RVaLUG Presentation - 20130921
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This document discusses building a home datacenter on a budget. It describes setting up a home server with a Xeon processor, 3TB NAS storage, and 8-port switch for under $700. The author configured virtualization software like oVirt and tools like Zabbix for managing systems. The home datacenter can be used for work or entertainment purposes like hosting a Plex media server.
RVaLUG Presentation - 20130921
- 1. Running Up Your Light Bill Your Own Home Datacenter
- 2. about: jduncan ● At Red Hat ~2 years ● Public Sector Team Lead ● Richmond, VA ● Small Zoo ● Wonderful Wife ● Old Bungalow
- 3. Talking Points ● Home Datacenters on a budget ● Toolchain ● What can I do with my new toy?
- 4. Building My Datacenter Requirements ● Gigabit Ethernet ● Room to Grow ● Shared Storage ● High Availability ● Redundancy MAY not be worth the investment ● Not all OSes are made the same
- 5. Building My Datacenter My Build-out ● Some help from my company – priceless ● Xeon- grade hypervisor (Penryn model) - $350 ● 3TB NFSv3 NAS – single disk - $130 ● 3 Virtualization Hypervisors toal ● 1 Control / Utility Server - $150 ● 8-port gigabit switch - $40
- 6. Building My Datacenter My Build-out
- 7. Building My Datacenter My Build-out (cont'd)
- 8. Building My Datacenter My Toolchain Linux ● DHCP ● Internal DNS
- 9. Building My Datacenter My Toolchain Red Hat Enterprise Linux / oVirt http://www.ovirt.org/ http://www.redhat.com/products/cloud-computing/virtualization/
- 10. Building My Datacenter My Toolchain Red Hat Satellite / Spacewalk spacewalk.redhat.com www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/rhn-satellite/
- 11. Building My Datacenter My Toolchain Zabbix - www.zabbix.com
- 12. Building My Datacenter Features PXE Boot Provisioning
- 13. Building My Datacenter Features “Thin” Virtual Disks
- 14. Building My Datacenter Features High Availability Live Migrations
- 15. Building My Datacenter So What Do I DO With it? WORK
- 16. Building My Datacenter So What Do I DO With it? FUN www.plexapp.com
- 17. Building My Datacenter Questions / Thoughts / Concerns? ?