Networking and 1U Colocation
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@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
What are the specs of the server?
Intel Xeon CPU Quad Core X3430 2.4GHz
32 GB RAM
Two 2 TB SATA drives in RAID 1Could be worth calling xByte and getting something a little beefier.
I'll give it some thought. I need to think through how I intend to use it beyond just building and destroying VMs just to tinker. Might start a "spec my server" thread.
Your CPU is fine, but 64GB of RAM might be worthwhile.
Yeah. 32 looks like the max for the R310.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/emea/products/R310_spec_sheet.pdf
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@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
What are the specs of the server?
Intel Xeon CPU Quad Core X3430 2.4GHz
32 GB RAM
Two 2 TB SATA drives in RAID 1Could be worth calling xByte and getting something a little beefier.
I'll give it some thought. I need to think through how I intend to use it beyond just building and destroying VMs just to tinker. Might start a "spec my server" thread.
Your CPU is fine, but 64GB of RAM might be worthwhile.
Yeah. 32 looks like the max for the R310.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/emea/products/R310_spec_sheet.pdf
Ouch, is it really that old? Wow.
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@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
What are the specs of the server?
Intel Xeon CPU Quad Core X3430 2.4GHz
32 GB RAM
Two 2 TB SATA drives in RAID 1Seems like you'd be better off buying a dedicated server rather than providing your own to Colo. You get better specs, better performance, more bandwidth, SSDs, possibly more IPs, etc... for less than what you pay with Colo.
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@tim_g said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
What are the specs of the server?
Intel Xeon CPU Quad Core X3430 2.4GHz
32 GB RAM
Two 2 TB SATA drives in RAID 1Seems like you'd be better off buying a dedicated server rather than providing your own to Colo. You get better specs, better performance, more bandwidth, SSDs, possibly more IPs, etc... for less than what you pay with Colo.
Colo is generally still cheaper, he just needs a newer server to put into it. It's essentially impossible to beat colo prices.
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@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@bnrstnr said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
https://www.colocationamerica.com/colocation/1u-colocation.htm
No idea about other colo, but this one has "KVM over IP Included"
https://i.imgur.com/G1lec0N.pngYup, that's who we use and we use that KVM from time to time. Very easy to use.
Really usefull, but I still really hate the old java dependencies that make it not that easy to use until you know to what version you need to downgrade to.
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@romo said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@bnrstnr said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
https://www.colocationamerica.com/colocation/1u-colocation.htm
No idea about other colo, but this one has "KVM over IP Included"
https://i.imgur.com/G1lec0N.pngYup, that's who we use and we use that KVM from time to time. Very easy to use.
Really usefull, but I still really hate the old java dependencies that make it not that easy to use until you know to what version you need to downgrade to.
haha, you've had to work with that KVM way more than I have
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@romo said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@bnrstnr said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
https://www.colocationamerica.com/colocation/1u-colocation.htm
No idea about other colo, but this one has "KVM over IP Included"
https://i.imgur.com/G1lec0N.pngYup, that's who we use and we use that KVM from time to time. Very easy to use.
Really usefull, but I still really hate the old java dependencies that make it not that easy to use until you know to what version you need to downgrade to.
KVM has java dependencies? I don't remember seeing that when installing KVM anywhere. Even virt-manager is easy to install and use.
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@travisdh1 said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@romo said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@bnrstnr said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
https://www.colocationamerica.com/colocation/1u-colocation.htm
No idea about other colo, but this one has "KVM over IP Included"
https://i.imgur.com/G1lec0N.pngYup, that's who we use and we use that KVM from time to time. Very easy to use.
Really usefull, but I still really hate the old java dependencies that make it not that easy to use until you know to what version you need to downgrade to.
KVM has java dependencies? I don't remember seeing that when installing KVM anywhere. Even virt-manager is easy to install and use.
Yes, many do. Colocation America's KVM units do for sure, sadly. Most iDRAC and ILO before the current generation needed Java. Something about the KVMoIP industry led people heaving to Java clients for a long time.
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@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@travisdh1 said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@romo said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@bnrstnr said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
https://www.colocationamerica.com/colocation/1u-colocation.htm
No idea about other colo, but this one has "KVM over IP Included"
https://i.imgur.com/G1lec0N.pngYup, that's who we use and we use that KVM from time to time. Very easy to use.
Really usefull, but I still really hate the old java dependencies that make it not that easy to use until you know to what version you need to downgrade to.
KVM has java dependencies? I don't remember seeing that when installing KVM anywhere. Even virt-manager is easy to install and use.
Yes, many do. Colocation America's KVM units do for sure, sadly. Most iDRAC and ILO before the current generation needed Java. Something about the KVMoIP industry led people heaving to Java clients for a long time.
Ah, I was thinking virtualization, not keyboard-video-mouse, oops!
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New KVM units are starting to move away from Java, but many datacenters still have older machines. It's not the kind of tech that you update very often.
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@eddiejennings Do you need all that processor? What about replacing with a couple NUC's?
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@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings Do you need all that processor? What about replacing with a couple NUC's?
Probably not, but I likely need some RAM. When I get some time this evening, I'll take stock of what VMs I want to run and see if I do, in fact, need better hardware. Part of me wanting to put this server into colo is to get a public IP address to use, since I can't get that from my ISP. Granted I could probably use my dynamically assigned IP address with a dynamic DNS service, but then I'll probably run into issues with the residental ToS with my ISP about running web servers, etc. off my home internet connection.
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@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@eddiejennings Do you need all that processor? What about replacing with a couple NUC's?
NUCs are pretty hard to rack mount in a colo.
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@scottalanmiller Agreed. I was suggesting that he keep the lab at his apartment.
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@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller Agreed. I was suggesting that he keep the lab at his apartment.
OIC, I think that he is trying to get colocation experience as part of the deal, though.
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@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@aaronstuder said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller Agreed. I was suggesting that he keep the lab at his apartment.
OIC, I think that he is trying to get colocation experience as part of the deal, though.
Yeah. If I wanted to keep it at home, NUCs are a good idea.
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I just got this in an email:
I've been using them for a VPS for a while now and have been great so far.
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The price is not horrible. BUT....
10Mb/s is ridiculous, that's not even good for a lab in most cases.
What tier datacenter is it? Not likely a very good one. -
@tim_g 10/10Mbit is brutal... also, "unmetered" but 3 TB monthly transfer limit? I guess $29.99 is pretty cheap, but damn.
Probably considered unmetered because it would take 32 days to transfer 3TB at 10Mb/s lol
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I want to know what
Unmeteredmeans in this context.
