. 1 x 32 port Etherport III main home network switch
  16. 1 x WRT54G switch providing high speed network for interal home use
  17. 1 x befw11s4 switch + range extender for slow-speed, high range, general home use
  18. 1 x TIVO!
  19. 4 x spare machines laying around waiting to be purposed
By the standards of some of the people I've run accross, this is not much. To my non-techie friends, this seems either extravagant, puzzling, or both."

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  1. Just a Fujitsu P1510... by GrpA · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't have to compensate for shortcomings in other areas...

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    1. Re:Just a Fujitsu P1510... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
      This reminds me of an old joke:

      A tiger is walking through the jungle, and off in the distance he hears a cry for help. He runs over to find his friend the elephant stuck in the quicksand. "Help me! help me!", cries the elephant. So the tiger runs home, gets his Corvette, drives back to the elephant, throws him a rope, and pulls him out of the quicksand. "Thank you" says the elephant.

      Two weeks later, the elephant is walking through the jungle and hears a cry for help in the distance. Running over, he sees his friend the tiger stuck in the quicksand. "Help me! Help me!", cries the tiger. The elephant whips out his dick, throws it to the tiger, and uses it to pull him to safety.

      The moral of the story? If you have a big dick, you don't need a Corvette.

    2. Re:Just a Fujitsu P1510... by palndrumm · · Score: 3, Funny

      I heard it as a horse and a chicken on a farm, getting stuck in a big puddle of mud, with the punchline "if you're hung like a horse, you don't need a [fancy car name] to pick up chicks".

    3. Re:Just a Fujitsu P1510... by Sentry21 · · Score: 3, Funny

      People always love my powerbook when they first see it, but they invariably say something along the lines of 'It's so small!' Of course my reply is always, 'Yeah, I'm overcompensating for having a huge dick.'

      No dates so far, but it gets a lot of laughs. :p

  2. Next submission by Mortiss · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am sorry but this sort of subject just begs for another "ask slashdot" submission called: "What is your monthly electricity bill?" Now seriously, how much would setups like that add to your average power bills.

    1. Re:Next submission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      But at least I bet he pulls in babes with that kinda setup at home. ;) Seriously, I get a lot less strange looks from women coming over to my place since I reduced my stock of machines from 9 to 3.

    2. Re:Next submission by hshana · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ha! I know it's late because I just read the parent to say,"How much is your mother's electric bill?"

    3. Re:Next submission by Jorkapp · · Score: 2, Funny

      The problem was not the computers, but the electric heater. It wouldn't turn off, so was at least partially running all the time

      That's what you get for putting your P4 Prescott's into Stand-By mode.

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  3. My job isn't like that, unfortunately by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish I had that kind of time!

    I'm a fashion model photographer, so most of my time is spent away from computers (I use an assistant to work out the photoshopping). I do know that at the rate that my hard disks are filling up that I could definitely use a data center upgrade. But I just don't have the time to fiddle with that.

    Here's a description of what I am busy doing:

    1 Fucking supermodels
    2 Snorting coke with supermodels
    3 Going to clubs with supermodels
    4 Fucking supermodels
    5 Attending runway events
    6 Pillow fights with supermodels (group)
    7 Attending gala openings
    8 Attending White House dinners (not so much these days, though)
    9 Travelling to exotic locales (this takes a surprising amount of time)
    10 Fucking supermodels
    11 Evaluating photo equipment
    12 Eating whip cream off the naked bodies of supermodels
    13 Photographing other supermodels performing #12
    14 Deep sea fishing
    15 Scuba diving
    16 Racing sports cars (hobby)
    17 Attending meet & greets with heads of state

    That's not quite 19 like you've got, but it keeps my busy. Too busy to do what I really love: Setting up home networks and fiddling with the audio drivers in Linux.

  4. Re:Let's hear it for DEC by rcpitt · · Score: 2, Funny

    With all that power I hope you at least use the waste heat to heat the hot-tub ;)

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  5. Coming next week on Ask Slashdot... by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long is your penis?

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    1. Re:Coming next week on Ask Slashdot... by gnud · · Score: 2, Funny
      How does your personal pleasure center measure up?
      My job allows me too meet many well endowed people. Invariably we get to talking about our wangs. I've run across some very sophisticated tadgers. Some people I've met have enough to have themselves classified as "hung like a fucking horse". They run this at home, and usually just for the hell of it. How do the stiffys of Slashdot readers measure up?" How long is your member?
      "Here's a description of mine:"
      Okay, CUT!
  6. I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. by cutecub · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... Lets see how you handle it.

    -S

  7. Good thing you're running OpenBSD by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    It would suck if you left your machines vulnerable to all those VAX exploits that are going around.

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  8. Re:Not extravagant by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Many people have hobbies.. like gnomes.
    What kind of hobbies do gnomes have?
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  9. Re:Not extravagant by Eideewt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, you know: standing in gardens and making data centers.

  10. Re:Let's hear it for DEC by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 3, Funny

    three VAX 4000-300 (all running OpenBSD, of course, it's my home firewall)

    What, if your house starts on fire you jump behind them and wait for the firetrucks?

  11. My personal data center? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.365main.net/

  12. Just great... by tgd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Crap, now I feel like a total loser. Not only do I only have one computer in my home data center and only one client, my car is a tiny little 2000lbs and only 2 liter.

    I suck.

  13. Re:holy overkill, batman! by dow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just upgraded my 128mb ram k6 200mhz NetBD box to a quad 400mhz xeon w 2.6gig ram and now my websites are *noticeably* faster. I think its because now I'm running it on Linux .