A new distraction

I have to admit something, I am a techno nerd. Yes it is true, I am gadget and computer guy at heart. This is part of the reason why I find photography so interesting. I love the challenge of creating new and interesting images and keeping abreast of all the technology changes.

This shot gets to my nerdiness. I have a web server that I use to host my images, personal emails and multiple blogs. Every once in a while, I decide to upgrade it to newer hardware; however new is relative term because I refuse to spend 2,000+ on a new server and so I always get used equipment.

In this picture, we see the "new" server. It is not really new, but is new to me and has some serious horsepower including 2 CPUs, lots of RAM, redundant cooling and redundant disk system. My new distraction is turning this into my webserver. As part of the project, I have decided to use VMware and CentOS for Linux. The challenge is building the system, migrating the data and then transparently replacing the old server.

As it stands, I have finished the primary build and data transfer and am just trying to get remote management figured out. Once this is done, this monster will be out of my house. Hopefully some time will free up once this project is completed.

Oh and I also backblipped yesterday.


Post processing:
None, straight from the camera