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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @dafyre
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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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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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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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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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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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            bnrstnr
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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"
            https://i.imgur.com/G1lec0N.png

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @bnrstnr
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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.png

              Yup, that's who we use and we use that KVM from time to time. Very easy to use.

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                Alex Sage
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                What are the specs of the server?

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                • EddieJenningsE
                  EddieJennings
                  last edited by

                  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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                  • EddieJenningsE
                    EddieJennings @Alex Sage
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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

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
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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 1

                      Could be worth calling xByte and getting something a little beefier.

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                      • EddieJenningsE
                        EddieJennings @scottalanmiller
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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 1

                        Could 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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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
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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 1

                          Could 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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                          • EddieJenningsE
                            EddieJennings @scottalanmiller
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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 1

                            Could 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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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
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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 1

                              Could 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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                              • ObsolesceO
                                Obsolesce @EddieJennings
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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 1

                                Seems 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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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
                                  last edited by

                                  @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 1

                                  Seems 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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                                  • RomoR
                                    Romo @scottalanmiller
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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.png

                                    Yup, 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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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Romo
                                      last edited by

                                      @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.png

                                      Yup, 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 😉

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                                      • travisdh1T
                                        travisdh1 @Romo
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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.png

                                        Yup, 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.

                                        KVM has java dependencies? I don't remember seeing that when installing KVM anywhere. Even virt-manager is easy to install and use.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @travisdh1
                                          last edited by

                                          @travisdh1 said in Networking and 1U Colocation:

                                          @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.png

                                          Yup, 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.

                                          KVM has java dependencies? I don't remember seeing that when installing KVM anywhere. Even virt-manager is easy to install and use.

                                          Yes, many do. Colocation America's KVM units do for sure, sadly. Most iDRAC and ILO before the current generation needed Java. Something about the KVMoIP industry led people heaving to Java clients for a long time.

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                                          • travisdh1T
                                            travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Networking and 1U Colocation:

                                            @travisdh1 said in Networking and 1U Colocation:

                                            @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.png

                                            Yup, 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.

                                            KVM has java dependencies? I don't remember seeing that when installing KVM anywhere. Even virt-manager is easy to install and use.

                                            Yes, many do. Colocation America's KVM units do for sure, sadly. Most iDRAC and ILO before the current generation needed Java. Something about the KVMoIP industry led people heaving to Java clients for a long time.

                                            Ah, I was thinking virtualization, not keyboard-video-mouse, oops!

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