OkOriginally Posted by Earl K
As I said up in post 20 , I'm finished talking about the original subject ( ie; paying for the present web-hosting services we receive ) .
OkAs I said up in post 20 , I'm finished talking about the original subject ( ie; paying for the present web-hosting services we receive ) .
Not that us newbies need any more innuendo to actualize our feelings of inadequacy or to make us feel less needed (or wanted), but for the sake of those newbies who actually do have something to contribute, be it $$$ or EE knowledge and the like, or both: Who are Ann and John? If someone unselfishly gives toward others enjoying (and learning from) this site, they should be recognized, commemorated, and memorialized to the assembled masses by something beyond an honorarium. IMHO, of course!
We are actually looking for people with EE knowledge and who actually do have something to contribute. We are painfully aware of the current state. Unfortunately the people we want most, and this has been stated dozens of times before, have the least amount of free time, and the people... nevermind ... Go figure!
Ann and Tom have an Olympus S8R system. Saw that question in this thread.
Pls don't be concerned about hosting, the site is fun for us and it doesn't noticeably use resources. Thank you very much for even considering!
The attached is a pic of part of the machinery running the site, any guesses as to what it is ?
John Nebel
RAID? (from the rear with fibrechannel, maybe)
Half-width blade servers
The attached is a pic of part of the machinery running the site, any guesses as to what it is ?
2ch: WiiM Pro; Topping E30 II DAC; Oppo, Acurus RL-11, Acurus A200, JBL Dynamics Project - Offline: L212-TwinStack, VonSchweikert VR-4
7: TIVO, Oppo BDP103D, B&K, 2pr UREI 809A, TF600, JBL B460
It's the connection between Giskard's collective conscious and sub-conscious.
It's mind boggling,that's what it is. I would like to personally thankyou, John and Ann for the fun we also have on this site.Ann and Tom have an Olympus S8R system. Saw that question in this thread.
Pls don't be concerned about hosting, the site is fun for us and it doesn't noticeably use resources. Thank you very much for even considering!
The attached is a pic of part of the machinery running the site, any guesses as to what it is ?
SCSI Fiber channel hard disks or FDDI hubs or fiber ethernet switches-- either options very cool.
Amazed I'm still alive!
Tim
a lot of wires coming out the backAnn and Tom have an Olympus S8R system. Saw that question in this thread.
Pls don't be concerned about hosting, the site is fun for us and it doesn't noticeably use resources. Thank you very much for even considering!
The attached is a pic of part of the machinery running the site, any guesses as to what it is ?
It's a storage server and the one used for this site. The orange cables plug into fiber-channel switches. Below those are the disk controllers, below that another set of switches. At the top are the rear of fans from one of the disk shelves. The disks plug in from the front and are not visible in the photo.
Each quadrant of the cabinet has its own switch and each disk is connected to two switches and each switch to two controllers and each controller to two external SAN switches. The data are all stored twice on alternate groups of disk shelves.
However, one is at the mercy of the devices complex firmware which is now v3.25 and I'm happy to not have used any 1.x or relied on any 2.x releases.
It creates blocks of storage from large groups of disks that the Unix and VMS computers see as simple disks and hopefully reliable disks.
It's bad luck to trust any of this stuff too much!
John Nebel
That was kind of funny.
I remember it wellAnn and Tom have an Olympus S8R system. Saw that question in this thread.
Pls don't be concerned about hosting, the site is fun for us and it doesn't noticeably use resources. Thank you very much for even considering!
The attached is a pic of part of the machinery running the site, any guesses as to what it is ?
John is quite passionate about what goes on in the computor room.
Ian
ah HA - its the posterior of the Tardis console!!I remember it well
Ian
or is that the Anterior .. dang - always get them confused.
(sorry - just watched the latest Doctor Who "The Lazarus Experiment - so the Tardis was on my mind ...)
2ch: WiiM Pro; Topping E30 II DAC; Oppo, Acurus RL-11, Acurus A200, JBL Dynamics Project - Offline: L212-TwinStack, VonSchweikert VR-4
7: TIVO, Oppo BDP103D, B&K, 2pr UREI 809A, TF600, JBL B460
Thanks for the intriguing puzzle and glimpse into the hardware that makes this site possible, you obviously know exactly how to distract our childlike attention spans!The attached is a pic of part of the machinery running the site, any guesses as to what it is ?
I see that we are in capable hands and I will not be second-guessing the management of this website in the future.
Glad that we can take this opportunity to express our gratitude.
Thank You!
glen
"Make it sound like dinosaurs eating cars"
- Nick Lowe, while producing Elvis Costello
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