/hsg/
What would you use a home server for? /g/ answer - Fuck you, you turbo autist! Simple answer - For whatever you want. From media to development to virtualization, options abound.
Power - Any server DDR2 based is going to be power hungry. Most multi-socket Intel DDR2 systems are FBDIMM based. Anything else is ECC. With DDR3 based units coming off 2nd lease, anything DDR2 should be avoided.
Plex - 1080p transcoding at 10MBPS requires a CPUMark score of ~2000 per stream. This is especially true with first generation i3/5/7 / DDR3 Xeons. The more recent the CPU, the more slack there is in this. For some reason, Plex doesn't seem to like low power options (Xeon 1220L, for example).
Virtualization - ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V, etc. ESXi is generally used by Linux heavy shops that aren't cloud centered. KVM is usually used in OpenStack. Hyper-V is for mostly Microsoft centric shops. These are all free, so use what you like.
Storage - Both ZFS and Storage Spaces pool. If you're going to use these options, do NOT configure the drive with a hardware RAID controller. Many options are available in general, such as FreeNAS, Nas4Free, OpenMediaVault, Windows Storage Server, Linux / Unix / BSD, etc. Some are free, some are not.
What should I get? A good starting point, if you don't want to build your own system, is an HP Proliant Micro G8, 8GB DDR3 ECC (Not Registered or RDIMM), 4 3.5" drives, and a 16GB micro SD card. Install OpenMediaVault on the SD card, and enjoy ZFS, Plex, and whatever else you want to try.
Where can I get things? Ebay is a good place to start. Used / refurbished gear is fine, provided that the seller is selling a large quantity of them. With drives especially, this is the case. The only real drive to avoid is the Seagate ES.2 1TB. These have faulty firmware and fail prematurely (Ask EMC).
>>55336550
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Dell PowerEdge T620 (2x Xeon 2660 / 192GB / 2x 240 GB PNY 1311 / 4x 480GB PNY 1311 / 12x Hitachi Ultrastar (7K3000) 3TB)
Server 2012 R2 Datacenter w/ Storage Spaces.
240's are RAID 1 and for OS + tools
480's are in tiered pool with 2TB drives.
3TB presented to Hyper-V. Presented as multiple mirror. Only VM pool is tiered.
1TB presented as temp transfer share. No redundancy.
1TB presented to profiles. Presented as multiple mirror. Roaming profiles are enabled. This may change.
12TB presented to Plex. Drive is offline to VHOST, and presented directly to VM. Redundancy is RAID 5.
VM count - 22 production
4x DC (2 core / 2GB RAM / 60GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
2x NS w/ DHCP (2 core / 2GB RAM / 60GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
Sharepoint (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 120GB content / 2012 R2)
Team Foundation Server (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 120GB content / 2012 R2)
System Center Operations Manager (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
Plex (8 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 12GB Media / 2012 R2)
System Center Configuation Manager (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 1TB content / 2012 R2 / increased CPU priority because transcoding)
SQL (8 core / 32GB RAM / 80GB OS / 250GB content / 2012 R2 / SQL 2012)
Offline root CA (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
AD Subordinate CA (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
2x Exchange 2013 CAS (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
2x Exchange 2012 MBX (4 core / 16GB RAM / 80GB OS / 250GB content / 2012 R2)
Dirsync (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
AD Federation Service (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
NAP / VPN / Direct connect (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
PBX (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 250GB content / 2012 R2 / 3CX)
Firewall - PCEngines APU1D4 (128GB SSD / Untangle)
Switch - Dell X1018P (16 port GIGE managed PoE + 2SFP)
AP - EAP1750H (PoE)
Phone - Polycom CX700 (5 in service)
>>55336555
>All this for a home server
>>55336690
For my home, yes.
Going to try virtualization (nas ,Plex, sql server/mysql at the same server, iis server, xampp server, email server, seedbox)
My planned specs
I7 930(already have )
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R(already have )
6 sticks of ddr3 kingston 1333
4pcs 1tb hdd
120gb ssd(already have )
suggestions ?
>>55336801
Look at your Plex needs and try to estimate how much transcoding you're going to be doing.
Something ECC would be nice for the virtualization and server stuff, but it's not required. If you're going to use Windows, storage spaces is a good option. If not, I think you can do just about everything you want with Open Media Vault.
Added bonus with OMV - You can boot and run from an SD card or flash drive.
Does RAID 5 or 6 combine all the disks into a single volume? I'd rather not have 3 or 4 volumes on my media server
>Quanta QSSC-98L 1u Dual LGA 1366
>2x Intel Xeon E5506 2.13 Ghz. Quad-Core
>6x Samsung 4GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R
$57.76 from natex
>>55337795
Not bad, but I'd look more at a 5520 as a bare minimum.
>>55337442
Depends on how you setup the volumes. It CAN, but in order to work as intended, all the drives need to be the same.
my server,
supermicro X8SIE -f
Intel Xeon x3460
16gb DDR3
conglomeration of random disks
running proxmox for some light virtualization
in vms are:
plex/openvpn/domain controller/rdp-ssh gateway/file shares
What do you run on your servers?
I'm running proxmox with
guacamole,gogs,mongo,mysql,nginx,distcc,pfsense, sickbeard,couchpotato, mqtt , openvpn, owncloud and a few of my projects
Currently running a freenas setup with plex/usenet automated downloading with sonarr/cp/headphone and file server. Might do more with it but currently thinking of selling it. But waiting on WD to send me another replacement drive before i do that
Super Micro x10slm-f
i3-4160
16gb ecc
3x 4TB Seagate NAS drives
3x 4TB WD Red NAS drives
Running in raidz2
>>55338584
>pfsense
How's pfsense?
I heard about it abit but i haven't used it yet
Dell Optiplex 745
Pentium 4 Prescott EM64T with Hyperthreading, no virtualization
4 sticks of 2GB DDR2 Cosair Value RAM (no ECC yet!)
1TB WD Green drive, still need to buy others for a RAID setup
This thing still runs like a beast when doing tasks. Currently it runs on Funtoo as a seedbox.
>>55338636
Simple to setup and has a fuckton of features. With it you get openvpn working in <5 minutes.
/hsg/ I need your help.
I have a small home server running Ubuntu I use for Plex, samba, and a few others like teamspeak. I want some way to EASILY (on the client side) run Windows programs from my server on a client. I'm thinking the best option would be to have something like VMware on the server and just remote desktop in to it. This is for personal use for things like programming IDEs not gaming. I'd like decent performance but I don't need like 60fps in GTA or something like that.
I've heard of a Windows domain but I don't really know what it is or what it does.
Anyone have thoughts on how this can be done or how it would work?
>>55339065
If you want a Windows desktop environment, there are VM options for Ubuntu. Though I'm not the person to ask, as I don't use them.
A Windows domain is going to be pointless for what you're trying to accomplish.
>>55339065
Run Windows inside KVM with TigerVNC, if you put in a GPU and you have VT-d support you could maybe even game on it.
>>55339065
What you want is virtualbox. Is easier to install/use than qemu and you'll get better 2d accel on windows desktop. Google 'virtualbox headless' and follow a tutorial
Top to Bottom inside rack:
-2x Intel NUC
CPU: Core i3 5010U
RAM: 16GB
Function: set up as ESX HA cluster
-Router, Ubiquity EdgeMax Pro
-Switch 1, Quanta LB4M (48port 1Gbps, 2port 10Gbps)
-Switch 2, Arista 7124SX (24port 10Gbps)
-Server 1, Supermicro 1U
CPU: Core i3
RAM: 16GB ECC
SSD: 4x 1TB 850 Pro RAID 10
NIC: 2x10Gbit
Function: Datastore for vritualization
-Server 2, Supermicro 2U (Twin server, 2 nodes)
-Node 1:
CPU: 2x Intel XEON E5-2650v2 8 Core HT
RAM: 128GB ECC
Storage: ESX on USB
NIC: 4x10Gbit + 6x1Gbit
Function: ESXi Virtualization server
-Node 2:
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609v2
RAM: 32GB ECC
SSD: 2x 512GB 850 Pro RAID 1
RAID CARD: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9286 8e SGL 8 + LSIiBBU09
NIC: 2x10Gbit + 2x1Gbit
Function: Storage server, RAID card is connected to the 4U JBOD underneath it.
-JBOD, Supermicro 4U
CASE: SC847 E16-RJBOD1
HDD: 37x 4TB RAID 60
-Old norco case storage machine
CPU: Intel i7 920
RAM: 24GB
SSD: 1x 128GB
HDD: currently 8x 2TB
NIC: 2x10Gbit
Function: Test server for storage stuff
-DL160G6
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon L5520
RAM: 32GB
HDD: 4x 1TB RAID 10
Function: Test server.
-750VA UPS for switches and router.
-1500VA UPS for NUC's, SAN and JBOD
-1500VA UPS for Twin server.
(norco and HP not on UPS as they are almost never on)
>>55339184
I like your option a lot because while I don't know KVM I do know that VNC is remote and also works on things like Android which is a huge bonus. Also I know with CNC you can have multiple connections at once which would be nice if I forgot it running in my desktop and went to connect on my laptop.
>>55339298
I've used virtual box in the past and it had been great. Didn't know it can run on a server and connect from another machine tho. My main question is if they have a first party client for connecting or not. Nbd if they don't because I could just use VNC server inside the vm
>>55340175
KVM with Qemu just offers a lot more performance because it's build into the Linux kernel.
You have a bunch of graphic options to choose from, including vnc directly:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU#Graphics
>>55336550
>DDR3 ECC (Not Registered or RDIMM)
What's the difference between registered/not registered and what is RDIMM?
Are NAS specific drives recommended? I want dependable drives but I'm planning a setup with parity as redundancy and the 8tb WD Red drives are sky high
