Re: NANOGers home data centers - What's in your closet?

[Mike Mainer <mmainer () tekinside com>]

I cheat...  I use the lab we have in house within the company I work for.
After all MXs/Ts/Nexus7k/etc. puts a heavy toll on the home power bill.. :-)

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Charles N Wyble
<charles () knownelement com>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On
> the extreme end of course we have mr morris :)
> with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm
>
> I've got the following:
>
> Production rack (4 post AV rack)
>
> From top down:
> Current primary internet connection, soon to be out of band internet
> connection (Wimax from Clearwire)
> Ubiquity Networks Nanostation2 based AP (MeshPotato via the VillageTelco
> project) << serving up 3 SSID (bridge to main vlan, guest, honeypot)
> Linksys WRT54G T-mobile version << not doing anything at the moment
>
> 3 dell optiplex 745s
>
> PFSense router (WAN to clearwire, LAN to Cisco 3550)
> AlientVault server (amazing software package)
> Proxmox server (another great software package)
>
> I have also considered turning all 3 machines into Proxmox boxes and run
> everything in a virtual machine. I like the Dell Optiplex machines, they
> sip power.
>
> APC UPS (considering a rack mount UPS and will probably buy one this
> weekend from the local Goodwill computer works store)
> PS3 << gotta get my parallel hacking on
> Avocent Cyclades PDU (unused currently as my apartment wiring won't
> support it)
> Cisco 3550 Distribution Switch
> Cisco 2950 Access Switch
> Dell PowerEge 1800
> Dell PowerEdge 2800
>
> I've got a network lab rack (skeletek) as well. This hosts a 6509 and
> other fun things (cisco routers/switches). Pretty sure I can do any
> CCNA/CCNP/CCIE(R&S) lab scenario).
>
> So what's in NANOGers home networks/compute centers? :)


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-Mike Mainer