Forever Interactive Server Part 1

For our first server, we decided just to buy the parts and build it ourselves. Before I came on the team they discussed purchasing a server from Dell or one of the other pre-made companies, but I can build a similar PC for a lot less so we can use the money to do other things. We were able to build this system for around ~$1600.

Here are the pictures in progress:





I put a basic version of Ubuntu Linux on the server to make sure the hardware was properly configured. Now the next task will be to design the partitions and prep the server for raid configuration. The current config just has all four drives mounted serially. Once thats complete I will have to secure Linux, patch any existing software, and add new software.