Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve got a rack full of equipment in my basement. Well, most of the gear in my rack is getting a little old and it’s time to clean house and re-purpose some of that gear. My rack takes about 12 Amps to power and I think that cutting down on some of the gear will help with the electricity bill too. I also got some money recently, and without spending too much money, I’m going to see what I can come up with for a new setup.

I’ll be replacing:

• Dual 1-Ghz PC
• 7-drive SCSI RAID5
• Desktop PC (just the PC part, not the monitor or anything else)
• A couple of older Cisco switches

With:

• A Drobo with the DroboShare controller
• A laptop (probably i7 w/6GB ram)

I’ll also try to move my older desktop linux machine into the old rack to save on desktop space. This should cut down on about 50% of my power usage, and the Drobo should provide a better backup and storage platform than my old SCSI RAID that is functional, but basically a relic of the 90’s.

I’ll re-post when the re-org has been completed.

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