Setting up a Small Server Room

[Ted]

don't need 2 racks for that.
That's a HP blade system, 3/4 of a rack, ups, kvm, redundant, etc.
I have designed a few, but i am intrigued by the latest claims
of AC free low power servers. AC can be a nightmare as it will
eventually break and leave your equipment in a sauna :(.
Cost? HP based,  with your own storage (as apposed to a NetApp, etc),
90k$ before cooling. If its worth doing, and down time would be costly 
for you,
i would recommend only hp or ibm equipment.
I would also recommend a additional unit as a backup to your backup,
redundancy as dual, means you have none when your first piece fails :)
If you want to build it yourself, and go cheap but quality, then 2-3 U cases
with asus server boards. (be 60% the price, but use up more rack).
Just my 0.02. In my experience with HP blade systems,
5years, 30+ blades, no failures. And multi-year uptimes.

-tl

On 11/21/2011 12:47 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> I've been asked to collaborate on a grant proposal which includes a
> small server room (1-2 racks, networking, cooling, UPS).  I only know
> enough to have an idea of what goes into such a room, and I what I need
> is a set of costs.
>
> Can anyone on the list give me ballpark figures (and contact emails if
> we get the grant and hire you to implement) for the following:
>
> 2-3 high powered web servers
> Backup computer(s) and storage (actual data requirements are modest -
> under 5 Tb)
> Networking, firewalls, etc
> Cabling, racks
> Cooling
> UPS
>
> All of these rounded to the nearest 4 figures.
>
> Thanks!

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