- MythTV. I have a Linux box next to the TV which is dedicated to running our home media centre. It runs MythTV on Ubuntu and acts as both a frontend and backend. We have an iMac in the kitchen which runs as a frontend, both kids have PC's in their rooms and run MythTV Player as frontends, when they want to watch shows etc from the backend downstairs.
- Zoneminder. I have a Linux box running Ubuntu which is dedicated to our home security system. 5 cameras are connected to it and detect and record any motion that they detect.
- Asterisk. A Dell Poweredge 840 server runs the house & office phone system. There are 3 VoIP phones connected to this server in the house and office. This server also hosts my trouble ticketing system for my business, presently running OTRS.
- Windows Server 2008. Running on a Dell Poweredge 840 server, same as above but with more ram and 1TB+ of disk space. This hosts my Exchange 2007 server, file server and runs a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003 with Blackberry Enterprise Server and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.
- EPIA mini-itx running Ubuntu. This used to house the OTRS server but still runs my Nagios monitoring system. I hope to transfer this to one of the other Linux boxes when I get chance.
- I used to have several other servers running, IRLP, ISA server, backup domain server etc but I have slowly retired them due to the expense in electricity running them!
As well as the above kit which runs 24x7 there are:-
- Generic PC running XP in wifes strudy.
- Dell Vista PC in Morgans bedroom. Dual monitors.
- Dell Vista PC in Camerons bedroom.
- 17" iMac in kitchen.
- Generic Vista PC in my office. (see below)
Maybe I'll give you more details in a future post.
3 comments:
yeah, you're definitely certified geeky.
Or, you had me at MythTV.
Mate
Grab yourself a free copy of Vmware ESXi and merge all your servers into one machine. Stop wasting power and resources.
I don't think asterisk with the Sangoma analogue hardware I have in it for two phone lines will run well in a virtual environment. I'd need to look in to this some more to be sure.
That leaves the cctv box, which is physically located in a different building to the other stuff, and I cant move it due to the cable requirements to the cameras.
MyhtTV needs to be next to the TV ideally.
I've already cut down a heap on what I used to run. I'll continue to do so if it is practical and does not impact the performance or reliability of the equipment.
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