The lab

This page lists the hardware in my little lab:

• Primary server: pentagon.frode.biz – Dell PowerEdge 2850
  • Processors: 2x Intel Xeon 3.0GHz with HT
  • Memory: 7GiB, DDR2 400MHz ECC
  • Disk space: 4x73Gig 10kRPM SCSI, hardware RAID5
  • NIC: 2x Intel PRO/1000MT, 2x Intel 82540EM
  • OS: VMware ESXi 4.0
  • Note: 2U Rack

• File server: decagon.frode.biz – Custom built server
  • Processors: 2x AMD Opteron 2212 2.0GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 12GiB, DDR2 533MHz ECC
  • Disk space: 15x500GB SATA, 2x Adaptec 4800SAS (hardware RAID5)
  • NIC: 2x Broadcom BCM5780, 1x Intel eepro100, 2x Intel PRO/1000PT
  • OS: Linux
  • Note: 3U Rack

• Test server: hexagon.lab.frode.biz – Dell PowerEdge R200
  • Processors: 1x Intel Xeon X3320 2.5GHz Quad Core
  • Memory: 6GiB, DDR2 667MHz ECC
  • Disk space: 1x640GB SATA + 1x80GB SATA
  • NIC: 2x Broadcom BCM5721, 2x Intel PRO/1000PT
  • OS: VMware ESXi 4.0
  • Note: 1U Rack

• Test server: octagon.lab.frode.biz – Dell PowerEdge R200
  • Processors: 1x Intel Xeon X3320 2,5GHz Quad Core
  • Memory: 6GiB, DDR2 667MHz ECC
  • Disk space: 1x640GB SATA + 1x80GB SATA
  • NIC: 2x Broadcom BCM5721, 2x Intel PRO/1000PT
  • OS: VMware ESXi 4.0
  • Note: 1U Rack

• Switch: Dell PowerConnect 2716
  • Ports: 16x 1Gbit/s
  • Supports: VLAN, 802.3ad, port mirror, QoS

The ideas is that decagon should be responsible for serving files to the other systems through iSCSI or NFS. As paragon is my main server running both my blog, gallery, mail service and so on it should not be interrupted from doing it’s job in the same way that the lab machines (hexagon & octagon) could be. By running VMware ESX I have the possibility to migrate virtual machines to it if necessary when playing around with High Availability and dynamic data center resource allocation.

The attached picture is a screenshot of my current VMware setup.