New server (with photos)
September 23rd, 2009
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As part of an overall upgrade for my systems, I’m moving to a brand new server. It’s my first rackmount server at 1U high and will be going into a colocation centre soonish.
It will be running a variety of applications including:
- Mandriva Linux 2010.0
- Web Serving: Nginx, Apache 2.2, PHP 5.3
- Mail: Postfix, Dovecot, RoundCube
- DNS: PowerDNS, Bind
- Database: MySQL
- Virtual Hosting: VirtualBox
Server Specifications:
- Intel SR1530HSH with S3200SHVL Motherboard. 320w PSU, 3x Hot Swap SATA HDD, 2x Gb Nic
- Intel Q9550 Processor – 4x 2.83ghz, 12mb cache, e0 stepping
- Intel Q9400 Processor – 4x 2.66ghz, 6mb cache, r0 stepping
- 4x 2gb (8gb total) Kingston DDR2 800Mhz Ram
- 2x 1Tb Seagate Hard Drives (in RAID 1)
Update: Unfortunately, the E0 stepping Q9550 is not supported for the bios of the s3200 motherboard, so I’ve had to switch down to the Q9400 with only 6mb cache
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Photos:

Intel SR1530HSH 1U Server - Front

Intel SR1530HSH 1U Server - Rear

Intel SR1530HSH 1U Server - Top

Intel SR1530HSH 1U Server - Inside