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About this site
This site runs FreeBSD (currently running v8 release). I have been using FreeBSD starting with version 5 and have upgraded as new versions are released via CVS and buildworld.
The following hardware powers this site
CPU
Memory
Storage
- 3Ware 8006-2LP controller with 2 Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb (OS)
- 750 GB Samsung HD753LJ gmirror array (storage)
- External 750 GB drive for backup
- Generic 40x CDROM
Video card
Network cards
Raid level
Misc
- All hard drives are monitored by SmartMonTools
- UPS duties are handled by an American Power Conversion Back-UPS XS900 and monitored by apcupsd
- Postfix is set up using virtual domains via PostfixAdmin. I use MySQL for database needs
- I use ddclient to update my IP via DynDNS custom DNS service
Backup methodology
0 level dumps every day to alternate locations: The dumps go to a different hard drive locally as well as an external disk. This way I always have a current backup should one of the dumps fail for some reason. More info is available here