Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 8:11 PM Daniel Frey wrote: > > Thanks for the detail, I've just ordered an RPi4B to mess around with. > It would be helpful to move DNS etc off my home server as I'm trying to > separate everything into VLANs. > Keep in mind that Linux supports VLAN tagging, so if you set

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Daniel Frey
On 2/27/20 1:49 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 4:25 PM james wrote: Yea, I was not clear. I'd run the mail-server, on a 'cluster' (4 or more), not an individual pi-board unless it was beef up, processor and ram wise. Gig E would also be on my list. Unless you have some

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 28 February 2020 13:28:53 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 28/02/20 11:45, Michael wrote: --->8 > > http://www.runmapglobal.com/blog/fault-tolerant-dedicated-servers/ > > Noted. That link pre-dates me working on the site - I haven't checked > all the old links - I guess I should ... If

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Wols Lists
On 28/02/20 11:45, Michael wrote: > On Friday, 28 February 2020 11:04:43 GMT Wols Lists wrote: >> On 28/02/20 05:07, james wrote: >>> For data storage, long term important stuff, you should employ RAID >>> (1-10). We can get into that later, duplication of important data, via >>> backups or extra

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:09 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 27/02/20 21:49, Rich Freeman wrote: > > A fairly cheap amd64 system can run a ton of services in containers > > though, and it is way simpler to maintain that way. I still get quick > > access to snapshots/etc, but now if I want to run a

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Michael
On Friday, 28 February 2020 11:04:43 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 28/02/20 05:07, james wrote: > > For data storage, long term important stuff, you should employ RAID > > (1-10). We can get into that later, duplication of important data, via > > backups or extra storage is a good idea too. Backups

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Wols Lists
On 27/02/20 21:49, Rich Freeman wrote: > A fairly cheap amd64 system can run a ton of services in containers > though, and it is way simpler to maintain that way. I still get quick > access to snapshots/etc, but now if I want to run a gentoo container > it is no big deal if 99% of the time it

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Wols Lists
On 28/02/20 05:07, james wrote: > For data storage, long term important stuff, you should employ RAID > (1-10). We can get into that later, duplication of important data, via > backups or extra storage is a good idea too. Backups are an old > technology, but may help, but backups do can get old

Re: [gentoo-user] Rasp-Pi-4 Gentoo servers

2020-02-28 Thread Michael
On Friday, 28 February 2020 05:07:07 GMT james wrote: > On 2/27/20 9:53 PM, Dale wrote: > > james wrote: > >> 5G + gentoo + embedded toys, is going to be FUN FUN FUN. > >> > >> > >> Then I'll be off to other states, via a hacked out Redneck > >> camper.. and too many microProcessors > >>