Where are all the computer nerds?

dudafunk · 10-19-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

All the nerds are in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai.

Ahem!!

Moved to NY from New Delhi here :P

shadoquad · 10-19-2010, 04:16 PM

I've got an MS in CS. I code therefore I eat/clothe myself/drive a Z.

C coder.

tjlazer · 10-19-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Horseface

Amiga II? Amiga 1000? I loved the Amiga. I had a 500+. Wonderful machine. Felt just right. I never connected with winblows at all. I ended up going Mac just because it feels closer to the Amiga, somehow.

Haha cool, I'm a big Amiga fan too. I collect them. I work IT for the USAF too.

houkouonchi · 12-31-2010, 08:13 AM

Definitely a big computer nerd here. I work as a linux system administrator.

Here is a pick of my 45U rack that is in my house:

I have about 70TB worth of disks in that rack =) All together I would estimate probably around 20k USD of hardware. I bought it all back before I had a house and car payment =) Won't be doing upgrades for quite a while now.

I also have fiber internet (two lines) bonded for around 70/70 speeds:

Needless to say I am a bit of a speed freak (both on the road and on the net)

ChrisSlicks · 12-31-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by houkouonchi

Definitely a big computer nerd here. I work as a linux system administrator.

Here is a pick of my 45U rack that is in my house:

I have about 70TB worth of disks in that rack =) All together I would estimate probably around 20k USD of hardware. I bought it all back before I had a house and car payment =) Won't be doing upgrades for quite a while now.

I also have fiber internet (two lines) bonded for around 70/70 speeds:

Needless to say I am a bit of a speed freak (both on the road and on the net)

Are you hosting porn servers out of your house or what? LOL

houkouonchi · 12-31-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

Are you hosting porn servers out of your house or what? LOL

I am just a bit of a storage pack rat. I have a massive media collection and I generally don't delete anything I download. I also have a 2U server at work that is a core i7 style xeon, 24 GB of ram, 8x1.5 TB in raid6 and 4x256 GB SSD raid0 and 2 gigs of internet connectivity. I push a ton of traffic off that machine (much more than whats possible off my home connections).

dudafunk · 12-31-2010, 10:10 AM

Feels like home here. Cheers

theDreamer · 12-31-2010, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by houkouonchi

I am just a bit of a storage pack rat. I have a massive media collection and I generally don't delete anything I download. I also have a 2U server at work that is a core i7 style xeon, 24 GB of ram, 8x1.5 TB in raid6 and 4x256 GB SSD raid0 and 2 gigs of internet connectivity. I push a ton of traffic off that machine (much more than whats possible off my home connections).

I am the same, I have a 24U server rack with only two systems right now. One has 11TB though, slowly building it all up.

pty370z · 12-31-2010, 10:44 AM

I guess I qualify too..

I have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems and a M.S. in Information Security and Assurance. I also have a couple of certs.. Network+/Security+ and CEH. Planning to get CHFI sometime soon..

Working in security consulting, pen testing, vulnerability and risk assessment, computer forensics, etc..

I studied the M.S. degree in Maryland for a year at Towson University. I'll go back one day.. hehe..

Nice to have a bunch of fellow nerds on the forum..

houkouonchi · 12-31-2010, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

I am the same, I have a 24U server rack with only two systems right now. One has 11TB though, slowly building it all up.

w00t. Rack comrade!

Liquid_G · 12-31-2010, 12:11 PM

Unix/Linux sysadmin here.. Working from home today, installing Solaris patches on a Sun Cluster.. joy...

Houkouonchi, how much is your electricity bill with that rack full of stuff running?

theDreamer · 12-31-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Liquid_G

Unix/Linux sysadmin here.. Working from home today, installing Solaris patches on a Sun Cluster.. joy...

Houkouonchi, how much is your electricity bill with that rack full of stuff running?

-Insert over 9,000 joke-
To lazy to find a picture.

houkouonchi · 12-31-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Liquid_G

Unix/Linux sysadmin here.. Working from home today, installing Solaris patches on a Sun Cluster.. joy...

Houkouonchi, how much is your electricity bill with that rack full of stuff running?

It is actually not that bad. During the winter where I don't have to run the A/C at all my power bill is just under $100/month. With everything in the rack turned on it uses about 1000 watts of power idle but I typically don't have everything running (only about half of it) and it idles at around 450 watts:

The top 20 disk 4U machine runs open solaris =). One big raidz2 volume. Didn't really see a reason for multiple vdev's for what I use it for.

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