RE: New HA server and business server strategy?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apart from the power issues there's also the noise and heat generated.
As y=
ou say, interesting to compare the two models.

Paul.



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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Nigel Giddings
> Sent: 22 July 2006 10:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] New HA server and business server strategy?
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> Paul,
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> I started with the philosophy of separate machines from the get go...
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> I have MS Small Business Server (Exch, AD, IIS etc) on a separate
machine
> from the HA stuff. To be honest in a domestic environment you don't
need =
a
> high end PC for SBS. HW reliability was more important for me so I
went
> for RAID5, Dual PSU and generally commercial grade server chassis...
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> I also used the same H/W (different box) for Homeseer (HA) but as you
say
> this is more process hungry, delayed actions are more noticeable on HA
> function IMHO. I went with resilient H/W because it seemed necessary,
> however, I am trying to ensure all the house systems can run
autonomously
> albeit without the added functions/integration provided by Homeseer.
With
> this in mind maybe a less resilient high specification machine would
be
> more suitable? Commercial boxes don't tend to support sound cards,
> extended IO and USB?
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> I have also dabbled with *@H (Asterisk) and because it's Linux it had
to
> be a completely separate PC....
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> My CCTV also has a dedicated PC...
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> I also have a dedicated PC (eventually there will be 2) to drive
XLobby
> with multiple soundcards... Maybe this PC could be shutdown/hibernate
whe=
n
> the house is unoccupied under the control of Homeseer?
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> It would be very interesting to see a study on Power consumption for
the
> various PC strategies... Would an all singing all dancing PC running
VM o=
r
> a blade server chassis actually use less power than several lower
> specified machines?
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> Not much help but an interesting subject
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> Nigel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 July 2006 09:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] New HA server and business server strategy?
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> I've currently got the following boxes running 24/7 at home:
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> 1)	W2K3 Server - IIS, DHCP, DNS, AD, ExchangeServer, HomeSeer + Lots
of
> other xAP and HA apps + MP3 server
> 2)	Geovision CCTV server (XP)
> 3)	Dell (=A3100) server running Asterisk @ Home (CentOS Linux)
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> The HA apps are growing and now require a fair bit of processing power
an=
d
> are becoming more likely to impact on the server and exchange
functions -
> and I'm worried they may crash occasionally.
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> So - I want to restructure all of this, especially as I'll be moving
into
> a larger custom built Node0 early next year :-) I was originally
thinking
> of adding another PC to run all the HA stuff on and separating it from
th=
e
> W2K3 server/exchange functions. However, I don't want to keep adding
more
> PC's!!!
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> Could I use VM ware or something similar on one or two really powerful
> boxes? Does this work OK and are there any down-sides to doing this?
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> Any other thoughts?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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