Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
Hi > I have found a: > > HPE 873830-S01 ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 > > for <$300 without drives. If I can believe the seller, it has a AMD > Opteron X3216 Dual-core (2 Core) 1.6GHz and 8GB Installed. > > It has 4 3.5" bays. and 1? "Media" bay? > > https://www.servertechsupply.com/873830-s01/ > > this could well be acceptable. Got to find out power draw. Looks like > ~40W. > > Any input on issues of OS install? Do I go with separate OS and data > RAID1 sets? I usually do [ 1(+n) RAID1 ]->[ LVM ]->[ XFS ] then you can use LVM to manage different filesystems as required. /boot and/or /boot/efi should be on its own RAID1 with old metadata version but I'm not up to date about how the situation is exactly with EL9. Simon > > Also HPE is ClearOS. I ran ClearOS6 for years before going with QNAP > turnkey. Perhaps current ClearOS is better, but it does not handle > multi-domain email as I need. Or it did not. So I am going to install > my own CentOS variant and iRedMail... > > thanks > > > On 1/5/23 13:08, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 08:18:08AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> Proliant gen8 does NOT have UEFI. >>> >>> So I think this means I better move up to the gen10... >>> >> >> I'm pleased with my Gen 10+ (Plus). Pricer than I thought >> you want. >> >> I like the "no power supply", just an external brick. >> Quiet. I put in a PCI card to use 2 NVMe sticks, one for >> system and one for /home. You can also boot from an internal >> usb port like a thumb drive permanently installed. >> >> Carriers for 2.5inch SSD drives work fine so with few fans, >> no drive motors, could be quite low power. >> >> Mine acts as email server, local caching DNS server (dnsmasq) >> and Amanda backup server. >> >> Jon >> > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
I have found a: HPE 873830-S01 ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 for <$300 without drives. If I can believe the seller, it has a AMD Opteron X3216 Dual-core (2 Core) 1.6GHz and 8GB Installed. It has 4 3.5" bays. and 1? "Media" bay? https://www.servertechsupply.com/873830-s01/ this could well be acceptable. Got to find out power draw. Looks like ~40W. Any input on issues of OS install? Do I go with separate OS and data RAID1 sets? Also HPE is ClearOS. I ran ClearOS6 for years before going with QNAP turnkey. Perhaps current ClearOS is better, but it does not handle multi-domain email as I need. Or it did not. So I am going to install my own CentOS variant and iRedMail... thanks On 1/5/23 13:08, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 08:18:08AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Proliant gen8 does NOT have UEFI. So I think this means I better move up to the gen10... I'm pleased with my Gen 10+ (Plus). Pricer than I thought you want. I like the "no power supply", just an external brick. Quiet. I put in a PCI card to use 2 NVMe sticks, one for system and one for /home. You can also boot from an internal usb port like a thumb drive permanently installed. Carriers for 2.5inch SSD drives work fine so with few fans, no drive motors, could be quite low power. Mine acts as email server, local caching DNS server (dnsmasq) and Amanda backup server. Jon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
Robert, > I have a few hardkernels and I was the one that got Centos-arm working on > them and booting completely off the HD. > Problem comes back to it is ARM. > I have their Odroid HC4 for doing RAID, but could not get any Linux but > theirs installed. The HC4 should be running with https://www.armbian.com/odroid-hc4/, although this would be Debian based. > And as I mentioned, iRedMail does not support ARM. > So I am looking for something x64ish. the H3+, just like the complete "H" series is Intel based. The H3+ uses a "Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N6005" CPU. I have it running with RHEL9 Michael ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
Proliant gen8 does NOT have UEFI. So I think this means I better move up to the gen10... On 1/4/23 09:44, Robert Moskowitz wrote: After a lot of hours searching, here is what I am coming to 3.5" 2-bay standard built just does not exist these days. Pretty much everything is at least 4-bay. the HP Proliant gen8 looks like a good deal, and only use 2 bays. Some models have RAID1. 9x9x10 case, not too bad. The 1U setups end up being more as they expect them to be used for big servers. Or I head over to Microcenter tomorrow (have to go anyway for a few items, 8mi away) and see what we can build. They have a few 2-bay boxes. One "enticing" aspect of the gen8 is one pair of drives, 1Gb, for the OS and another pair for the mail. On 1/3/23 17:42, Robert Heller wrote: Just search for a 2-disk 1U x86_64 (Intel or AMD) system that has room for 2 SATA drives (probably a pair 2.5" SSDs). Don't bother to search for RAID. Probably something like these: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb=1u+server+=shopping=shopping At Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:22:13 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: And I am just coming up empty on my searches. My search foo has been really off, it seems. On 1/3/23 17:13, Robert Heller wrote: At Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:55:40 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Help? I am looking for a box I can drop Centos or one of the spinoffs that: Has RAID1 internal (not an external USB RAID thing)    Can be software or hardware All modern Linux kernels include software RAID out-of-the-box. This means any system that supports more than one disk that you can install Linux on (including CentOS) can be set up with Linux software RAID. If you want hot-swap, there are various SATA hot-swap units than can be mounted in a ATX case with front 5" or 3" spaces. A modern ATX motherboard with a AHA SATA controller will support Linux, including hot-swap SATA disks, including SATA connected SSDs. small (4TB/drive fine) and low power I plan to use it ONLY for email server. perhaps iRedMail I have spent a lot of time looking and not finding any such piece of metal. All I find are NAS boxes with their own OS. thanks Bob (frustrated) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
I have a few hardkernels and I was the one that got Centos-arm working on them and booting completely off the HD. Problem comes back to it is ARM. I have their Odroid HC4 for doing RAID, but could not get any Linux but theirs installed. It is sitting on my desk, unused. And as I mentioned, iRedMail does not support ARM. So I am looking for something x64ish. thanks On 1/4/23 13:47, Michael Schumacher wrote: Hi Robert, my old home server needed to much energy (~80VA) permanently, so I went for an https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3-plus/ The manufacturer is located in Korea and has dealers around the world. Put it in one of their cases https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3-case-type-1/ add two drives and you will have a system that consumes less than 20VA under load, less than 15VA idle. My new system is just doing its job, the whole thing will be below 250USD excluding drives. Michael Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 10:55:40 PM, schriebst Du: Help? I am looking for a box I can drop Centos or one of the spinoffs that: Has RAID1 internal (not an external USB RAID thing) Can be software or hardware small (4TB/drive fine) and low power I plan to use it ONLY for email server. perhaps iRedMail I have spent a lot of time looking and not finding any such piece of metal. All I find are NAS boxes with their own OS. thanks Bob (frustrated) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
Hallo Kenneth, ... > That has 2x 2.5 Gbps ports, which would be nice for a simple home router. Is > there a 3x or 4x 1 Gbps version? I was considering a Firewalla with 4x 2.5 > Gbps ports, as I have two ISPs for redundancy. (One is 1 Gbps symmetric.) But > they're about 2.5x that price. Review: Yes Sir, there is an add-on board for the H3+, https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/h2-net-card/ that gives four extra 2.5GBps ports. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Michael Schumacher ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for a RAID1 box
On 4/1/23 09:22, Robert Moskowitz wrote: And I am just coming up empty on my searches. My search foo has been really off, it seems. It's not just you. I was recently searching on Google and I couldn't find what I was looking for. I kept getting that annoying blue fishing monster. I then went to Duck Duck Go and got what I was after. On returning to Google and using the same exact search phrase that was returning nothing prior, I then got the same hits as on Duck Duck Go - go figure!!! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
