Home Network & lab


Current setup



 <--- WHSv1
          D-I-Y Pentium-4 "Northwood" @ 2.80 GHz
          2 GiB DDR memory
          3 TiB total storage
          Windows Home Server V1 (Quattro)


<--- Cisco 2621XM
          (2x) FastEthernet ports, 128 MiB memory, (1x) T1/E1 WIC & WIC1-ADSL
 <--- Cisco PIX 515e (primary)
          ASA 8.x, 128 MiB memory, PIX-4FE, VAC+
 <--- Cisco PIX 515e (failover)
          ASA 8.x, 128 MiB memory, PIX-4FE, VAC+

 <--- Cisco WS-2950T-24
          IOS 12.1(xx), (24x) FastEthernet, (2x) GigabitEthernet

 <--- Cisco WS-2950T-24
          IOS 12.1(xx), (24x) FastEthernet, (2x) GigabitEthernet








<--- [T.B.A.] iStarUSA 2U case {planned}
          D-I-Y Core i5 "Sandy Bridge" @ 3.4 GHz
          ECS H61H2-M2(1.0) mATX mainboard
          16 GiB DDR3 memory
          iSCSI target
          VMware ESXi 4.1 or ProxmoxVE (undecided)
<--- RAID Server (left) {planned}
          D-I-Y AMD Athlon II X4 @ 3.0 GHz
          MSI 880GMS-E41(FX) mainboard
          16 GiB DDR3 memory
          6 TiB (4x 3 TiB HDDs) in RAID-Z2 (RAID6)
          FreeNAS 8.x
<--- VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1 (right)
          Dell PowerEdge SC430 (Pentium4-D @ 2.8 GHz)
          4 GiB DDR-ECC memory
          (3x) 250 GiB in RAID-5

















<--- Cyberpower PR1500 U.P.S.
          1500 VA @ 1 kW (1,000 watts)






Former equipment

12U Telco Rack
Cisco 1601 w/T1 WIC (IOS 12.0.7)1
Cisco Catalyst 2950T-24 (IOS 12.1.22 EA4)
Cisco 2503 (IOS 12.2.27)1

1: Connected using a DB60 DCE/DTE serial cable.