Quick computer update

I made some small changes to the computer pages for Bhavani (new CPU) and Durga (added hard drive). Durga's new hard drive is a 1.5TB Seagate that was free as part of a combo deal with the Sparkle power supply I got for Chandi a couple weeks ago. I had forgotten about it and found it still in the shipping box.

As I've gotten back into Folding@home, I decided to set up a web site to monitor my clients remotely. This is very easy given the combination of Windows Home Server, which has a built-in web server, and HFM.net, a Folding@home monitoring tool which can generate web pages. I set HFM.net to copy the web pages to a shared folder on WHS, and then configured a virtual directory in IIS that pointed to the shared folder. Voila! Now I can even monitor my clients from my phone. It seems like it's pretty easy to customize the XSLTs that generate the web site, too, so I might play with that.

Here's a quick list of my current plans for my various computers:

1. Sell the 9800GX2 graphics cards in Gauri, replace them with the GTX 295s in Chandi, and RMA Chandi's motherboard.
2. When Kali's case arrives, move my desktop software from Aparna to Kali (with a fresh install of Windows 7 Pro). Phase out and sell parts from Aparna.
3. When the next version of Windows Home Server is released, rebuild my server using parts from Gauri. Sell Durga's CPU/mobo/RAM. Probably trash Durga's case and get a new case. Maybe move Gauri's dual PSUs to Kali.
4. As soon as possible, get rid of all other old PCs and parts, including Shakti and Amba.
5. Maybe next year, upgrade Lalitha with new Sandy Bridge hardware.

I don't plan to start on any of this for about two weeks.

More computer stuff

I made some updates to my Computers page to include some of the changes described in the previous post. I just realized I forgot to mention the 15" TV/secondary monitor, though. The big change is my new computer Kali which will be replacing Aparna as my primary desktop soon.

The Great Windows 7 Migration is almost done, and soon I should only have one Vista box and one XP box left. I wish Windows Home Server "Vail" would hurry up and release, because I'm getting anxious to move that machine to new hardware and I don't want to have to reinstall WHS twice. All in good time, though.

I need to make another anime post, but I've been watching a lot of other stuff too so I'm not too far behind.