Show off your rig..

[Wilky13 21]

 

Currently have my server and HTPC all in one case.  Built it back in 2011, so it is running on a Z68 MoBo with a i3-2100 in a nMediaPC Case.  Inside the case is 1 4TB Seagate for Recorded and Live TV (yes I still run WMC in Windows 7), 3 5TB Toshiba using tRAID from FlexRaid for parity and to pool the drives for 9.6TB total, and Windows 7/Emby/Programs on a 256GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD.  

 

 

In 2014, I built a higher power PC in an old Power Mac G5 Case.  Basically I ripped out the insides and chopped up an Antec case in order to mount an ATX MoBo, hard drives, and power supply in it.  

 

 

It is an i7-4790k Devils' Canyon on an Asus Z97-A Mobo, and 2 256GB Samsung 850 SSDs (1 for OS X and 1 for Windows 10).  I do most of my video transcoding on this higher power machine (mostly converting everything to mp4 with a 2-ch AAC and 6-ch AC3 audio streams so it is Apple friendly).  

 

 

Also have it hooked up to 2 x 20" Apple Cinema displays.  Bluetooth Apple keyboard and mouse work as well on the Hackintosh.

 

 

The TV in the bedroom has a Ceton Echo to watch live and recorded TV as well as movies through Emby for WMC (mp4s play fine on the Echo, but not mkvs).

 

 

The other TV is outside, it uses a Xbox 360 as an extender instead of an Echo so it plays live and recorded TV and mkv/mp4 movies TV shows.  However, mostly use the Roku Emby app on the TV for movies.

Edited December 20, 2016 by Wilky13

[Luke 42077]

Looks jolly

[Wilky13 21]

Looks jolly

Haha, yes. Elf on a shelf made an appearance!

 

 

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[JeremyFr79 228]

Ok, here goes, please ignore the cabling......

 

First the rack.

 

Starting from the top down.

 

Modified Mushroom Networks Load Balancer now running pFsense Firewall/Router.  Intel Q9400, 4GB DDR3 Memory, 60GB SSD, 6 Gigabit Ports that can be assigned however needed.

 

Cisco 2960-S 48Port POE Gigabit Switch

 

KVM

 

(2) Leviton PDU's

 

Cisco USC200B 1U Chassis (Domain Controller/Primary DC) Intel Xeon E5606 2.13GHz CPU, 24GB DDR3 ECC Memory, (2) 60GB SSD (Mirrored-OS) (1) 160GB SATA HDD (backups)

 

Dell R810 (VM Host) - (4) Intel Xeon L7555 CPUS (8 Core Hyperthreaded 32 Cores/64 threads total), 128GB DDR3 ECC Memory, Perc H700 w/1GB Cache, (2) 15k 146GB 2.5" SAS (OS), (4) 10k 900GB 2.5" SAS (VMS)  Currently runs 7 Virtual Servers (Secondary DC/DNS, EMBY Server, WSUS Server, WDS Server, Print Server, SNMP Trap Server, Security NVR)

 

Supermicro 4U 24Bay Chassis (File Server) - (2) Intel Xeon Quad Core L5520 2.27Ghz CPU's, 48GB DDR3 ECC Memory, Perc H700 RAID w/1GB Cache, 120GB SSD (OS) (24) Seagate Baracuda XT 3TB drives (RAID 50 - 54.5TB Volume)

 

APC 750VA UPS

 

Not pictured is the main UPS a 3000KVA APC or the other 1500KVA UPS and a pair of Engenius AC1200 WAP's in the house (1 for each floor)

 

 

Next is the "Living Room"

 

Vizio M65-D0 - 65" 4K HDR

Yamaha RX-A800 Receiver

XBox 360 (used as a Media Center extender)

Mirage Nanosats and Mirage Subwoofer

Tablet is TV Remote (never used)

Harmony Hub

 

 

Then the main Media Room

 

Vizio M80-D3 - 80" 4K HDR

Yamaha RX-A1060 Reciever

Custom HTPC - A8 Processor, 16GB memory, dual Ceton infiniTV 4's, 120GB SSD and 3TB HDD.

XBone

APC J35 Power Conditioner/Battery Backup

Energy Connoisseur CF-30's (Mains)

Energy Connoisseur CC-5 (Center)

Energy Connoisseur CB-5 (Surrounds and Future Atmos)

Energy XL-S8 Subwoofers

 

 

 

And then the bedroom....

 

Panasonic 50" Plasma

Vizio SmartCast Soundbar w/wireless Subwoofer

Nexus Player (not pictured)

 

Edited December 20, 2016 by JeremyFr79

[JeremyFr79 228]

I'll post better pictures once the rack and patch panels are all cleaned up and looking on point lol

[Guest asrequested]

The cabling is so bad!   

[JeremyFr79 228]

The cabling is so bad!   

Yeah yeah, my wife works from home so I had to throw everything up as quick as possible and then all the other projects that you take on when buying a new home (painting etc) takes priority etc, so cleaning it all up has been on the back burner it's working that's all that matters right now lol

[Guest asrequested]

Yeah yeah, my wife works from home so I had to throw everything up as quick as possible and then all the other projects that you take on when buying a new home (painting etc) takes priority etc, so cleaning it all up has been on the back burner it's working that's all that matters right now lol

 

It actually looks pretty good. Did you see how well I did my cabling, in my last picture? True artistry! lol ... I aspire to have a system that rivals yours

[JeremyFr79 228]

It actually looks pretty good. Did you see how well I did my cabling, in my last picture? True artistry! lol ... I aspire to have a system that rivals yours

Until you see this shot......

[JeremyFr79 228]

One bright side is that between the servers and the freezer the garage stays a pretty constant 60-65 degrees during the winter, This summer it got fairly warm in the garage but was still within safe threshholds for servers.

[Guest asrequested]

I'm looking forward to seeing it when you have it the way you want it

[JeremyFr79 228]

This is one of my racks I did at work recently.  It's not perfect but compared to the rat's nest it was before it's a metric crap ton better.

[Guest asrequested]

Pretty nice! Hopefully I'll have mine finished by the end of Thursday. I intend to make it as pretty as I am able. I opted for black cat6 cables, so they'd blend with the rack. I'll post pics, when it's finished.

Edited December 20, 2016 by Doofus

[JeremyFr79 228]

Also don't get me started on BBQ or Lego's I have way too many expensive hobbies! lol

[Guest asrequested]

Also don't get me started on BBQ or Lego's I have way too many expensive hobbies! lol

 

lol, maybe you should build a BBQ with Lego

[colejack 30]

Updated rack pic
 
Quanta LB4M 48 port 1GB switch + 2 10GB SFP+
 
Netgear 24 port 1GB switch (not used right now)
 
Dell R210II - i3, 4GB RAM, 40GB SSD (baremetal pfsense)
 
Dell R710 - Dual Xeon L5630 (Quad core + HT), 96GB RAM, 2x 850 Evo 500GB RAID1 (esxi-2)
 
Dell R710 - Dual Xeon L5640 (Hex Core + HT), 96GB RAM, 2x 850 Evo 500GB RAID1 (exsi-1)
 
Supermicro 846 - Xeon X3430, 8GB RAM, 15x 2TB Hitachi RAID6, 6x 1tb Hitachi RAID6 (medianas)
 
Whitebox - Xeon X3450, 16GB, 8x 1TB Mixed Drives RAID6 (un-configured security cam server)
 
Dell Optiplex 990 - i5, 32GB RAM, 1x 850 EVO 250GB, 1x Hitachi 500GB HDD (esxi-lab-1)
 
Dell Optiplex 990 - i5, 32GB RAM, 1x 850 EVO 250GB, 1x Hitachi 500GB HDD (esxi-lab-2)
 
1x 850VA Cyberpower UPS

2x 1500VA Cyberpower UPS

Edited December 21, 2016 by colejack

[JeremyFr79 228]

Updated rack pic

 

Quanta LB4M 48 port 1GB switch + 2 10GB SFP+

 

Netgear 24 port 1GB switch (not used right now)

 

Dell R210II - i3, 4GB RAM, 40GB SSD (baremetal pfsense)

 

Dell R710 - Dual Xeon L5630 (Quad core + HT), 96GB RAM, 2x 850 Evo 500GB RAID1 (esxi-2)

 

Dell R710 - Dual Xeon L5640 (Hex Core + HT), 96GB RAM, 2x 850 Evo 500GB RAID1 (exsi-1)

 

Supermicro 846 - Xeon X3430, 8GB RAM, 15x 2TB Hitachi RAID6, 6x 1tb Hitachi RAID6 (medianas)

 

Whitebox - Xeon X3450, 16GB, 8x 1TB Mixed Drives RAID6 (un-configured security cam server)

 

Dell Optiplex 990 - i5, 32GB RAM, 1x 850 EVO 250GB, 1x Hitachi 500GB HDD (esxi-lab-1)

 

Dell Optiplex 990 - i5, 32GB RAM, 1x 850 EVO 250GB, 1x Hitachi 500GB HDD (esxi-lab-2)

 

1x 850VA Cyberpower UPS

2x 1500VA Cyberpower UPS

 

 

I've got that same 846, Love it!

[colejack 30]

I've got that same 846, Love it!

 

Mines only the SAS1 version though. Doesn't matter unless you fill the bays. Mine has one bad port so I can't max it out even I wanted to. The SAS2 versions are way over-priced now, sellers know people want them and set high prices.

[JeremyFr79 228]

Mines only the SAS1 version though. Doesn't matter unless you fill the bays. Mine has one bad port so I can't max it out even I wanted to. The SAS2 versions are way over-priced now, sellers know people want them and set high prices.

I honestly can't remember which one I have, but I had to bypass the controller on it anways and run it as an expander since it didn't want to get along with my RAID Card (PERC H700 pulled from a Dell)  It's running 24 3TB drives without issue in RAID50, I'm sure I'm not getting as much performance as I could out of it, but sequential READ/WRITE's max around 500-600MBps

[sansoo22 11]

Since I saw some folks posting there broadband speeds I thought I would share mine

 

 

I will get my server pics posted after Christmas.  I'm taking vacation and my last set of drives should be in so i can finish making it all pretty on the inside.

Edited December 24, 2016 by sansoo22

[JeremyFr79 228]

Since I saw some folks posting there broadband speeds I thought I would share mine

 

 

I will get my server pics posted after Christmas.  I'm taking vacation and my last set of drives should be in so i can finish making it all pretty on the inside.

Nice, sadly I could have got gigabit at my old house, but in the new one we're stuck with Comcast for now, a couple of providers are starting to bring fiber out my way but it's gonna be a few years still till it reaches me so I'm stuck at 180/30 for now, but it keeps me happy for the time being.

[Guest asrequested]

It's a little late, but I finally got my Christmas tree, up. How do you like my twinkly lights? Cheers Guys! Merry Christmas!

 

[sansoo22 11]

@ that is a great looking tree!  You have any interior pics of the bottom rack mount case?  I also love that Fractal case.  I use nothing but Fractal cases for all of my home towers.  I currently have a Define XL R2 for my unRAID server and an Define R5 for my gaming rig.  I really wish Fractal would get into rack mount solutions.  Does that D-Link switch have POE?

[Guest asrequested]

@ that is a great looking tree!  You have any interior pics of the bottom rack mount case?  I also love that Fractal case.  I use nothing but Fractal cases for all of my home towers.  I currently have a Define XL R2 for my unRAID server and an Define R5 for my gaming rig.  I really wish Fractal would get into rack mount solutions.  Does that D-Link switch have POE?

 

I posted pics of the case, here. It's a Norco RPC-4216. The switch doesn't have PoE. I picked it up cheap, on ebay. I'll probably be upgrading to a 10G switch, in the not too distant future. I'll probably be changing the Fractal case for a rackmount. I'm looking at another Norco case. Most likely, this one. I'm probably going to sell my NZXT 630 and the Fractal.

[JeremyFr79 228]

I posted pics of the case, here. It's a Norco RPC-4216. The switch doesn't have PoE. I picked it up cheap, on ebay. I'll probably be upgrading to a 10G switch, in the not too distant future. I'll probably be changing the Fractal case for a rackmount. I'm looking at another Norco case. Most likely, this one. I'm probably going to sell my NZXT 630 and the Fractal.

Check out Supermicro for Rackmount cases.  I had a Norco way back in the day, found the Supermicros to be much higher quality and you can find em all over Ebay for great prices.  And they're true "enterprise grade" built like tanks and built to last.  Redundant power supplies etc.