Equipment needed for a proper CCIE Collaboration Lab

Currently at home I have a 1760 router, a 3550 switch a 5505 firewall, a Fortinet 60B, two Dell poweredge servers with ESXi, a DD-WRT router with QoS capabilities, and a dozen or so Cisco 7912 phones.
I'm going to be picking up a 2821 router and a POE 3560 switch in the next few days. I have access to loads of WIC cards, PVDM2's and a CUE-NM module. I also have all of the software (CallManager 9.1, Unity, UCCX, Presence, and MeetingPlace 8.6). Cisco doesnt offer a temporary license for UCCX or MeetingPlace. So I dont know if I'll be able to install it. Anybody have any idea's for that?
What else should I put on my wish list to buy? I dont have tons of money. So the newer routers and switches are out of the question. I know they expect you to have a 2900 router, a 3900 router, and a newer 4400-x switch. But realistically, what would you be able to do on those that you couldnt on a 2800 and 3560?
I do think I'll need to break down and buy a pair of video phones. I dont think there is a way around that.

Hi,
take a look at this:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-20807 (requires login).
I don't know yet (I guess nobody does) why they changed the hw from 28xx to 29xx, PVDM2 to PVDM3.
About the switches, I guess if you've got a 3560, that would do, I can't imagine why would anyone need a newer version, unless there's something really, really specific.
UCCX license comes on the installation media (a temporary one, valid for a month, but come on, talk to your Cisco contact to generate one for you).
G.

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Let say I came into a little extra cash and I wantto build a good CCIE Collaboration Lab for people that are studying for the exam to use. I would like ot ask you the following questions:
1. What equipment and licenses should I purchase? My budget is 12-20,000 But I need to keep costs as low as possible. Lower costs = more stuff for your to play with.
2. Would you use such a service?
3. How long of a session should a user be alotted per visist? 4 6 8 10 hours?
4. What would you be willing to pay for a session?
Any other suggestions?
---Michael

Exam hardware/software list:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-5292
I cannot answer the other questions as I got mine several years ago so obviously would not be intersted :-)
HTH,
Chris

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Following the recommendations for a three-disc configuration I've picked up on these forums, I could set it up like this:
C: (256GB SSD) (OS, programs, pagefile)
D: (1TB HDD) (media, projects)
E: (1TB HDD) (previews, media cache, exports)
F: (4TB HDD) (backups of media, projects, and exports and storage of other research files)*THIS DRIVE WOULD BE SHARED ON THE NETWORK
G: (4TB external HDD) (backup of F & drive that backs up to CrashPlan)
but it seems that would be a waste of the speed of the second 10k velociraptor. If I added another SSD and RAIDed the Velociraptors it would be:
C: (256GB SSD) (OS, programs)
D: (Two 1TB Velociraptors in RAID 0) (media, projects)
E: (256GB SSD) (media cache, pagefile)
but would I then need to add another dedicated HDD for previews and exports, or could I store those on the networked F: from above (which would be previews, exports, backups of media and projects, and storage of other research files) without taking a speed hit?
It seems overkill to have a dedicated drive for exports and previews (let's make that the new F:), then have them copy to the first 4TB drive (now G:), then back that up to the second 4TB drive (now H:), then back that up to CrashPlan. However, people might be accessing that network drive at any time, and I don't want that to slow any part of the video process down.
I appreciate any advice ya'll can give me!

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the encouraging response. I'm leaning toward the non-SSD option at this point.
To make sure I understand, are you suggesting I try using the Velociraptor Raid 0 in the 2 disk configuration suggested by Harm's Guidelines for Disk Usage chart? Like this:
C: (256 GB SSD) (OS, Programs, Pagefile, Media Cache)
D: (1TB x2 in RAID 0) (Media, Projects, Previews, Exports)?
Where I'm still confused there, and in looking at Harm's array suggestions for 5 or more drives, is how performance is affected by having simultaneous read/write operations happening on the same drive, which is what I understood was the reason for spreading out the files on multiple drives. Maybe I don't understand how Premiere's file operations work in practice, or maybe I don't understand RAID 0 well enough.
In the type of editing we'll be doing (minimal) aren't there still times when Premiere will be trying to read and write from the D: drive at the same time, for example during export? Wouldn't the increased speed benefits of RAID 0 for either read or write alone be defeated by asking the array to do both simultaneously?
Maybe the reason the Media Cache is on the SSD in the above configuration is because that is what will be read while writing to something like Exports? But that wouldn't make sense given Harm's chart, which has the Media Cache also located on the array....
Another question is, given that the final home of the exported videos will be on the big internal drive (4TB) anyway, could I set it up like this:
C: (SSD) (OS, Programs, Pagefile, Media Cache)
D: (2TB RAID 0) (Media, Projects, Previews)
E: (network shared 4TB HDD) (Exports + a bunch of other shared non-video files)
so I don't end up having to copy the exported videos over to the 4TB drive? Do you think it would render significantly faster to the RAID than it would to the 7200 rpm 4TB drive? I'd like to cut out the step of copying exported videos from D: to E: all the time if it wasn't necessary.
Thanks again.

What equipment do I need for garage band

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richardfromknocklyon wrote:
Hi all have not yet bought a Mac but will do soon I hope.. just doing research first
Some questions if anyone can help Garage band equipment needed
1.      what spec. mac book/pro or Imac do i need ...ram ect.
2.     what hardware do I need PreSonus/M-AUDIO have no idea what brand or keyboard pro keys
I will be recording my guitar, Vocals( have a XLR mic) and some type of keyboard is M-AUDIO PROKEYS SONO 88 any good?
Thanks for your help
please any advise welcome
Richie
I think these days, any mac will do. Personally, I'd want to get one with Firewire since the interfaces I'd want to use are all firewire (with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions), and Thunderbolt isn't quite there yet with peripherals.
If your music goals are more ambitious, you might weigh higher-end options, but in terms of basic garagebanding around, any current mac should work fine.
M-Audio makes a variety of good keyboard controllers. I like the ones with at least a semi-wieghted keyboard like the Axiom series, or their fully weighted keyboards. I've got a keyboard background so the key action is important to me.
Here's a site that has a number of models on it to peruse.
http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/keyboards/keyboard-controllers/
Best is if you can feel the actual keyboard to see if you would be happy with it. If you've had a piano background, you'll probably want a better physical action than the cheapest synth actions. However, if you're just getting started, that might be fine. Outside of the keyboard itself, M-Audio controllers work well, and offer good bang for the buck.
You would also want to get an audio interface. A link for those:
http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/computer-audio/audio_interfaces/
A lot depends on your budget. If you're just starting you can get away with something for around $100 or so. Double or tripple that for better quality. Add a zero for something even more substantial. Firewire is generally better, although RME makes a great USB interface now although it's pricey. A lot of the less expensive USB interfaces are widely used and popular, presonus, m-audio, motu, mackie, etc. The good thing about the Sweetwater site is you can see what other people seem to be buying these days.

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uday kumar wrote:
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All corrective software packages, for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and SAP Business Suite 2005 and beyond that are delivered after April 2nd, 2007 will ONLY be available via SAP Solution Manager's Maintenance Optimizer. Find more details here
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Sorry if its a repeat question. I need ur help. I was trying to download SAP ECC 6.0 IDES from SAP service market place. I identified all the files needed for ECC 6.0 IDES version installation, added them to download basket, though they wont show up there
> R u sure that you have added them to download basket,do you have proper authorization to download them to download manager,cross check the setting of download manager and your S userid and password.
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I have Serv Mkt place ID and is there anything else that I need to install first to be able to download IDES files?.
> Did you configure downlaod manager at your desktop or forntend server?
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> Regards
> Uday

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djutt5 wrote:
Due to malfunctions my daughter returned 2 phones. Each was sent via Fed Ex with the paperwork supplied by Verizon. She even called asking if the phones were received and told yes. This month we see an equipment charge for $559.99 on our bill! She immediately called and asked what the deal was and is being told they never received one of the phones. She was told that they initiated an investigation and we don't have to pay the amt for the equipment charge at this time.
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