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2002-07-16 00:00
in Computers, Linux
After moving in a house, I made the linen closet a wiring closet, CAT-5e to all the rooms, and thanks to a job at VA Linux, I was able to get a fair amouunt of leftover free hardware, including:
a nice network swith (100Mbit/s, the good stuff, haha)
2 7-drive SCSI SCA disk shelves, plus a 3rd disk shelf, and I remember having 26 SCSI drives on a single machine, for a monster total filesystem of 2GB, yes 2TB!!!
Also got an old DAT3 tape autoloader with tape bar code reader. This one took a long time to get working, but in the end, I was able to backup the 2TB on a bunch of tapes, that was no small feat back then
I do remember needed a lot of SCSI cards in a single server to run all of this, but it did eventually run :)
Picture shows both a cable modem and ADSL modem
![I even had a punchdown 66 block for multiple phone lines and ADSL, plus CAT5-E to the whole house I even had a punchdown 66 block for multiple phone lines and ADSL, plus CAT5-E to the whole house](/blogimg/00/thumb1024_100_closet.jpg)
I even had a punchdown 66 block for multiple phone lines and ADSL, plus CAT5-E to the whole house
![Yeah, I had to installing each and every cable one by one, wire by wire Yeah, I had to installing each and every cable one by one, wire by wire](/blogimg/01/thumb1024_101_closet.jpg)
Yeah, I had to installing each and every cable one by one, wire by wire
![This was almost pro-looking :) This was almost pro-looking :)](/blogimg/05/thumb1024_105_closet.jpg)
This was almost pro-looking :)
![Two servers, one file/master server (also home automation) and one router server, with UPS on top Two servers, one file/master server (also home automation) and one router server, with UPS on top](/blogimg/10/thumb1024_110_closet.jpg)
Two servers, one file/master server (also home automation) and one router server, with UPS on top
![that was the new router with 2 network cards, and somehow it still had SCSI because I didn't care more much for IDE ;) that was the new router with 2 network cards, and somehow it still had SCSI because I didn't care more much for IDE ;)](/blogimg/31/thumb1024_131_Saroumane.jpg)
that was the new router with 2 network cards, and somehow it still had SCSI because I didn't care more much for IDE ;)
![A bit later, it got a bit more full :) A bit later, it got a bit more full :)](/blogimg/51/thumb1024_151_Svlug.jpg)
A bit later, it got a bit more full :)
![](/blogimg/53/thumb1024_153_Svlug.jpg)
![Years later, I was able to replace the 26 SCSI drive file server with a new one and 12 internal drives (SATA by then) Years later, I was able to replace the 26 SCSI drive file server with a new one and 12 internal drives (SATA by then)](/blogimg/63/thumb1024_163_Gargamel_Replacement.jpg)
Years later, I was able to replace the 26 SCSI drive file server with a new one and 12 internal drives (SATA by then)
And years later, the new house still mostly runs the same server, 12 internal drives, 10 hot swappable:
![](/blogimg/30/thumb1024_530_ServerCloset_v3.jpg)
![more drives on the outside (for backup) via eSATA more drives on the outside (for backup) via eSATA](/blogimg/31/thumb1024_531_ServerCloset_v3.jpg)
more drives on the outside (for backup) via eSATA
![a few more SCSI cables (CAT-6) a few more SCSI cables (CAT-6)](/blogimg/33/thumb1024_533_ServerCloset_v3.jpg)
a few more SCSI cables (CAT-6)
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