New Storebox/Server

[Nick R]

Well, I was previously using a Bitfenix prodigy with an AMD E-350 mITX mobo. It was getting tight on space for drives, and then I decided to start hosting a few game servers (Minecraft, and Kerbal Space Program mainly) as well as serve as storage for all my pictures/video/movies/anime/etc, and running an mIRC based chatbot and IRC log for channels I'm on. The E-350 was drastically underpowered for the job, and was causing real server lag, especially on minecraft. So I bit the bullet and did a fairly inexpensive upgrade.

I administrate it via logmein free edition.

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Upgraded to:
Intel Celeron (Ivy Bridge) G1610 (Dual Core, 2.6Ghz peak)
8GB Crucial DDR3-1333
ASROCK B75M R2.0 LGA1155 Micro-ATX motherboard
Lian-Li PC-A04B micro-ATX Case
Added another WD Green 2TB for a total HDD of...
1x ADATA 64GB XPG SX900 SSD
1x Hitachi 320GB 3.5" (Ol' reliable, has the actual minecraft and KSP server data on it)

Then in a JBOD array (Essentially the OS sees all the disks as a single volume, is continuous across OS installs, and different motherboards)
1x Hitachi 750GB 2.5" HDD
1x Samsung 500GB 3.5" HDD
3x Western Digital Green 2TB (1WD Green, 2WD AV-GP Greens to be precise)

Antec Neo Eco 400C.


Runs Windows 7 and use homegroup to give access to other computers.

And for reference for the servers, I'm using nic.ru as the domain administrator, since the domain I wanted had a .SU ending and the only way to get it is from russian sites. I even had to upload my Driver license in order to get approved since yo need to verify identify. Anyway, that couple with CloudNS for the directory, and then the ASUS RT-N66U built in DDNS address.

Runs everything perfectly, and actually only idles a few watts more than the E-350 system did.

Also yes I know cable management is bad, but this case isn't the best, the drives can only be mounted this way, no room in the back for cables.

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[Nick R]

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[cmorr]

Originally Posted By: Nick R
I'm using nic.ru as the domain administrator, since the domain I wanted had a .SU ending and the only way to get it is from russian sites. I even had to upload my Driver license in order to get approved since yo need to verify identify.


Nice config, well thought out, pretty scary performance for the $

The idea of sending an image of your DL would concern me. They are under pressure to fight scammers (they tightened things up in 2010) but IMO not worth the risk

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173778/To_fight_scammers_Russia_cracks_down_on_.ru_domain

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: cmorr
Originally Posted By: Nick R
I'm using nic.ru as the domain administrator, since the domain I wanted had a .SU ending and the only way to get it is from russian sites. I even had to upload my Driver license in order to get approved since yo need to verify identify.


Nice config, well thought out, pretty scary performance for the $

The idea of sending an image of your DL would concern me. They are under pressure to fight scammers (they tightened things up in 2010) but IMO not worth the risk

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173778/To_fight_scammers_Russia_cracks_down_on_.ru_domain



I was at first, but the site I bought it from is fairly well regarded website, and one of the few non scummy ones that you can buy .su domains from. They also have excellent customer service, very prompt. Initially says you need a passport. I emailed their support asking if a US DL would suffice, and I heard back within an hour that that would be fine as well, it's only for identify verification.

This is the site http://nic.ru/en/index.html

The domain itself is
Click to reveal..
which is a japanese phrase, thought it was cute.

 

[rjundi]

Nice.

Quote:
Runs Windows 7 and use homegroup to give access to other computers.


I find Windows networking/sharing to be abysmal at best. I tried transferring 100GB SSD > SSD and it was taking forever using a share. I canceled process.

I swapped over to FileZilla and its server and in <50% the time it transferred all the files.

 

[eljefino]

If it's in your house and on a presumed static ip why don't you use something like tightvnc? You're "wasting" your free logmein login.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
If it's in your house and on a presumed static ip why don't you use something like tightvnc? You're "wasting" your free logmein login.


I actually don't have a static IP. It's mostly static in practice, but it's not technically one. Also logmein is very user friendly and I can use it from work if I need to. Though I guess I could use the domain to log in if i I set it up, since the domain is using DDNS off the router.

 

[Colt45ws]

Originally Posted By: rjundi
Nice.

Quote:
Runs Windows 7 and use homegroup to give access to other computers.


I find Windows networking/sharing to be abysmal at best. I tried transferring 100GB SSD > SSD and it was taking forever using a share. I canceled process.

I swapped over to FileZilla and its server and in div>

Thats weird. Ive transferred large files from my RAID to other machines or vice versa. Ive always saturated the hard drive of the other machines. 50-75MB/s depending on hardware.

Nice setup, though. Its getting about time for me to look into another 3TB drive to add to my array.

 

[eljefino]

Originally Posted By: Nick R
Originally Posted By: eljefino
If it's in your house and on a presumed static ip why don't you use something like tightvnc? You're "wasting" your free logmein login.


I actually don't have a static IP. It's mostly static in practice, but it's not technically one. Also logmein is very user friendly and I can use it from work if I need to. Though I guess I could use the domain to log in if i I set it up, since the domain is using DDNS off the router.


Ahh I figured it was within the house that you'd be messing with it mostly.

Though with logmein on one computer in your network you can get at your home router, get your WAN IP, then wreak the rest of your havoc from there.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Though with logmein on one computer in your network you can get at your home router, get your WAN IP, then wreak the rest of your havoc from there.

Or you can set up DDNS. Many home routers can be configured to support this nowadays.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Though with logmein on one computer in your network you can get at your home router, get your WAN IP, then wreak the rest of your havoc from there.

Or you can set up DDNS. Many home routers can be configured to support this nowadays.


That's what I've done. I have a DDNS on my router, and then the domain directs to that depending on what server people are trying to log into.