Within the Hardware category we have the following:
September 18th, 2008 ··· andarius
I passed along that I had gotten a new 1u rack mount server to replace what I was using for my home server. It is an IBM xSeries 330 model which is a bit older but I got it very cheap so it suites me fine. The order of the day when I got it was to install Slackware 12.1 on it and set up services. That was not as easy as I thought it would be.
February 11th, 2008 ··· andarius
I was faced with a hard decision this last Saturday. The hard drive I used on eegor failed Friday night. So of course not having a suitable replacement on hand I had to decide on an upgrade path for the hardware I had.
When I am done I hope to have the final replacement for eegor running much closer to modern hardware with decent specs. It will be a dual machine with all SATA drives. Raid1 is in it’s future with plans to hit about 2-8 TB of capacity. Sucky thing is I did not have the cash to get anything needed to move me in that direction. What to do, what to do.
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January 6th, 2008 ··· andarius
Well the hardware is assembled and running. I will let it run and burn in for the next week before putting it into full service between my network and the rest of the internet. All I can say right now is “bit-barrier lives!!”
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December 31st, 2007 ··· andarius
For Christmas I was given some of the things I wanted most. I got a pair of Gigabit NICs from Intel, a CF-to-IDE adapter and cash. The cash partialy went to the purchase of an Athena Power rackmount chassis with power supply and a 1u cooler for the socket 478 board.
What does all this mean? Means bit-barrier will be online a day or so after the last part arrives. The case is scheduled for delivery Friday. I hope the cooler will arrive shortly there after but do not know as of yet. Should all parts be in before Sunday the assembly will be delayed until late Sunday night or Monday. As my daughter is here she has presedence 
Ring in the New Year with a blast!!
December 7th, 2007 ··· andarius
I have been working on acquiring the hardware to build a new firewall for my home network. Recently I was given an AMD board along with an Athlon 2000+ CPU and video card. Go figure almost right after I find a computer sitting next to the trash drop point in my apartment complex. This one turns out to be an Intel based system. Inside is a working mini-ATX motherboard, 2 GHz socket 478 Celeron and power supply. I figure it is dead but pop in some memory and it boots right up. The CD burner in it even works.
Right now I am hoping for a pair of Intel Gigabit NICs and a CF adapter for Christmas. I get those and build myself a case and off we go. With the new Endian Firewall looking to be even better than the last version it is a shoe in for the load. As soon as I complete the hardware list I will do the build and load and perhaps post a few pics.
Of course the title of this post refers to the name. The last firewall was gate-keeper. The new one will be bit-barrier.
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