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Undertoad · 09-10-2012, 02:49 PM

Both systems don't have to be bought and set up at the same time. In fact that makes the project easier for me to accomplish, in a two-step process. Since each system is a backup of the other, a single system should be able to hold the Cellar alone. Moving all the IP addresses will be the same hassle it was last week.

So! the plan is to buy, receive, and set up the first server, first installing it here at the house and then taking it down to Wilmington to set up; and then buy, receive, and set up the second one at the house and take it to Wilmington to finish the project.

The current database server is holding up, but the nightly backup makes the Cellar a sad place to be at around 5:10 am Eastern Time. That's because we're saving ALL the data since 2001, and the nightly backup and maintenance of that is beating up the database server. (This new server idea should have been done earlier.) In the end, the current database server can stick around as a place to hold secondary backups or something.

There are some eBay considerations. For example, these servers should come with their rack mounting rails. This is no small deal. The rails let the server sit solidly in the rack and maintenance can be done by sliding them out individually. eBayers sometimes specify rails, sometimes don't. Rails can be bought separately, but figuring out which rails support which systems is a hassle. HP rails don't fit on Dell servers and vice-versa, and different generations' rails are different too.

09-10-2012, 02:49 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Both systems don't have to be bought and set up at the same time. In fact that makes the project easier for me to accomplish, in a two-step process. Since each system is a backup of the other, a single system should be able to hold the Cellar alone. Moving all the IP addresses will be the same hassle it was last week. So! the plan is to buy, receive, and set up the first server, first installing it here at the house and then taking it down to Wilmington to set up; and then buy, receive, and set up the second one at the house and take it to Wilmington to finish the project. The current database server is holding up, but the nightly backup makes the Cellar a sad place to be at around 5:10 am Eastern Time. That's because we're saving ALL the data since 2001, and the nightly backup and maintenance of that is beating up the database server. (This new server idea should have been done earlier.) In the end, the current database server can stick around as a place to hold secondary backups or something. There are some eBay considerations. For example, these servers should come with their rack mounting rails. This is no small deal. The rails let the server sit solidly in the rack and maintenance can be done by sliding them out individually. eBayers sometimes specify rails, sometimes don't. Rails can be bought separately, but figuring out which rails support which systems is a hassle. HP rails don't fit on Dell servers and vice-versa, and different generations' rails are different too.