Past Entries...

posted this in: Servers, Technology
230 Words

I’ve been busy for quite some time working on how to update the Server Rack into a more usable state; it’s been an expensive venture, but one that I think could work out quite well. This is admittedly just a bunch of ideas I’m having at 5am on a Friday…

I recently had the opportunity to visit my good mate, Ben – who had a surplus of server hardware. I managed to acquire from him:

  • 3 x DL380p G8 servers – salvageable into 2 complete servers
  • 1 x DL380p G8 server with 25 x 2.5″ HDD bays
  • 1 x Dell R330 server
  • 2 x Railkits for Dell R710 servers
  • 3 x Railkits for the DL380p G8 servers
It was a mess… I had to pull everything out of the rack!

I spent all of Saturday and Sunday (26th and 27th) re-racking everything so that I could move the internal posts of the rack such that they’re long enough to suppot the Railkits. I couldn’t believe that I’d gone so long without touching the rack that I didn’t know about having to do that…

We got there in the end…!
Test fitting the rails to make sure the internal posts could hold them
Re-racking the servers! We’ve got client websites to keep online!

All-in-all, honestly, lesson learnt. What a mess…!

I’m so thankful that in a sense, I only needed to do this once. I hope…