The Silly Project dedicated server

[Dan]

I thought some of you may be interested in the Silly Project dedicated server, so I decided to make a topic for it!

Here is the server's hardware :

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor
- 4 x 2400 Mhz, 8 Mb L2 cache, 1066 Mhz FSB, 64 bit, LGA 775, Stepping G0
Intel DG33BU motherboard
- Intel G33 Express chipset, GMA 3100 integrated graphics, Realtek ALC888 5.1 integrated audio
- 4xDDR2, 4xSATA, 1xATA, 1xPCI-E 16x, 1xPCI-E 1x, Intel 82566DC Gigabit LAN, Intel Viiv, mATX
4096 Mb Kingston DDR2 memory
- 4 x 1024 Mb Kingston PC2-5300, 667 Mhz, 5-5-5-15, DDR2
750 Gb Storage with Hardware Raid 1
- AMCC 3ware 7000/8000 Series Raid controller
- 2 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 750 Gb, 7200 rpm, 32 Mb cache, SATA 300

Here is a list of what's installed on the server :

- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 SP2 32 Bit
- Aprelium Abyss Web Server X2 v2.5
- PHP v4.4.7
- PHP v5.2.4
- MySQL v4.1.22
- MySQL v5.0.45
- MySQL GUI Tools v5.0 r12
- PHPMyAdmin v2.11.1
- ActivePerl v5.8.8
- ActivePython v2.5
- Ruby v1.8.5
- Kalab Cron
- ImageMagick v6.3.6.0 Q16
- Hamachi v1.0.2.2
- hMailServer v4.4 B270
- Shoutcast DNAS v1.9.8
- FileZilla FTP server v0.9.23
- Live For Speed X12 dedicated server
- Live For Speed Ban Editor v1.0.0.0
- PRTG Traffic Grapher v6.0.6.675
- Paessler SNMP Helper v1.4
- CPU Usage v2.3
- JKDefrag v3.26

The server is rented on a monthly subscription from OVH (www.ovh.com), a french hosting company based in Paris.
They are one of the top french hosting companys, and are connected to the internet backbone at sevral hundred Gbps!
The server is payed for by me out of my own pocket, costing me about 238 euros every month ...

The server is connected to the internet on a 1 Gbps dedicated connection.
The connection has unlimited bandwidth usage, so it is possible to use 1 Gbps 24/7 if needed!

Here are some photos of the OVH datacenters :


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So, there you go, I hope you found all that interesting ...

If you have any questions or comments, please post them below ...

[Speed]

that looks awesome

[Dan]

that looks awesome

It is, it's a fairly high end server really, ahhh, I'm so proud of myself ...

[NabZ]

Got some decent specs on your server.
Ahh i once had a dedicated server.. use to pay 30USD for it. which is pretty cheap but it wasn't very reliable. lol
Use to have my site running on it http://youtube-dl.com which allowed users to download youtube vids n convert them to any format!
But yeh, i got broke so i gave up on it..
But thats a sweet server man, Why dont you put some ADs on the site to help you pay for the server? Google Adsence! woo

[Dan]

Thanks ...

I think it's fair to say that anything that's cheap, is never great ...

I'm not a fan of ads, I don't want to see banners and popups and text ads all over the place.
It's mainly for this reason that I'd be very slow to put any form of advertising on my sites/servers ...
I do all this for the enjoyment, not for the money, and if I can afford to offer something for free, I will.
When the website gets made, there will be a simple donate button, for people who wish to support the project ...

[Dan]

As some of you know, and most of you don't, Silly Project moved to a new server at the start of last week.

I have now updated the first post in the topic to the new specifications / informations ...

I must say that I'm quite impressed with the new server so far, quad core ftw!

[[LV]zexo[LV]]

wow wow wow dan never ever seen hosting center like that really wow mine hosting center is about 6 pc with 5 GB rams