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 valuable

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 build-your-

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? Alte

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 wa

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 gen

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 w

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 upgr

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 "ho

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

2022-04-25 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. It'

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 ye

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 an

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 si

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 sugge

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 ver

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 not?