| [Secondary test server]
IBM Aptiva
192mb RAM
266mhz AMD
1x 6gb WD hard drive
Linksys LNE100TX NIC
Windows 2000 Advanced server SP3
(work in progress, will be using it as an Exchange server)
|
[Main test server]
Very nice HUGE black server case with Antec 550w p/s
Soyo SY-6VBA-133 mobo
Pentium III 600eb
384mb PC-133 ram
2x 20gb WD 205BA 7200 hdds (RAID 1 Mirror)
1x 80gb WD WD800 7200 hdd Special Edition 8mb cache
1x 2gb Seagate ST2.1A 5400rpm hdd
1x 18gb Seagate Cheetah 10000rpm SCSI-2
2x 9gb Seagate Cheetah 10000rpm SCSI-2
A ton of fans to cool the SCSI drives. It was a war trying to figure out how to keep them cooled properly, I went
out and bought 3 of the Coolermaster DCD-4002 (very nice looking)
aluminum heatsinks for them on the first attempt. The product specs
claim that they are suitable for cooling SCSI drives (just like the
myriad of other "hdd coolers" out there). Hmmm, I had to
hacksaw the bottom mounting platform to get the 1" drives to
fit. Only to find out, they couldn't cool my SCSI drives, that's for
sure. They were running easily 100+ degrees temperatures. That cost
about 80.00 total. I then purchased some generic dual fan coolers
(see link for an example) and placed one on
the bottom and top of each drive. That finally was able to keep them
down to at least "acceptable" temperatures. They also cost
about another 75.00. It taught me a lesson, that most of the hard
drive coolers out there are basically useless when it comes to 10k
rpm drives. Oh yes, they knock a few degrees off an IDE drive (which can
already get pretty hot) but the drives I am using will run nearly
too hot to touch even when they are placed outside the case where
there is plenty of cool air.
Linksys LNE100TX nic
HP SureStore 12/24 DAT tape drive (from a friend
at work)
Windows .NET Server 2003 RC1 |
