I run some of my Linux machines through a switch which is connected to a range extender by ethernet. The range extender then connects wirelessly to the rest of my network. this was necessitated because the machines are located in a shed located away from the house. I don't know if this solution would work for your set up or not.
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I needed to replace a drip cap over the new board I replaced behind the gas meter. It was only 2 feet long so I figured I could make my own, which I did. But, I needed the table saw to do it. The table saw plugs into the same circuit as the 2 R610's and I know not to start the saw with those two systems going. So I did an orderly shutdown on them and took them off line. I made all my cuts, unplugged the saw and went to restart the R610's. One took off beautifully, but the other one choked when Linux started. These are the two which have been running off of the USB drives exclusively. The Linux installation on the one had become corrupted and it would only partially boot and then threw a non sync error and a bunch of other gobbledy gook. So I reinstalled Linux on the USB and restarted. No problem. I had over 25 cpu years on that drive so I am a little disappointed that the machine needs to start over, but at least it is working again.
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I paid $4.99 for the 16 gb drive. I watch the Sunday ads and buy on sale when I need more. I keep a couple spares just in case. I am using Sandisk drives as they seem to hold up pretty good. Long ago I used an Emtec drive and it only lasted about 6 weeks. It is hard to beat the price and they use a lot less electricity than a regular hard drive.
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No, never tried a an SD card. The USB drives always seem to be cheaper for the same size and I don't need an adapter. However it would be interesting to try.
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Thank you, but no thank you. That is a real workhorse of a a chip, but I have been running at least dual cpu servers for some time. I still have a couple of consumer grade PC's I am still using, but I don't have a motherboard for that chip. I might have a lead on a quad cpu server, but don't know if I should get another electric hog. I will have to research it, plus the guy who has it was pretty sketchy on the model. I would have to get more information. I keep the PC's in the house because they are quiet. I would not have the servers in the house as they make way too much noise.
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