Networking and 1U Colocation
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@dafyre said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
I don't have iDRAC access to this system, but AFAIK, those require their own network connections, don't they?
Yeah, which is what makes me think using it isn't going to be possible. That's what leads me down the path of figuring out how I'd do BIOS updates. The R310 doesn't look like there's been an update available past 2013; however, I'm interested in the thought experiment of if I had newer server, how would (can) this be accomplished?
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Your colo might consider giving you a drop for the iDrac. But more commonly you get a KVM hooked up.
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@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
Your colo might consider giving you a drop for the iDrac. But more commonly you get a KVM hooked up.
An IP based KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) and not KVM the hypervisor?
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@dafyre said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
Your colo might consider giving you a drop for the iDrac. But more commonly you get a KVM hooked up.
An IP based KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) and not KVM the hypervisor?
Correct, ha ha.
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@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
Your colo might consider giving you a drop for the iDrac. But more commonly you get a KVM hooked up.
How? With only 1U already filled with the server?
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@jaredbusch said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
@scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:
Your colo might consider giving you a drop for the iDrac. But more commonly you get a KVM hooked up.
How? With only 1U already filled with the server?
What do you mean, it's a normal process. The KVM doesn't take up any rack space.
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https://www.colocationamerica.com/colocation/1u-colocation.htm
No idea about other colo, but this one has "KVM over IP Included"
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@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.
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What are the specs of the server?
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I imagine whatever rack my server will be in will likely have one 1U that has the KVM device to which they'd connect my server.
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@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 1 -
@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.
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@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.
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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:
@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.
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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
