AlanBarber.Org
Monday, May 09, 2005
Project monkey1 has begun
I’m about to build my first home server. Whoopie!
I’m making a system that will be:
- a file server
- a database server running MS-SQL
- a development server that runs code version control (Subversion), IIS for doing .net web development and vmware so I can run other OSes like FreeBSD, CentOS, solaris, etc for testing.
- a backup server for all the other computers in my network
It’ll be running Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium. Thanks to Microsoft for giving me a free NFR copy to use. Man I love their developer programs. I got this for being a “Microsoft Partner”.
So far I’ve ordered:
Mitsumi 1.44MB Beige Floppy Disk Drive
Biostar M7VIG 400 Socket A mATX Motherboard
AMD Sempron 2200+ CPU
512MB PC3200 DDR RAM
Parts I need to get:
Case
Power Supply
Parts I have:
13gig HD for OS/Apps
Creative 6x DVD Drive
Future Part when I can afford them:
IDE Raid Card that does raid5
3x250+ Gig HDs to put into raid5 array
Another 512mb or 1gig stick of pc3200 ddr ram
Inititally, the system will just cover my development needs but when I can swing it I’ll setup a nice raid array to cover my file and backup needs.
on 05/09/2005 at 09:01 AM