Garage Datacenter 1

Posted on February 9, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Garage Datacenter 1
This is the first of my ‘Garage Datacenter’ Video’s. I will be doing some rearranging and getting some extra servers to support an application that i am writing. Once I make some new changes to the datacenter i will upload the videos. The cost of my equipment – Dell 2550′s AUD x 2 – IBM X340 AUD AUD + AUD – Compaq Proliant 6400 AUD – Compaq Proliant ML 350 AUD x 2 – Compaq Proliant ML 570 AUD – Compaq Rack 1 – AUD 0 + HP KB PDU – Compaq Rack 2 – AUD + Monitor+KB+PDU

Home Data Center Phase 2

Posted on February 8, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Home Data Center Phase 2
These equipment are used for commercial purposes. These servers, most are used only for processing emails. Four of them are DNS servers. My goal is to grow to eventually become a full hosting company. Thank you for your comments.

Garage Datacenter 6

Posted on February 7, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Garage Datacenter 6
This video shows the final purchase of our infrastructure equipment. We have 3 x 6400 proliants and 1 x ml 370 server. The infrastructure is now fully completed to support the architecture for the application we have designed. Its now a matter of putting it all together and combining it all.

Dell VP Talks Green IT

Posted on February 5, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Dell VP Talks Green IT
Dr. Albert Esser, vice president of Power & Infrastructure Solutions for Dell, sat down with eWeek to discuss the company’s roadmap for increasing the energy efficiency of its products within the datacenter. By using virtual machines and refreshing equipment, datacenters can both improve their performance while lowering their carbon footprint. Managing an IT workload more effectively depends on knowledge of what exactly is running in the datacenter, and “right-sizing” to fit the particular needs of the enterprise. By these mapping IT needs to a larger corporate strategy, a company can not only become more competitive, but also decrease their energy spend.

Home Data Center Expansion Part 2

Posted on February 3, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Home Data Center Expansion Part 2
In this video I’ve gotten half of the equipment in that I acquired. Included in this video are 2x 2U APC SmartUPS 1500′s and an HP BL-E class blade chassis fully loaded with 20 HP BL10-e blades! For those that don’t know what blades are here’s a simple explanation: small for factor servers designed for high performance computing on a limited footprint. I still have 6U more of equipment to add. This is what happens when you start selling managed services to your customers. They demand, you must supply. Let me tell ya… it’s been a beast setting everything up, but it’s so worth it. Stay tuned for part three, then future videos showing services & etc.!

Polar Panels- Instructional Video

Posted on January 30, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Polar Panels- Instructional Video
SubZero Engineering’s Polar Panel Isolated Equipment Containment Solution

Data Center Move

Posted on January 28, 2012 by ww1199drtBNM

Data Center Move
Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 connected to a Nexus 1000v on 2 Dell 1000m chassis. Upgrade from 1 6509 to a second 6509 with VSS that connects to the Nexus 5000. We moved all production equipment over a weekend. We had everything back online in less than 48 hours. We transformed the worst cabling and cheapest cabinets I have ever encountered into a layout that is one of the cleanest cabling and cabinets that I have ever seen. It was a rare opportunity to move the all our production equipment at the same time. Most companies our size would not have taken such a big risk.

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