How Does Your Personal Data Center Measure Up?

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."

Comments

My job isn't like that, unfortunately

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

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