Show Off Your Server!

[NKrader]

This is the thread where you post pics/stats/use of your server!

[kromosto]

Not an enthusiast one but here is our little but cute server. Runs ms server 2012.

[NKrader]

not an enthusiast one but here is our little but cute server. Runs ms server 2012

stats? Use?

[Buckeye]

This is a little beast I built awhile ago for a HFT client.

Hardware was 3 servers sporting 3960x's overclocked to 4.8ghz water cooled.
I went and installed this beast at Equinix NY4. Last time I talked with the client he said I keep loading it but it doesn't slow down LOL
The server rack cabinet is mine and stayed here, I just need to fill it back up again.

[NKrader]

This is a little beast I built awhile ago for a HFT client.

Hardware was 3 servers sporting 3960x's overclocked to 4.8ghz water cooled.
I went and installed this beast at Equinix NY4. Last time I talked with the client he said I keep loading it but it doesn't slow down LOL
The server rack cabinet is mine and stayed here, I just need to fill it back up again.

nice :-)

I want a rack so bad but can't rationalize purchase.. not enough space/money (to fill it up)

[Buckeye]

Yes it is big, but fits right in my work area very well.

I should load it up with a huge water cooling systems and put my main rig inside LOL

[kromosto]

stats? Use?

ehm ok i will tell but don't flame on me that, am i calling this a server .

single e5-2620 with 8gb ram. main aim is tfs and sql server 2012 but also has a vpn just for me.

[NKrader]

a single p4 prescott rig could be a server, its all about what you can do, no judging, just appreciating others stuff :-)

[M.Beier]

Upgrading mine soon, will do some pics for this thread

Found one of my OLD build, not the current one


Specs on that one:
E350 by MSI
4GB Corsair Vengeance
Dell PERC 6/i modded with AC GPU cooler, 92mm fan on huge alu block...
picopsu 125W VI
3x F4EG 2TB
Corsair Nova 128GB

Current:
i3-3225 @ 3.5ghz low vcore
Antec H620
Lian Li chassie
GA-Z77MX-D3H
8GB GeIL Enhance
Dell PERC 6/i
Cheiftec 350W 80+ Bronze
4x F4EG 2TB
Corsair Nova 128GB

Next upgrade (waiting for one more part, this part being a cable...)
i3-3225 @ 3.5ghz low vcore
Antec H620
Lian Li chassie
GA-Z77MX-D3H
16GB Kingston confused ram..... Blu RED edition
Dell PERC H700 modded with ThermalRight HR-05 SLI chipset cooler (and 2x 80mm AC 80MM fans ~5v)
Antec Earthwatts 80+ plat
4x F4EG 2TB
Corsair Nova 128GB

Next step for the server; 6*4TB RAID5 + 2x500GB 2.5" RAID1

Power consumption is ~82W at the moment, expected to fall once going H700 + 80 plat, aiming for 70W

[[XC] Oj101]

I think this makes me the central distribution hub for World Community Grid in South Africa

[NKrader]

I think this makes me the central distribution hub for World Community Grid in South Africa

wish i knew what it was

but AWESOME!

EDIT:
i spy with my an sr-2 logo, what elses!?

[[XC] Oj101]

2x Xeon E5645 at 3.24 GHz (180 MHz x 18, 185 MHz and above gives a weird slow-down issue)
2x Thermaltake Frio CPU Coolers
1x EVGA Classified SR-2
12x 4 GB (48 GB total) Patriot G2 Series DDR3-1600 (picture shows 16 GB, was taken before my previous payday )
1x Intel 320 Series 120 GB SSD
2x Seagate 500 GB Hard Drive (ST500DM002)
1x Samsung 1.5 TB Hard Drive (HD154UI)
1x Seagate 2 TB Hard Drive (ST2000DL003)
1x Seagate 3 TB Hard Drive (ST3000DM001)
2x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SuperOverclock (picture shows 1x Gigabyte, 1x Asus)
1x Corsair HX1050 Gold PSU
1x Corsair Obsidian 800D Case
0x Optical Drive (digital downloads FTW)

[Movieman]

Using this right now but next Thursday some new goodies coming...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ket-2011-Beast!
The above system has been a gem, solid and not one complaint.
100% load since April and even walked in one day when the house was 93F and cpu's at 81C and not a hiccup..

[Andreas]

Last autumn, I built 3 servers for a study project. People might be interested in the hw configs.

Server number 1 (single socket):
Before building the faster server, this one served as a kind of testbed. The goal was to configure it for good I/O performance.
i7-3930K, 64GB, 32 x SSDs via 4 LSI controllers, Mellanox 40 Gbit/sec network adapter

Fast I/O needs parallelism, like cpu bound programs need multicore cpus (or gpu's, if the application fits to this hw approach)


Before settling on the Samsung SSDs, I tested approx. 12 different SSDs for my workload. A few of those can be seen here.


one of the major benefits of the 4 memory channels of the LGA-2011 socket. They allow decent read performance beyond any LGA-1155 cpu.
16.7 GB/sec


Combined workloads with a simultaneous load on the cpu and io subsystem proofed the value of watercooling. The stock and be quiet air coolers limited overall performance. Using a watercooler increased overall performance by 30% on the non-overclocked cpu.
1.3 mio iops with 20 ssd. cpu is limiting the io subsystem here.


For flexibility and to facilitate many reconfigurations, i used long sata cables. Optically not nice, but useful.
This picture was taken when the stock vent was still on. wprime and super pi aren't taxing the CPU as heavily as for instance ycrunch, so the benefit of watercooling might not be as big.


This server was used for the record runs in ycrunch on calculating pi for 25, 50 and 100 billion digits in the category "single socket systems"
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=1#post5153478


The other 2 servers had different design goals. One was build for peak io performance on 2 sockets, utilizing 2 x E5-2687W, 256 GB and 48 ssd's. The goal with the third server was to get 72 terabyte capacity under 150 watt on the plug outlet using one E3-1245v2


cheers,
Andy

[paulbagz]

Andy,

Omfg.

This section was made for you lol.

-PB

[NapalmV5]

gorgeous! dude youre living my dream congratz! hope to get there in a year or 2

[Buckeye]

WoW, super sweet setup !

[M.Beier]

holy cow, I think those controllers and SSDs together cost more than my student income for a couple of years

[Movieman]

Andreas: I would say OMG! but that is too mild! LOLOL

[Andreas]

Andreas: I would say OMG! but that is too mild! LOLOL

:-)

Last year, I saw your Romley system. Soon after Intel released the E5-2687W CPUs ...
I did see many systems over the years, but from a total system perspective, this platform really shines.

Especially I/O is at an astonishing level. 6 x LSI controllers make shure data can pass from the ssd's via the pci express 3.0 lanes to memory without too much speed brakes.


During the haydays of the project, quite a few SATA cables left the box.


rgds,
Andy

[figuretti]

OMG Andreas.. I don't know what to say.. Only that I love your servers..

[NapalmV5]

yup that right there ^

more power to you!

[El Mano]

Oj101, NapalmV, Movieman... I see so many Masters here, this new forum is so exciting
All the XS wisdom now in server flavor too. Great!

[Cookiesowns]

Some awesome stuff in this thread, even my machines that could be considered impressive are put down.

That said below are some stuff I got to do last year!

We start off with several retail SSD's and Intel CPUs.


These are a combo of Samsung 830's, Xeon E5's and Xeon E3's.

The best machine that I built was a high density 1U server. With an LSI-9266-4i, Samsung 830 256GB, and 2x1TB Seagate SAS. 128GB of ECC-REG 1600 ram, and Dual E5-2670's





Here's another machine that I've setup with RAID-10 Crucial M4 512GB SSD's on a LSI2208 based ROC.

Dual E5-2660 and "only" 64GB of ram.



The picture of the rack in LA.





Excuse the crappy cabling job. Had a few machines provisioned as we were on a deadline, thus we weren't able to remove the cables to a few machines without disrupting service so we tried our best to manage it, and I think for my first time in a DC + rack, I did an okay job.

[Buckeye]

Very nice Cook !

Your down in Irvine I see. I have a client down there... TGS, they are running 40,000+ cores last time I was in there.

Looks at my rack here... man I need to fill this puppy up with stuff like this