Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.
any brandname machine with the right specs will do. a word of warning though - don't hope to scale the specs, purchase the max set of hardware you'll need right away - upgrades can be more expensive than the machine itself. If you expect to need more than a single server, maybe a beefy machine that can carry multiple VMs would be preferable. 2011/6/16 Josh Roden joshro...@gmail.com: Hi Everyone, This is my new address (was j...@hadassah.ac.il). I searched the archives and only found a few answers to the same request that I made in 2009. I would appreciate any updated suggestions. The server needs a good RAID 5 card and, if possible, a dual and redundant power supply. The budget is up to 10,000 shekels. The computer should be able to serve 80 - 100 client computers. Thanks, Josh ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Computer recommendation for Linux server.
Hi Everyone, This is my new address (was *Josh*@*hadassah*.ac.il). I searched the archives and only found a few answers to the same request that I made in 2009. I would appreciate any updated suggestions. The server needs a good RAID 5 card and, if possible, a dual and redundant power supply. The budget is up to 10,000 shekels. The computer should be able to serve 80 - 100 client computers. Thanks, Josh ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.
Hi If you want to save, you don't need a raid controller. Use a software raid. Installing The OS on a software raid is not easy. On regular computers installing many disks may be a problem. buy adapter to install the Hard disk in an empty CD bay. Have fun Shahar - Original Message - From: Marc Volovic To: Josh Roden Cc: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:58 PM Subject: Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server. Hi Can't be done. You're (to put it candidly) saying - what DESKTOP machine with lotsa disks be cheap! The answer - with your budget - none. Five 1TB disks will cost you some 2K ILS. A RAID controller will cost another 600-1500 ILS, say 1K. This is your budget and no desktop yet. Either reduce capacity oir increase cost. M On May 7, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Josh Roden wrote: Hi, I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server. The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to 4 or 8 TB). The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't be relevant. Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. Thank you very much, Josh __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4060 (20090507) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.
I second this. your demands are outside of your budget (by far) -- Regards, Nir Grinberg I.T.C. IP Technologies Ltd. n...@israelnumber.com www.IsraelNumber.com 972.3.9707000 2009/5/7 Marc Volovic marcvolo...@me.com: Hi Can't be done. You're (to put it candidly) saying - what DESKTOP machine with lotsa disks be cheap! The answer - with your budget - none. Five 1TB disks will cost you some 2K ILS. A RAID controller will cost another 600-1500 ILS, say 1K. This is your budget and no desktop yet. Either reduce capacity oir increase cost. M On May 7, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Josh Roden wrote: Hi, I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server. The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to 4 or 8 TB). The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't be relevant. Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. Thank you very much, Josh __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4060 (20090507) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.
hi! We don't know what your other requirements are, but are you sure that a desktop machine will be stable enough? If the single second-rate power supply toasts (and probably fries a disk and the controller with it), can you afford the 1 week downtime? What about backups? -Mike On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, nir grinberg n...@grinberg.org wrote: I second this. your demands are outside of your budget (by far) -- Regards, Nir Grinberg I.T.C. IP Technologies Ltd. n...@israelnumber.com www.IsraelNumber.com 972.3.9707000 2009/5/7 Marc Volovic marcvolo...@me.com: Hi Can't be done. You're (to put it candidly) saying - what DESKTOP machine with lotsa disks be cheap! The answer - with your budget - none. Five 1TB disks will cost you some 2K ILS. A RAID controller will cost another 600-1500 ILS, say 1K. This is your budget and no desktop yet. Either reduce capacity oir increase cost. M On May 7, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Josh Roden wrote: Hi, I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server. The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to 4 or 8 TB). The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't be relevant. Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. Thank you very much, Josh __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4060 (20090507) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.
On Thu, 7 May 2009 19:40:14 Josh Roden wrote: I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server. The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to 4 or 8 TB). The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't be relevant. Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. I have just such a server at home. It serves 4 clients. It has 1.5TBx4 RAID5 (4.1 TB net) and runs samba. This is my 2nd server. It is active for 3 month now. The 1st server (still active) had only 1.5 TB and ran out of space. It is about 2 years old (serving from 20/7/2007). Besides using it as a server it is used as a desktop. The budget was about the same for both machines and is: Box: Dual CPU E2200, 2GB memory, 160 GB disk, RW DVD 1060 [1] Disks - 4 * 1.5 TB 2130 [2] SATA2 card, 4 ports (2 will suffice)150 [3] some cables and fans 60 3400 [1] - Bought in a sale in Mega (yes, the supermarket). [2] - Bought in the USA in 1/09 [3] - STLAB, on both machine Of course you should have a UPS (I do). Here are some data about it: Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda119376 5248 13129 29% / /dev/md/d0p2 2830775 1388674 1442102 50% /RAID /dev/md/d0p1 1394262223326 1170937 17% /RAID-small old-fs:/LCL-RAID 1408361 1377580 30781 98% /OLD-RAID # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md_d0 : active raid5 sdb1[0] sde1[3] sdd1[2] sdc1[1] 4395407808 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [] # uname -a Linux ekc-fs 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 10:49:19 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Samba version 3.0.33-3.7.el5 Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. To this day, I installed Linux on many machines (brand names and white boxes, but not laptops), I have found all the machines to be Linux compatible. Ehud. -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ GnuPG: 98EA398D http://www.keyserver.net/Better Safe Than Sorry ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Computer recommendation for Linux server.
Hi, I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server. The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to 4 or 8 TB). The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't be relevant. Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. Thank you very much, Josh ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.
Hi Can't be done. You're (to put it candidly) saying - what DESKTOP machine with lotsa disks be cheap! The answer - with your budget - none. Five 1TB disks will cost you some 2K ILS. A RAID controller will cost another 600-1500 ILS, say 1K. This is your budget and no desktop yet. Either reduce capacity oir increase cost. M On May 7, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Josh Roden wrote: Hi, I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server. The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to 4 or 8 TB). The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't be relevant. Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from your experiences if not in writing. Thank you very much, Josh __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4060 (20090507) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
