Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-27 Thread David Christensen
On 4/27/22 05:24, Will Mengarini wrote: * Tom Browder [22-04/27=We 05:50 -0500]: I really appreciate all the advice, but I am not going to build from scratch again [...]. Just in case anybody's discouraged that the OP won't build from scratch, I just want to say /I/ found this thread

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-27 Thread David Christensen
On 4/27/22 03:50, Tom Browder wrote: On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 08:49 Christian Britz wrote: ... I really appreciate all the advice, but I am not going to build from scratch again (but I will encourage my grandchildren if they ever get interested). In that vein, the link on the modern

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-27 Thread Will Mengarini
* Tom Browder [22-04/27=We 05:50 -0500]: > I really appreciate all the advice, but I am > not going to build from scratch again [...]. Just in case anybody's discouraged that the OP won't build from scratch, I just want to say /I/ found this thread valuable too. Where do you all buy parts?

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 08:49 Christian Britz wrote: ... I really appreciate all the advice, but I am not going to build from scratch again (but I will encourage my grandchildren if they ever get interested). In that vein, the link on the modern build-your-own case (Fractal Design) from David

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-26 Thread Christian Britz
On 2022-04-26 15:28 UTC+0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: > As a Debian user who considers current computer hardware should have a life > expectancy of at least 10 years, my main question w.r.t to those beasts > is what part of the hardware is supported by the vanilla Linux kernel > (since that's

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-26 Thread Christian Britz
On 2022-04-26 10:49 UTC+0200, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > I also use a fanless home server, but it's definitely no slouch. > > My one is a NanoPi M4V2 usingRockchip RK3399 64-bit Dual Core Cortex-A72 + > Quad Core Cortex-A53 It [...] > snappy. It gets 12.47 seconds in the hardinfo n-queens test

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-26 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:25:46AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my remote ones. I am looking at Dell's site and an almost-empty chassis with a low-end Intel, 1 TB SATA, and 8 Gb ECC RAM is in the $800 ball park. It looks very

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-26 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 26/4/22 2:56 pm, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-04-25 23:58 UTC+0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: That's quite vague. I myself use a BananaPi as home server with good results (for my use case anyway), but I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't cover half the needs of some other people's notion of

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-26 Thread Christian Britz
On 2022-04-25 23:58 UTC+0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: > That's quite vague. I myself use a BananaPi as home server with good > results (for my use case anyway), but I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't > cover half the needs of some other people's notion of "home server". I agree with Stefan. I am

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread David Christensen
On 4/25/22 18:57, Felix Miata wrote: Tom Browder composed on 2022-04-25 18:30 (UTC-0400): I'm now 78 and don't do serious building any more--I stand a good chance of frying a CPU! And I wouldn't trust any of my friends, either ;-D IMO, almost everyone who can admin a server can build one.

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Felix Miata
Tom Browder composed on 2022-04-25 18:30 (UTC-0400): > I'm now 78 and don't do serious building any more--I stand a good chance of > frying a CPU! And I wouldn't trust any of my friends, either ;-D IMO, almost everyone who can admin a server can build one. It's a lot simpler than it was 30-40

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread David Christensen
On 4/25/22 15:30, Tom Browder wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:07 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:25:46AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my remote ones. And to all others, thanks for your advice. I'm now

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:07 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:25:46AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > > I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my > > remote ones. ... The HP Microserver is the same sort of beast: HPE Proliant Microserver > Gen 10

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread David Christensen
On 4/25/22 08:25, Tom Browder wrote: I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my remote ones. I am looking at Dell's site and an almost-empty chassis with a low-end Intel, 1 TB SATA, and 8 Gb ECC RAM is in the $800 ball park. It looks very upgradeable. Anyone have

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:27:24AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:07:28 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > Alternatively, it might be worth looking at something small and silent > > from a US? equivalent of QuietPC / Overclockers UK. > > I've had good results from

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Browder wrote: > I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my > remote ones. I am looking at Dell's site and an almost-empty chassis with a > low-end Intel, 1 TB SATA, and 8 Gb ECC RAM is in the $800 ball park. It > looks very upgradeable. > > Anyone have any

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:07:28 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > Alternatively, it might be worth looking at something small and silent > from a US? equivalent of QuietPC / Overclockers UK. I've had good results from silentpc.com, in Washington state. -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:25:46AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my > remote ones. I am looking at Dell's site and an almost-empty chassis with a > low-end Intel, 1 TB SATA, and 8 Gb ECC RAM is in the $800 ball park. It > looks

Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

2022-04-25 Thread Tom Browder
I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my remote ones. I am looking at Dell's site and an almost-empty chassis with a low-end Intel, 1 TB SATA, and 8 Gb ECC RAM is in the $800 ball park. It looks very upgradeable. Anyone have any suggestions on whether to buy or