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My Computer (Literally):
What you see is a data center the likes of which few mortals hope to possess.
Welcome to the HEXWORKGROUP, and be forever changed by its might!
(Note: There is no convient way to take a picture of all of my computers anymore, but thanks to my amazing photoshop skillzorz, you'll never know!)
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For those of you interested in the raw technical Figures:
8 Physical machines(not counting laptops)
16 Gigahertz total processing power
7 Gigabytes of RAM
39 active fans total
16 port KVM switche
5 Monitors
2 keyboards
2 mice
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My desk holds 3 monitors, and the fourth is out on mac. The mac
also uses the second keybaord and mouse, it refuses to share
anything with the PC's.
Of considerable notoriety is my fileserver, second from the bottom in the picture.
It contains the following: 6x320gb EIDE drives in RAID5 configuration, totally 1.49tb
redundant storage. Attached to it via the SCSI is a ProRAID subsystem, which contains
6x80gb drives also in RAID5, adding an additional 300gb of redundant storage.
The OS drive for the server is a simple 20gb affair, and the system also has a
CDrom for OS installation and a nifty tape drive for backups.
Also of deserving of special attention is my own workstation, BEOWULF. Sitting in it’s
place of honor at the top of the rack, Beowulf contains 2x3.2gz Pentium IV Xeon CPU’s
running 800mhz FSB and 2mg L2 Cache. Optical drives include a 52x32x52 CD burner, a
15x DVDROM, and a 16x12x16x32 DVD/CDRW.
The RAID cage is a curious device manufactured by Chieftec, presumably not
original destined for the US market. It currently holds 4x18gb SCSI drives
running at 15,000 RPMs. The array controller is some kind of card manufactured
by Adaptec specifically for Dell servers; I personally bought the darn thing
on eBay and have been nothing but pleased with it. It’s as long as my arm
and has its own 233mhz processor AND 128 megs of RAM. The drives are in a
RAID0 configuration optimized for speed, and while it only totals 68.1gb
it is incredibly fast and extremely stable. I can run several applications
at a time over weeks of operation without a single hint of complaint.
That’s the SCSI BUS for ya.
One final device of considerable importance is my multimedia machine. Called Himura,
this dual PIII uses an ATI All-In-Wonder to drive my television. It is hooked up to
the KVM, but is usually controlled by a touchscreen monitor. The monitor can also
be reached conveniently from my bed, giving me access to my entire stored library
of media files. Lazy? Yes I am. As mentioned above, I have in my possession a fileserver
with total 1.79tb of RAID5 redundant storage. The overwhelming bulk of said storage
is used up by 1.15tb of television shows and movies. All legit of course, I’m to
lazy to change DVD’s so every time I get something new I immediately rip it to
my fileserver. I’ve also captured my fair share of things off cable and VHS.
Eventually I foresee the end of storage mediums such as DVD’s for video; everyone
will have a fileserver and a multimedia computer and have access to their entire
library of stuff at the touch of a button.
I sleep with the whole rig on every night, 10 inches from my skull.
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"Daisy, Daisy...."
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