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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      One of the things that remains tough about labs is that testing virtualization still requires a lot of hardware. If you want to test XenServer, HyperV, vSphere and KVM in any serious way, that is a minimum of eight servers! If you want to do any cloud, that is a whole bunch more.

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        thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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        @hubtech Get a UEB no matter what you do! 😉

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        • ?
          A Former User @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          One of the things that remains tough about labs is that testing virtualization still requires a lot of hardware. If you want to test XenServer, HyperV, vSphere and KVM in any serious way, that is a minimum of eight servers! If you want to do any cloud, that is a whole bunch more.

          well, at the cost of these servers, i could fill up a rack in no time lol

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          • ?
            A Former User
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            Servers should be delivered tomorrow. ya'll get excited

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Awesome

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              • ?
                A Former User
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                i should be home this weekend to play with em

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                • thanksajdotcomT
                  thanksajdotcom
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                  @hubtech Congrats! Bet you're excited!

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                  • DominicaD
                    Dominica
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                    Cool! Should be a fun weekend for you, then.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                      @Hubtech said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      One of the things that remains tough about labs is that testing virtualization still requires a lot of hardware. If you want to test XenServer, HyperV, vSphere and KVM in any serious way, that is a minimum of eight servers! If you want to do any cloud, that is a whole bunch more.

                      well, at the cost of these servers, i could fill up a rack in no time lol

                      Filling up a rack is easy, it is keeping the power on that really gets you.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @Hubtech said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        One of the things that remains tough about labs is that testing virtualization still requires a lot of hardware. If you want to test XenServer, HyperV, vSphere and KVM in any serious way, that is a minimum of eight servers! If you want to do any cloud, that is a whole bunch more.

                        well, at the cost of these servers, i could fill up a rack in no time lol

                        Filling up a rack is easy, it is keeping the power on that really gets you.

                        And the sound.

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                        • ?
                          A Former User
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                          well my office is on the other side of the house. Has a door and a closet that I intend on turning into my data center. Gonna pipe a window unit in there and let er rip

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                            @Hubtech said:

                            well my office is on the other side of the house. Has a door and a closet that I intend on turning into my data center. Gonna pipe a window unit in there and let er rip

                            My old home office in Texas had a big floor standing A/C unit to cool the rack. The piping was all painted up in NTG Orange.

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                            • ?
                              A Former User
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                              hts is green and gray. Do your clients know you Usé your closets for data centers?

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                @Hubtech said:

                                hts is green and gray. Do your clients know you Usé your closets for data centers?

                                We aren't a host, but our prod stuff is 151 Front St. Our backup is Mississauga. Our cloud facilities are Chicago, Dallas and Nova. The racks at the "residential datacenter" are the sixth tier down of equipment.

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                                • art_of_shredA
                                  art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @Hubtech said:

                                  well my office is on the other side of the house. Has a door and a closet that I intend on turning into my data center. Gonna pipe a window unit in there and let er rip

                                  My old home office in Texas had a big floor standing A/C unit to cool the rack. The piping was all painted up in NTG Orange.

                                  Fun fact: The orange spray paint can that was used to paint that piping was the same can that was utilized in the near-famous incident involving @psx_defector , Maker's Mark, and the orange belly... the night before SpiceWorld 2012. 🙂

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Now that IS a fun fact.

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                                    • thanksajdotcomT
                                      thanksajdotcom @art_of_shred
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                                      @art_of_shred said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @Hubtech said:

                                      well my office is on the other side of the house. Has a door and a closet that I intend on turning into my data center. Gonna pipe a window unit in there and let er rip

                                      My old home office in Texas had a big floor standing A/C unit to cool the rack. The piping was all painted up in NTG Orange.

                                      Fun fact: The orange spray paint can that was used to paint that piping was the same can that was utilized in the near-famous incident involving @psx_defector , Maker's Mark, and the orange belly... the night before SpiceWorld 2012. 🙂

                                      @psx_defector should feel honored! 😛

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                                      • ?
                                        A Former User
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                                        servers didn't show up....vendor didn't answer email....boo

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                          @Hubtech said:

                                          servers didn't show up....vendor didn't answer email....boo

                                          That sucks. Where did you get them?

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                                          • ?
                                            A Former User
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                                            OK, servers are here. I have one of them up and running with 4x 76GB 10K sas for now. esxi 5.5 is installed, datastore is created, and i'm downloading pbxinaflash green osa for my first trial 🙂

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