{"id":4,"date":"2017-03-30T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatejollis.net\/datashed\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2019-07-21T21:06:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T03:06:13","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/datashed.tech\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backyard Datacenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since December of 2013, I have been building a miniature datacenter in my backyard storage shed. This site will document its present state as well as various aspects of its design, operation, and how it was built.<\/p>\n

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The shed itself was built in approximately 1955, and has a floor space of\u00a0approximately 300 sq. ft.<\/p>\n

There are a variety of boxen in the datashed, from bog-standard x86-64 hardware to various Sun SPARC systems, an HP9000\/800, a VAXstation, and a sizable Alpha cluster.<\/p>\n

It is served by two Internet connections: a T1\/DS1 line provided by GTT Communications, and an ADSL line provided by\u00a0ZiaNet<\/a>. There are a large number of static IPv4 addresses on the network, as well as full IPv6 support throughout.<\/p>\n

I do lots of software development on the servers, using lots of virtual machines. I also host a FidoNet BBS (1:305\/1) from here, as well as mail and DNS services for various businesses and organizations.<\/p>\n

The main routers are Cisco 3845s, the core switch is a Cisco 6506 with a redundant pair of Sup32 supervisors and a 48-port gigabit blade, and the top-of-rack switches are Foundry FastIron Edge x448s.<\/p>\n

There is also a Cisco 2611 router that segregates the public WiFi network I run for my neighborhood from the rest.<\/p>\n

Core switch to top-of-rack switch interconnects are redundant\u00a0multimode fiber (62.5\/125).<\/p>\n

Here are the main racks:<\/p>\n

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Left to Right: Cabinets 1DCA.C04, 1DCA.C03, 1DCA.C02<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the network rack, containing the core switch and the two main routers:<\/p>\n

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Cabinet 1DCA.C01. This is where the Internet comes in.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the front of the main server rack (cabinet 1DCA.C02) with the door opened:<\/p>\n

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Cabinet 1DCA.C02 Front View<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the console for everything, along with a Sun Ultra 10 workstation with dual Sun GDM-5410 monitors. The system consoles all go through a 32-port Altusen rackmount KVM switch at the top of the networking rack. Yuna and Rikku from Final Fantasy X are watching over the workstation.<\/p>\n

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Main Workstation<\/p><\/div>\n

The following couple of photos show my efforts at cable management:<\/p>\n

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Cabinet 1DCA.C02 Power Cables<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cabinet 1DCA.C02 Networking<\/p><\/div>\n

Here, you can see some of the PDUs and the back of the gigantic IBM blade server:<\/p>\n

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