[Stealth]

actually i got that thing in *thinks* 1992, maybe 1993.  no later than '94.  still works perfectly though.

it probably only looks like a computer from far away.  i can see how you'd mistake it for one... up close it looks pretty normal

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Stealth
Me: Performance over looks
 

[Genryu]

Currently living at my sister's house due to a job, but, here is mine :

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Knight Templar

funny to you perhaps, but true.  i don't care what my computers look like... how fancy the case is or how many lights it has, but i bet my computers beat out 90% of computers that have been posted thus far.

...kid

[aldo_14]

server room

*cough*

[achtung]

Just cleaned up yesterday








Yea, its an HP, so sue me.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by aldo_14


server room

*cough*

yes but i'm sure you'll agree that's a completely different situation.  for one, it's not mine... it's the company's.  two, i could care less what people think of my setup, but a lot of people care a whole lot what people think of their server room.  three, if you've already got performance, then why not work on looks.  

basically, to try and compare a home setup to a corporate server room setup, would be... well... idiotic.

[mikhael]

Unless your home set up is JUST LIKE a corporate server room setup.

[Nuke]

i really dont see a point of having a server at home unless your trying to run a buisness of sorts. im sure some of you can afford to keep a webserver going but unless it pays for itself its just lunacy.

[Stealth]

well i run a file, web, and multiple game servers off it, including counterstrike, PVPGN, etc.  and misc. other programs (teamspeak and ventrilo server, etc. etc. etc.).

so i'm sure you can see the point of having one now :nods:

[Descenterace]

I run a DNS and webserver. There'll be four of us geeks living in this house this year, and all of us have two or more computers (and monitors) each. So I'm spending a lot of time installing Cat5 cable to each room, including the living room (where we'll have one hell of an entertainment system). Of course, laying cable without doing anything permanent to the walls is awkward, but easily solved with cable ties and sticky pads.

Cable ties: the duct tape alternative.

The main reason I run a webserver: I want to.
The main reason I run a DNS: I have a domain and our network has five real IPs, so I'm gathering some experience by configuring a BIND nameserver. Next step is a mail server.
Also running on that server is a complicated DHCP arrangement to let us run two seperate networks (one real, one on a local subnet only) on the same switch behind the same router, and bind the real IPs to certain MAC addresses.
When I reconfigure my Duron 1200 system to replace the existing server, I'll set up a dedicated Descent 3 server too.

I always put computer performance before appearance, but I've decided that just for once I'm going to have a computer that looks like a beast. When I first took my Athlon64 machine to a LAN party, it was in a dull beige case. Someone was sniggering as they asked me what the spec was; I just pointed to the A64 sticker.
IIRC, it was the only A64 there.
Next time, they're gonna know it's a powerhouse. What they won't be expecting is two computers in the same case...

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Descenterace
Next time, they're gonna know it's a powerhouse. What they won't be expecting is two computers in the same case...

hehe, that's what i said about my next game computer .  

however, two computers in the same case?  why? :-p  are you going to have them completely seperate? (i.e. seperate power supplies, etc.) or what?

[Descenterace]

Yup, seperate. I'm going to hardwire one of them (the one that's least likely to be upgraded) to the KVM switch I'm building into the case. The other will plug in via some very short homemade cables.
The case is more than able to fit two power supplies. However, there will be only one power cable going into the machine... I'm going to chain two power supplies, two monitor power outlets and four standard three-pin sockets off a single cable (I'll need to get some help from one of my friends for this; he's more confident with mains voltage electronics than I am). Ultimately all my peripherals will be able to plug into the case for power, instead of needing a seperate 4-gang extension cable.

Best thing about this design? Only takes up one UPS power outlet...

[Nuke]

that would be good if you intend to run one as a server, and the other as a workstation. id connect the two boards together with some really high speed connection (gigabit ethernet). that or you could configure it as a server cluster.

i should set up my other computer as a wireless terminal server and go get me a pda with terminal client capabilities. then id have a handheld device with the power of the much faster machine.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Nuke
id connect the two boards together with some really high speed connection (gigabit ethernet).

bus speeds

Yup, seperate. I'm going to hardwire one of them (the one that's least likely to be upgraded) to the KVM switch I'm building into the case. The other will plug in via some very short homemade cables.
The case is more than able to fit two power supplies. However, there will be only one power cable going into the machine... I'm going to chain two power supplies, two monitor power outlets and four standard three-pin sockets off a single cable (I'll need to get some help from one of my friends for this; he's more confident with mains voltage electronics than I am). Ultimately all my peripherals will be able to plug into the case for power, instead of needing a seperate 4-gang extension cable.

Best thing about this design? Only takes up one UPS power outlet...

yeah but for one, it's not really the one power outlet i'd worry about .  second, that's going to be a massive case.  you're going to lug that thing around with you?

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Nuke
i really dont see a point of having a server at home unless your trying to run a buisness of sorts. im sure some of you can afford to keep a webserver going but unless it pays for itself its just lunacy.

My home network consists of a fileserver, two desktops, and two laptops. At one point, there was a database server and a dns server. I ran a webhosting service out of my house for some friends. Nothing serious, just to keep current on Apache, Postgres, Python, PHP, FreeBSD, Samba, etc. The DBserver and the DNS server have been merged into the fileserver now. It stores the user profiles for my wife and I, so that if our machines ever crash, we don't lose all our data. Not only that, but the fileserver provides a nice "known good" server for me to connect to from anywhere in the world when I'm trying to solve client network problems.

But the main reason for all that? Because I can. It doesn't need to pay for itself.

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by Nuke
i really dont see a point of having a server at home unless your trying to run a buisness of sorts.

At this house we have a linux server that acts as a file, mail and web server for the house. Aside from that there are 4 desktop machines and 4 laptops. The one desktop system running linux (mine) is running an ssh daemon. Not only can I manage my computer from anywhere in my house (laptop + ssh), I can also login to my computer from outside the local network via the fileserver and check my mail (I don't use webmail much) or whatever else.

It's not like it costs a significant amount to run a server anyway unless you want an SDSL line to go with it or something.

BTW: I'm also thinking an LDAP server might be interesting to set up, as my siblings all have individual accounts on the family machines and they might as well be shared.

[mikhael]

That's what i use Samba for, Kamikaze.

[CP5670]

   Yup, seperate. I'm going to hardwire one of them (the one that's least likely to be upgraded) to the KVM switch I'm building into the case. The other will plug in via some very short homemade cables.
The case is more than able to fit two power supplies. However, there will be only one power cable going into the machine... I'm going to chain two power supplies, two monitor power outlets and four standard three-pin sockets off a single cable (I'll need to get some help from one of my friends for this; he's more confident with mains voltage electronics than I am). Ultimately all my peripherals will be able to plug into the case for power, instead of needing a seperate 4-gang extension cable.

Best thing about this design? Only takes up one UPS power outlet...

I was thinking of doing something like this at one point, except to have one modern computer and one old computer, so I could play legacy games without having to go to another room and use an inferior monitor (two full size cases on my desk will clutter up the area and there is no other space in the room for the second machine).

The Stacker should be big enough, but how are you going to attach the second motherboard to the case and line up its PCI slots with the slot covers on the case?

[Descenter]

My Desk....and like a few people, it's messy.  



(I also felt like adding myself into this..... )