So on the surface this looks attractive, but on further investigation I think its better to separate my NAS requirements from my Firewall/Phone. This box has pretty basic RAID capabilities and the HDDs are not hot swappable. I'm also not sure I want my NAS on the same box as my network gateway... if power goes out I want to run my gateway for as long as possible on the UPS, whereas I am happy to let my NAS shutdown and power off for duration of the power outage (which sadly are quite frequent for me).
But this thread has got me interested in a related topic, and that is getting a gateway device on which I could run VMware ESXi and then run Astlinux in that. The same box could then also run some other VM's (for e.g. Ubiquiti UniFi Controller, PiHole, whatever). Right now I am running Unifi inside a VM on QEMU on Astlinux (a custom build) but it might make sense to move to ESXi. I'm wondering if the Qotom boxes are good enough for ESXi. I just came across a 6th gen i7 version with 6 NIC's... Q575G6. Looks new, so not locally stocked yet -- would have to come from china. David On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 6:37 PM Michael Knill < michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: > Hmm interesting. Firewall, Phone and NAS all in one box! > > Regards > Michael Knill > > On 4/6/19, 8:19 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: > > The MicroServer includes basic hardware RAID (0,1,10 IIRC) support > using a Marvell chip > -- > 01:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9230 PCIe > SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 11) > -- > At BIOS boot you can type Control-M to configure the builtin hardware > RAID. I did not play with this. > > For serious NAS applications a SAS PCIe card and SAS drives would > probably be the way to go. This overview video did that > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3QQBHIjtGI > > Lonnie > > > > > On Jun 3, 2019, at 5:06 PM, David Kerr <da...@kerr.net> wrote: > > > > This box is begging for RAID support across the 4 drive bays. How > would you suggest going about that? > > > > David > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 5:20 PM Lonnie Abelbeck < > li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: > > A newly released hardware description and configuration has been > added to the AstLinux documentation: > > > > HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 AMD X3421 > > https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:board_hpe_microserver_x3421 > > > > I personally purchased a HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 (Model: > P04923-S01) (8G RAM, No SSD) via Amazon: > > > > HPE ProLiant Microserver Gen10 ... > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DFPDRV8/ > > > > $329.00 USD -- Solution Model: P04923-S01, AMD X3421 CPU, 4-core > @2.1 GHz, 8G RAM > > > > $ 8.00 USD -- ORICO 2.5 to 3.5 Hard Drive Adapter HDD SSD Mounting > Bracket Tray (32GB SSD laying around) > > > > $ 0.00 USD -- Shipping (Included) > > > > First you might ask, a 9" cube with 4 drive bays, this is not a > typical AstLinux hardware description ... yes you are correct. The reason > this box caught my eye was several fold: > > > > 1) Good value with 8G DDR4 RAM included, puts the barebone > board/case/power-supply price at around $200 USD. > > 2) Can run AstLinux either bare-metal or as a guest VM with a > hypervisor on the MicroServer. Start a project bare-metal and transition > to a VM later if needed. > > 3) Widely obtainable, backed by HP Enterprise and should have a long > run on ebay as the years go by. > > 4) Good reviews [1] (and FYI Overview Video [2]). > > > > The MicroServer's AMD X3421 performance falls between the faster > Qotom Q530G6 (Core i3-6100U) and slower Qotom Q190G4N-S07 (Celeron J1900). > About 3x the performance of a PC Engines APU2. > > > > The power consumption is relatively low for this kind of box, idles > at 16 W. And runs cool at idle, k10temp reports 23 degC CPU (measured on > the board, not CPU core) (ambient temp is 22 degC / 72 degF). The large > but quiet fan is overkill for a bare-metal AstLinux install. > > > > The HPE MicroServer offers: > > -- Lots of configuration options. > > -- Supports Video (VGA) Console > > -- Supports 2.5" SSD (with 2.5" to 3.5" tray) > > -- 2x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 NIC's > > -- 2x PCIe low-profile slots > > -- Power button > > > > The MicroServer requires DDR4 RAM, dual 288-pin UDIMM's, 8GB to 32GB > supported. > > > > No surprise, line-speed 1Gbps network routing and line-speed > WireGuard VPN with 50% headroom. > > > > The HPE MicroServer Gen10 X3421 has run solidly for a few days, > further updates as needed. > > > > Lonnie > > > > [1] Review > https://www.servethehome.com/hpe-proliant-microserver-gen10-review/ > > > > [2] Overview Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3QQBHIjtGI > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Astlinux-users mailing list > > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > _______________________________________________ > > Astlinux-users mailing list > > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org.
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