On-Site Computer services is a specialist in the supply, design and manufacture of Networking Products, LAN Workbenches/Racking, Stacking Frames, and Equipment racks. All company's... more
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On-Site Computer services is a specialist in the supply, design and manufacture of Networking Products, LAN Workbenches/Racking, Stacking Frames, and Equipment racks. All company's solutions are built and designed to individual requirements and are flexible for future expansion. Castors can be added to the cabinet base for improved mobility. Jacking feet can be used to allow levelling on uneven floors and prevent movement when used in conjunction with castors.
Advantages: Very versatile mid range server Disadvantages: support web site can be awkward to navigate
...I started building these when they were X232's,they were good then and are still good now. They work equally well as an SMB domain controller, larger corporate BDC/SQL server or mid use terminal server. I currently support a pair of them using round robin DNS supporting some 100 TS users using office docs, outlook and an accounts package.
As you can see from the picture they are a tower unit but you can buy, for about £250 a rack conversion kit. The kit includes a new facia, metal case and rails. Once converted the rails will fit into most SERVER cabinets. This server will not go into a standard 600 wide data cabinet because you tend to find that the doors on the data cabinets hinge in such a way as to stop the server sliding out on its rails unless you remove the door. Secondly the cabinet should be at least 900mm deep...
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...The configuration I use is :
2x Xeon 3.6GHz/800MHz (1MB L2 Cache), 4x 512MB ECC 133MHz SDRAM,48x-20x IDE CD-ROM drive, Dual Broadcom 5721 Gigabit Ethernet, ATI Radeon 7000M, IBM 5U x 24in Tower To Rack Conversion Kit ,5x146.4 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra320 80-pin hard drive,Serveraid 7k SCSI raid card, Remote supervisor Adapter II card.
Operating System provided by IBM as well ( part number 90P0221) Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Standard Edition.
Packaging and manuals:
Server is very well packaged,rack conversion comes with explanation for conversion, but the whole conversion is not intuitive at all.Picture provided in installation instructions not very helpful. Bit and pieces included in the packages ,as keyboard and mouse for Server.IBM Director and Serveraid manager CD, plus OS CDin the box, OS pre-installed.
Set-Up.
Set up...
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Advantages: Small, reliable, decent range, easy to set-up and tweak Disadvantages: Not so great looking, suffers from static occaisionally
...is ample for the house I live in, a 3 floor 19th C. semi, the signal reaches from the office downstairs to even the loft room without loosing much strength, and I always get the full 54mbs stated on the signal monitor in the toolbar.
The only downsides as I see it is that: after being on for a few weeks continuously it can suffer from a sort of static problem much like freeview and digiboxes for tvs do, and this results in freeze ups and loss of connection - fixed simply though by unplugging and plugging back in the power supply to the router; and that it doesnt look or feel as sleek as some of the other routers about...but really, its so small and light i just shove it under the plinth the pc stands on and its out if sight then.
Overall, a good router which has been great for use as part of my home network, handling all sorts of usage...
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20.05.2006
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