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Delilah is the main data server for CoyoteNET Digital System Solutions. It is a massive machine with 300GB of storage on five removable hard drives. This computer was one year in the making, having a great deal of research devoted to the final design.
It started life as a Windows98 computer serving as the music workstation in the early days of Walnut Hill Productions. Later, it was moved to the server room at CoyoteNET to use as a file server for the machines that were serviced there. Today, it is everything from a repository for software installers to a multimedia powerhouse for post edit production in the multitrack domain.
To see a picture of Delilah, go to the Studio section at Walnut Hill and look at the shot of the main control room. Delilah is the large computer sitting to the left of the desk, with the media door open to reveal the four (now five) drive cages. Two more of these cages have been added and another drive installed since the picture was taken for a total of six drawers. Each drawer has a fan in the front and another in the back to keep the drives inside running cool. There are a total of twenty-one fans in the full-size tower.
Delilah is owned and operated by Richard Mogridge, the Head Nerd at CoyoteNET.
System Specification
System is two years old as of August 30, 2003
Platform: Microsoft WindowsXP Professional SP2 with Internet Explorer 6.1 SP2
Case: DynaMax Beige 14-Bay Full Tower on casters with lockable media door
Drive Drawers: Six Mobile Rack 10,000RPM ATA 133 IDE with removable carriers
Power: Two Hot-Swap Redundant Enerex 500-Watt ATX P4
Fans: 1 120mm Intake, 3 80MM Intake, 2 80mm Exhaust, 12 40mm Drive Coolers, 2 40mm Bridge Coolers, 65mm CPU Cooler.
Cables: 2 36inch Manhattin ATA 133, 2 24inch Manhattin ATA 133, 12inch Manhattin Floppy.
Mother: Gigabyte Technology GA8IDX P4 Titan
Process: Intel Pentium4 400MHz FSB 478 FPGA
Chipset: Intel 845GLLY
Memory: 2 Kingston PC133 512MB DIMMs
Primary Master: Seagate 60GB Barracuda 7200RPM ATA 100
Primary Slave: Western Digital 80GB WD800BB 7200RPM ATA 100
Secondary Master: Sony 16X UDMA 33 DVD Reader
Secondary Slave: Sony 32X10X40X UDMA 33 CDRW Burner
RAID Control: Promise Fastrac 300 PCI with dual ATA 100 IDE ports
RAID Primary Master: Western Digital 20GB WD200BB 7200RPM ATA 100
RAID Primary Slave: Western Digital 20GB WD200BB 7200RPM ATA 100
RAID Secondary Master: Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM ATA 133
RAID Secondary Slave: None installed yet
Video: ATI Radeon 9000 AGP 4X 128MB DDRAM with SVGA, DVI and SVHS outputs
Television: ATI PCI TVWonder SVGA with Video Capture and Dolby sound
Audio: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Dolby Digital
Modem: 3comm 56K PCI Lucent Winmodem with voice, data and fax
LAN: 3comm Network Anywhere PCI 100MIP/s with self booting ROM
Display: Philips 109B 19inch Flat Screen CRT with a 1920x1440 maximum resolution
Speakers: 2 Optimus Pro7 A/V 6inch two-way desktop monitors with Optimus 12inch Subwoofer on floor
Amplifier: Audio-Certron 100-Watt per channel rackmount stereo power amp.
Equalizer: DOD dual 15band stereo graphic EQ with +4dB balanced inputs and outputs
Keyboard: Microsoft Full-size Natural PS/2
Mouse: Logitech Trackman5 Trackball PS/2 or USB
Uninteruptable Power Supply: APC 2400VA Smart UPS on 16550UART serial link to server
Size of Tower: Width=9 Inches, Height=29 Inches Depth=22 Inches
Weight of Tower=125 Pounds
Size of Battery: Width=7 Inches, Height=11 Inches Depth=20 Inches
Weight of Battery=110 Pounds
Total System Current Draw: Volts=120, Amperes=10, Watts=1200
Total Runtime on Fully Charged Battery=1 Hour under Full Load
Cost of System=$6,500.00
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