Fibre-Channel Arbitrated Loop and a 12-inch PowerBook
Oddly enough, I still have the two Linux servers up and running, hosting a variety of things: a personal website with a gallery, an FTP server, and as a storage dump. Total capacity is 4 TB. Don’t ask me what all that space is used for!For me, I find that having a server is really an advantage for file serving. I have several PCs and laptops throughout the house and they can all access the files. I couldn’t have all my files on my main PC because I often shut it down.
What’s the point of all this stuff anyway? Simply because it was fun to setup, and learn about all the details. I have to admit that Linux administration is fun to me and setting up the network was fun as well. Optimizing the setup was a big joy and I always enjoy locking down my setup.In the end however, I ended up going single CPU on my main computer (the AMD Opteron system) but I did leave the two servers active.
I got rid of the X15 Cheetahs and the Fiber Channel setup. It was insane. Sometime in 2002 I had a titanium PowerBook but didn’t really use it much simply because compared to my Windows PC at the time, I couldn’t even watch a DivX video without the system being very sluggish. So I gave up Macs for a while.
The main focal point of my transition to a Mac however, was my main desktop. I can’t say that I ended up moving to Macs because my Windows PC crashed a lot — it really never crashed. Windows XP is such a solid operating system and I always kept my PC in check. It’s reliable as a boulder sitting still.