Nick Destroys his Server
Alright, so I didn't destroy it. But the server I spent so much time and effort on is now decommissioned. But not for nothing.
The server was awesome and a learning experience. I loved learning about managing large amount of space and maintaining a 24/7 running server. But the time and effort I was putting into it was simply not being returned. So, after some consideration, I shut down the server and took it apart.
Instead of dumping everything, I repurposed everything I could. As it turns out, my current desktop computer had enough room to hold the three hard drives that resided within the server, meaning I now have an additional 9Tb of space on my main machine. As a bonus, I was able to move the hard drives and maintain the data kept on them. Since the hard drives are linked together with a method called Raid, I was nervous that I'd have to wipe the drive and lose all my data. But, thankfully, this was not the case.
Speaking of cases, I was getting tired of my current desktop case. It was small, cramped, and disorganized. So, after removed all the parts in the server case, I simply migrated my computer hardware into the server case, giving plenty of elbow room for anything I needed to put in there. Additionally, I also gave my power supply a major upgrade, boosting from a standard 600 watt psu to a whooping 1000 watt psu. I can't imagine I'd ever go above 500 watts with my desktop, but with this, I now have plenty of room to spare.
The only problem now is the most expensive parts of the computer, the CPU, RAM and motherboard. I can't use any of these in my current desktop because they aren't compatible, so what can I do? Well, my main goal right now is the sell them, but that's something I don't have much experience with, so what else can I do if that doesn't work? Not sure. I could re purpose them and use them as a small gaming server, where I can host my own games and such. But I'm not sure if that's even worth the effort. Who knows? I'll find a purpose for it one way or another.
With that said, it seems I won't be needing to write a part 2 for, "Nick Builds a Server." But whatever. I still have my archiving project, which has officially started. I've successfully converted a couple VHS tapes to my hard drives, but there's a lot more I need to convert. My guess is that it'll take quite some time, probably a few weeks, to complete the process, but it'll be worth it in the long run.
That's all I've got for now. Until next time.
The server was awesome and a learning experience. I loved learning about managing large amount of space and maintaining a 24/7 running server. But the time and effort I was putting into it was simply not being returned. So, after some consideration, I shut down the server and took it apart.
Instead of dumping everything, I repurposed everything I could. As it turns out, my current desktop computer had enough room to hold the three hard drives that resided within the server, meaning I now have an additional 9Tb of space on my main machine. As a bonus, I was able to move the hard drives and maintain the data kept on them. Since the hard drives are linked together with a method called Raid, I was nervous that I'd have to wipe the drive and lose all my data. But, thankfully, this was not the case.
Speaking of cases, I was getting tired of my current desktop case. It was small, cramped, and disorganized. So, after removed all the parts in the server case, I simply migrated my computer hardware into the server case, giving plenty of elbow room for anything I needed to put in there. Additionally, I also gave my power supply a major upgrade, boosting from a standard 600 watt psu to a whooping 1000 watt psu. I can't imagine I'd ever go above 500 watts with my desktop, but with this, I now have plenty of room to spare.
The only problem now is the most expensive parts of the computer, the CPU, RAM and motherboard. I can't use any of these in my current desktop because they aren't compatible, so what can I do? Well, my main goal right now is the sell them, but that's something I don't have much experience with, so what else can I do if that doesn't work? Not sure. I could re purpose them and use them as a small gaming server, where I can host my own games and such. But I'm not sure if that's even worth the effort. Who knows? I'll find a purpose for it one way or another.
With that said, it seems I won't be needing to write a part 2 for, "Nick Builds a Server." But whatever. I still have my archiving project, which has officially started. I've successfully converted a couple VHS tapes to my hard drives, but there's a lot more I need to convert. My guess is that it'll take quite some time, probably a few weeks, to complete the process, but it'll be worth it in the long run.
That's all I've got for now. Until next time.
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