Just watch out for Industrial deafness then ;)
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu>wrote: > Gosh; my computer room’s too quiet with three; a Dell Latitude E6530 > laptop, my mother’s Dell Dimension 4600 (15 years old), and my Del > PowerEdge T110 server with Server 2008 R2, though I think I’m going to > upgrade it to Server 2012. It needs to be louder in here! Unlike most > people on this list probably, I am not bothered, but enthralled by the > noise of computer equipment; the more noise from servers and equipment, the > better I can work, and the better I feel. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:50 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Home setup**** > > ** ** > > My three servers are:**** > > 2 x Micro-servers (1 x N36L + 1 x N40L)**** > > 1 x EX495 (HP Home Server)**** > > These are pretty quiet, and also don’t generate much heat (I was using > them when I was living in Singapore). I replaced a single Dell 1400SC > server with the above, and they have more capability whilst being quieter > and cooler. I have the VMs setup in a way that I can turn off one of the > Microservers without impacting much functionality in case it’s a really hot > day etc.**** > > ** ** > > The rest of the PCs are scattered around the place e.g. a Mac Mini runs > Windows Media Centre, both my wife and I have a main laptop, we have a > shared desktop, a HP Slate 500 tablet etc. We don’t have them all on at the > same time, but even if they were, laptops aren’t particularly noisy J**** > > ** ** > > http://www.adopenstatic.com/temp/homenetwork2.jpg is my current physical > setup.**** > > ** ** > > I think the other thing that reduces overhead is that I’ve writen a decent > amount of documentation (design docs, end user guides etc.). Also, things > are setup in a corporate rather than SOHO manner e.g. access to everything > is by AD identity (e.g. 801.1x for wireless through to print queues, > mailboxes, scanning etc.), which centralises/minimises identity management > overhead. **** > > ** ** > > So, if we have someone staying with us for a week, I create an AD account > and put that account in some groups (depending on what they need access > to). They can read the end user services guide to work out what they need > to do to get access to something. Since our machines are domain joined, > they can use any free computer in the place. When they leave, I just > delete/disable their account. In the event a machine goes bad for some > reason, I can re-image it from the backups on the WHS2011.**** > > ** ** > > Now, I don’t have teenage kids, so I don’t have to deal with the issues > that this might throw into the mix J**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Grant Molloy > *Sent:* Thursday, 14 March 2013 9:45 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Home setup**** > > ** ** > > Ken,**** > > Out of interest how loud is your computer room (based on 7pc's and 3 > servers?)**** > > On Mar 14, 2013 8:05 AM, "Ken Schaefer" <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote:**** > > The absolute “lowest maintenance” solution just involves turning > everything off. Unfortunately that usually fails other tests (having > certain functionality available for use).**** > > **** > > Without understanding where your time is going, I think it’d be hard to > guess what remediation measures to take. I don’t think there’s anything > intrinsically wrong with the setup you have today. But obviously there is a > need to cut down on the time/effort you’re spending – just need to > understand what you’re spending time on.**** > > **** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > **** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Grant Molloy > *Sent:* Wednesday, 13 March 2013 4:22 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Home setup**** > > **** > > There's no 'major's issue, but it feels like there is always something > that needs to be done with os. > I do use WU/MU, but in recent times I've had a few failures which have > cost me lots of time to fix. > Virus/malware not issue as regular scans and daily update checks. > PC and server have auto backups setup. > I have noticed a nice amount of dust on front of cases and CPU heatsinks > with too much dust, but that's not a biggie...**** > > Maybe I should have asked for the 'lowest maintenance' solution. **** > >
