In this video, the narrator reveals a secret project, a server room he's been building for almost a year. He shares his journey of building a dedicated server room, including assembling server racks, installing hard drives, and configuring a MicroTik switch. The server room houses powerful servers with 10 gigabit connections and 128 GB of RAM each, aimed at supporting bigger projects and ensuring security for his work. The narrator humorously recounts his challenges and experiences throughout the process, all while documenting the steps for the viewer.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The author has been working on a secret project, a secret room, for almost a year.
2. The new server room is dedicated and designed to replace the previous inadequate setup in a small bedroom.
3. The new server room has two internet connections, one at five gig and another at one gig, along with a dedicated AC unit to keep it cool.
4. A glass wall has been added to the server room for showcasing it from another studio.
5. The author is building a rack for new 45 Drive servers.
6. The servers in the rack have Xeon Silver 4210 CPUs with 10 cores and 20 threads, 128 GB of RAM, and 10-gigabit network interfaces.
7. The author had some difficulties and delays in building the rack.
8. The author is exploring projects related to Kubernetes, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
9. The author mentions using Contrast Security to ensure code security.
10. The author acquired a MicroTik switch with 24 10-gigabit SFP interfaces to handle the networking requirements.
11. There were challenges in configuring the MicroTik switch, but it was eventually set up.
12. The author plans to connect two MicroTik switches together and bond the interfaces to create a trunk for VLAN traffic.
13. There are four 45 Drive servers that will be cabled up, each with multiple network interfaces bonded into ether channels.