Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 19/12/22 21:30, Rich Freeman wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 7:51 AM Wols Lists wrote: On 19/12/2022 12:00, Rich Freeman wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:11 AM Dale wrote: If I like these Raspberry things, may make a media box out of one. I'd like to have a remote tho.  So, I've

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 11:43 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 6:30 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > > > My current solution is: > > 1. Moosefs for storage: amd64 container for the master, and ARM SBCs > > for the chunkservers which host all the USB3 hard drives. > > I'm trying to

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Hi Rich On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 6:30 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > My current solution is: > 1. Moosefs for storage: amd64 container for the master, and ARM SBCs > for the chunkservers which host all the USB3 hard drives. I'm trying to understand the form factor of what you are mentioning above.

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 7:51 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 19/12/2022 12:00, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:11 AM Dale wrote: > >> If I like these Raspberry things, may make a media box out of one. I'd > >> like to have a remote tho.  > > > So, I've done that. Honestly,

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 19/12/2022 12:00, Rich Freeman wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:11 AM Dale wrote: If I like these Raspberry things, may make a media box out of one. I'd like to have a remote tho.  So, I've done that. Honestly, these days a Roku is probably the better option, or something like a

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:11 AM Dale wrote: > > If I like these Raspberry things, may make a media box out of one. I'd > like to have a remote tho. ;-) So, I've done that. Honestly, these days a Roku is probably the better option, or something like a Google Chromecast or the 47 other

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:53 PM Dale wrote: >> It took some digging around but I found out it is a AMD Phenom 9750 quad >> core. > You might want to hook a Kill-a-watt to that and see how much power it > uses. Those older AMD processors were really inefficient. > > One

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:53 PM Dale wrote: > > It took some digging around but I found out it is a AMD Phenom 9750 quad > core. You might want to hook a Kill-a-watt to that and see how much power it uses. Those older AMD processors were really inefficient. One thing I've come to appreciate

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 03:53:28PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > >>> Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is >>> it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor with a II in its name, but that was >>> you main rig, right? >> It took some digging

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 03:53:28PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is > > it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor with a II in its name, but that was > > you main rig, right? > > It took some digging around but I found out it is a

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > >> See other reply that has more info.  I'm pretty sure it is the >> encryption maxing out the CPU. > The most simple benchmark is dd: unlock the LUKS layer on your HDD. then > first read from the HDD directly and

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:30:45PM -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht: > I don't know how to get the CPU flags on FreeBSD nor > how to determine if encryption is hardware or software > based on TrueNAS. Given some time I might Google > that. Wikipedia has lists of practically everything:

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

sysctl hw SNIP> sudo dmidecode -t processor -t cache

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 1:07 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 2:30 PM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > > > > Mostly, I need a better CPU. If I encrypt anyway. > > > > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 2:30 PM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > > Mostly, I need a better CPU. If I encrypt anyway. > > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is > it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > See other reply that has more info.  I'm pretty sure it is the > encryption maxing out the CPU. The most simple benchmark is dd: unlock the LUKS layer on your HDD. then first read from the HDD directly and then from the LUKS device: dd

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 12:08 PM Dale wrote: > I just might find a simple distro that I can install on that thing. Honestly, I don't really care what is on it as long as it does what I want and I can figure out how to make it work easily enough. Consider Ubuntu Server. It's text only and will

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:49 AM Jack > wrote: > > > > On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > >

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 2022.12.18 11:17, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:49 AM Jack wrote: > > On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Humm, I think you should... > > Wipe

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:49 AM Jack wrote: > > On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Humm, I think you should... > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo

Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... Humm, I think you should... Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... First there was Linux from Scratch. Next came