PC

My friend got a server rack pretyt cheap online and just left the monstrosity in his living room

PC Hardware:

CPU: Ryzen 9 5950x
GPU: Gigabyte RX 5500XT Gaming OC 8GB
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 11 Platinum 1000 Watt
RAM: G.skill Aegis 32gb, DDR4 3200mhz (2 Riegel)
SSD: Kingston A2000 500gb M.2 NVME
MoBo: MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WIFI
Cooler: be quiet! Dark rock pro 4
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C - Dark TG

I will buy a RTX 3080 as soon as they are back in stock

Just need a GPU for now and one to pass through to MacOS

nice those are reall ygood specs

dual booting mac os?

No KVM

I recently got a mac os up and running via virtual box

works really well

I do a lot of compiling for iphone via it

I would do that if my apartment was big enough. I already have a storage rack that I put all my computer and networking equipment that takes up a lot of room. Only place I could put a server rack would partially block my front door.

I have been using Virtual box for a while but i wasn't really happy with it so i am gonna switch to kvm

I definitely prefer KVM for virtualization

i prefer virutalization strictly for the space saving

and not needing all these boxes lying around

I have to use multiple computers for my virtualization need because currently the only system that could run lots of virtualization is my workstation. I use that for running large VMs when I'm testing stuff for school or research but I don't want my 24/7 VMs running on it.

yeah luckily i dont need the vm's running 24/7 so virtualization is a good option for me. I really only need to spin them up when I need to cross compile

I probably only have five or six VMs I run 24/7. Thankfully they are pretty lightweight but there's some stuff I'd like to run 24/7 that I just don't have the compute power/RAM for.

Actually I do have one vm I forgot about that I leave running 24/7 but in that case I just have it running on an ec2 instance 24/7

I'm curious, why do you choose to use AWS versus one of the many alternatives like digital ocean? I like the alternatives because the price modeling is clear and simple.

Didn’t look too heavily into it tbh. Knew aws could do what I needed so I just spun up an instance and put it on my company card. If I were paying for it Out of pocket I would definitely have looked into the price modeling more

Anyone here in cyber security?

IIRC David is

I am getting my master's in cyber security

Nice. Do you think the Comp TIA's are adequate to get started in the field? Specifically Security+.

It's not the top cert most places are looking for but I have seen some ask for it and it's easier to get then many because it doesn't have an experience requirement. If you don't also have a degree I think it wouldn't hurt and probably help.

shiiiit

When I worked in the defense industry I got security+, i didn't think it was tough per se but there was an assload of info to know IMO

both technical and non technical

im not cyber security tho just software developer

Security+ is always listed as one of the best certs to get, however when I've looked at job listings in the past, I see very few that mention it. Probably the top cert in the field that I've seen is CISSP, that requires three to five years if experience in the field thou.

That said, you may want to look at jobs in places you wan to work to see what they require with your experiences. I will be going into the job market in a few years with advanced degrees and publications but I'd also like to stay in my home state so if you have a larger search area you might be able to find more.

Do you know a relatively small and soundproof rack? Shouldn't be over 250$

I already saw some pretty good ones on ebay. Some with up to 4 CPUs with 6 cores each for a pretty good price.

yeah the job didnt require it as a prereq, but was one they required you to get while on the job (they paid for the cert/training classes) before you were allowed into top secret clearance zones.

His was massive it was crazy. We had to go grab it states away and then carry it up 3 flights of stairs to his apartment

But i was thinking about buying the rack chassis and just build my own parts into it. Something like Dual Socket MoBo with 2 Octa Core Xeons, around 64gb DDR3 ECC Ram and a Consumer Corsair PSU. Just not sure how to cool that thing because of the weird construction of that case. Should I cool a Server CPU Actively or Passively?

Wonder why they didn't sell the servers and the rack separately

A rack like that is what I'd want. If you're going to pay and transport a server rack, might as well get a full 48U.

I appreciate the honest response! I'm new in IT. Just got my first job in tech support but the company offers most Comp TIA courses so I'm going to study like a scholar monk lol I just want to get into an entry level job and I can move so I'm flexible there. I see so many cyber security issues and most companies seem woefully unready. Solar wind hacks really seemed to wake me up.

Just looked it up, yeah it was a 48U. He got it super cheap like <$100 the guy was selling a bunch of them