100 computer network setup

Thor

Thor

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Hello, I need some assistance please. I will first explain what I would like and then I will explain what hardware I have and then I will ask how to do this.

I have 100 machines plus 1 control machine. I want to be able to have the following happen:

If one of the 100 machines goes down (network, freeze, shutdowns anything) I want the control machine to send me an E-mail saying <machine name> <Machine IP> is down.

I want to be able to log into the control machine via teamviewer and then boot one of the 100 machines over the lan, physically power the machine back on.

I have 1 Fiber line connected to a router from that router I want to ensure all 100 machines have internet access.

Is this possible? If so, how would one go about this?

The motherboards will be the Biostar TB250 and TB350.
 
Zabbix would be my personal preference for monitoring and notifications being a very comprehensive and fully open source option.

For rebooting the boards ideally you would want something equivalent to the management interfaces (eg. Dell iDrac) that you get on servers. I imagine for these boards, you could set up something with Pi's, arduinos or similar to hard reset the MB if it locks up or to power up as needed for that matter.
 
philaniH said:
all possible
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That is reassuring... Now I just need some elaboration on the means please :)

InvisibleJim said:
Zabbix would be my personal preference for monitoring and notifications being a very comprehensive and fully open source option.

For rebooting the boards ideally you would want something equivalent to the management interfaces (eg. Dell iDrac) that you get on servers. I imagine for these boards, you could set up something with Pi's, arduinos or similar to hard reset the MB if it locks up or to power up as needed for that matter.
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I had a look at Zabbix actually, I will keep it in mind, it's slightly overkill for what I want, but the idea is there.

How will I handle internet assuming I want to assign my own IP to each machine?
 
Thor187 said:
That is reassuring... Now I just need some elaboration on the means please :)



I had a look at Zabbix actually, I will keep it in mind, it's slightly overkill for what I want, but the idea is there.

How will I handle internet assuming I want to assign my own IP to each machine?
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Just a decent router.

The edgerouter series should handle that volume quite easily
 
Thor187 said:
What is the difference between a normal switch vs a managed switch vs the edgerouter?
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A normal switch is pretty dumb, I.e just switches packets, a managed switch has more layer2 features such as vlans, rstp, etc. An edgerouter is a router so it routes, I.e you want that device to hand out IP addresses, to do natting, qos, pppoe etc.
 
Any active directory, dns..? Just machines or servers as well? I take you're running a firewall with the external connection as well. I'm just asking as it's easy to achieve what you want, but will need more info. Else pm me can setup the network design with you.
 
Today said:
How are you going to power 100 mining rigs at one location? Assuming 6 GPUs per rig you will need quite a lot of juice from Eskom. (i.e. even 3 phase won't be sufficient will it?)

EDIT: I assume these are mining rigs (because of the motherboards you mentioned), perhaps I am wrong. :)
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Industrial warehouse (old steel factory). Power is not a problem
 
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