GotSpeech Central
I've seen other bloggers do this so I thought it would be interesting to blog about my home office. This is where I run GotSpeech from and where I do the development work for Gold Systems as welll as any side projects that I have.
I have a room dedicated for an office that includes my computers, a television and a couch that folds out into a bed (for those really late night coding sessions).
Note - you can click the images for a better view.
The first image is an overview of the workstation that takes up the corner of the room. It kind of gives you a panoramic of what I stare at for too many hours each day. And yes I know there is a mess of wires under the desk but there is a lot of stuff to connect and power up.
This image shows the desk better. Below the desk on the left is a Dell running Windows 2003 Server. It and the Dell laptop (running Xp-Pro) setting above it belong to Gold Systems and are used for developing applications. Below the desk on the right hand side is my Gateway PC running Vista. It has 4 gigs of memory and is my main office machine used for GotSpeech and all of my personal stuff in addition to developing OCS 2007 Speech Server applications.
On top of the desk going from left to right you will find an AudioCodes MP114 VoIP Gateway on the riser at the far left. Scattered around the desk (literally) are my monitors. On the left is a 19" monitor waiting to be hooked up to the new Dell server that is expected to arrive in the next week or so. In the middle is a 22" monitor and to the right is another 19" that is always hooked up as the second monitor on the Vista box. The 22" monitor is controlled by an KVM switch and is switchable between all of the computers. This gives me dual monitors for Vista. A second monitor to go with the laptop's built in screen and it is the only monitor hooked to the Dell server on the floor. The new server will have dual monitors as it will utilize the 19" on the left and the 22" monitor.
Not seen behind the monitor on the left is my Linksys N wireless router and a separate 8 port hub. The silver box to the right of the monitor is a 250gig USB hard drive used for backups and archiving. Also not clearly visible is another 80gig USB drive, a Vonage line and several UPS devices (3 + a new one awaiting the new server) for backup power. I can power all of my critical systems for about 90 minutes. A networked Brother MFC-440CN all-in-one printer and several phones finish out my setup
So there you have it. This is where I spend most of my time. And in case you are getting any ideas all of this stuff is protected by a monitored alarm system, a vicious dog and several firearms of various calibers.
I hope you have enjoyed this little tour and I would love to hear about your setup.