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what do you run on your server(s) ?
what do you do with it ?
Noob here, only mumble, rutorrent, plex, linux-dash and a VPN.
Shoud i try to set up a mail server ? how difficult is it ?
>>46796075
debian
webshit
yeah it's easy
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto
changing ports around because ISPs are garbage and adding encryption is not as simple but there are tutorials on that as well. good luck.
also if you need a web interface this is great:
https://github.com/afterlogic/webmail-lite
Ahh yes the good old server threads. There are only like 10 people on /g/ with home labs.
So how are you mates, nice to see you this morning.
>>46796783
thx mate
>>46796075
Debian stable
two rosetta@home workers, VPN server, AP, NAS, game server, LAMP, some home security services, windows embedded pos ready 2k9 VM for downloading torrents and scanning them with antivirus.
Also some enternainment services.
Everything runs on dell fx160 with Atom 330 and 4GB of RAM. HDD is just a 250GB OPAL FDE one.
I love this thing.
>>46796786
shit, we have to have 'home labs' to post in these now?
and there was me thinking it was just 'servers'
silly me!
please enjoy your circle jerk!
>>46796783
>>46796825
sorry folks, this is 'home labs' only
please take your plebeian lower class 'servers' elsewhere, you are not wanted and are disrupting the ambiance for true clientele
should you actually get a job and are able to afford real hardware, feel free to return.
never contributed to one of these before...
>>46797088
There was something wrong with the original image, he's the fixed one;
>pic related
>>46796898
>5 people posting at most, shooing people away.
U retard.
>>46797210
How's the HP Microserver? I thought on buying one but i'm not sure if it's best to build one myself
>>46797210
here's
>>46797346
It can hold a satisfactory amount of drives and it's really quite. Nice set of ports too
>pic related
>>46796075
Win 7 x64. Probably upgrading to Windows Server 2012 R2 soon.
I use it for anything and everything. File sharing, media streaming, etc. It's pretty fast and fits my needs just fine.
As far as setting up a email server, it is rather difficult (though not impossible) and I'm sure if you read a few tutorials you'd be able to figure it out.
What would be a good build for 15-25 computers running all at once?
I'll be using things like openvpn, samba, and maybe mail server
The computers connected to it will be constantly uploading to the samba share
>>46796075
there's a script that does everything for you. All you need to do is make sure your provider isn't blocking you and you have the right DNS records.
I think it was called iredmail.
It just goes through a default install of postfix, roundcube etc
>>46798935
consider the network being the bottleneck before any other hardware
Just came here to rant. Fucking Prometeus.
http://a.loveisover.me/ysnson.png
>>46796786
I keep seeing Xserves for cheap on the ebay, are they worth anything these days?
>>46799386
Looks like they added OpenBSD 5.6 to SolusVM finally. Ugh, what a headache.
Running Ubuntu 12.04 or Debian 7, Depending on the situation
Do with it? Pretty much everything. I'm running a small CDN Server network (DNS Based - Some VPS'es around the world), 20TB NAS (12TB Usable, RAID6), Webserver, RTMP Streaming server and screenshot server (Automatic upload)
>>46796075
>Tfw you want to have many servers at home but too poor
>>46800547
>screenshot server
what do you use for this? Is it a custom made solution?
>>46801487
its the powerbill that really hurts. The hardware is a one time cost
>>46801653
Am I insane for wanting to turn my home in a mini datacenter?
I know the hardware is a one time thing
>>46801813
No good connections, single-homed at best.
Electricity bills.
Your ISP may start hating you.
Nobody will take you seriously.
>>46801487
Follow your dreams anon. You don't need fancy expensive hardware for a home server. Mine has 512 MB of RAM and a netburst-era pentium in it that I use to handle several TB's of data stored externally.
>tfw buying even more old shitboxes to build a ghetto home server instracture with
>>46801813
yes you are. Unless you are going to be doing something specialized that has a market, no one is going to want to rent your hardware out since prices for DC servers are very cheap and guarantee uptime. You will need an expensive connection, expensive hardware, and will pay a lot for power. pic unrelated
>>46801849
I have a fiber connection running though 200mbits(down)/200mbits(up)
>>46801870
Actually this is something, I'm thinking about doing, instead of the whole mini datacenter thing.
>>46801876
I'm well aware of that, still something I have in mind.
See, reply above yours. Small home network infrastructure would do too, I would need a couple of servers to do some work for me, while working on projects, interested in doing stuff with communications, encryption, networking, deployment, distribution systems, etc.
>>46801988
If it helps, archive.rebeccablacktech.com (/g/ archive) is hosted from a home in Joensuu, Finland.
I'm building a new server soon, opinions? I'm taking it to dorms with me so it needs to be compact and kind of quiet.
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C224D4I-14S#Specifications
E3-1220V3
32GB DDR3 ECC
6 x WD 4TB Reds
Probably some noctua cooler and a random itx case. I'll be running freeNAS on it.
>>46802043
run the stock cooler you dingus. 100% no reason to not use the oem one
>>46802043
Just purchase a Supermicro 1U or 2U server.
>>46802074
Sure, I was just worried about noise because it will be in my room.
>>46802090
I've got a 4u server running in my house at the minute, but size and noise is a concern.
I know this sounds daft but, can I run a VPN server whilst connecting to a VPN? I want all of my stuff to connect through airVPN so I can safely torrent on campus. But can I still bridge to my mini network away from my dorm?
>>46802017
Hm, not sure of how much help that would be to me, but thanks, anon.
>>46796075
nginx(music)
dlna
nfs
etc.
>>46796075
Try fufix
https://github.com/andryyy/fufix
>mail server
OpenBSD amd64, spamd, OpenSSH, OpenSMTPd, Dovecot, running in KVM on a friend's box
>main colocated server
FreeBSD with a 4x1TB set of drives in a ZFS pool, with a bunch of shit in jails: nginx+webshit, BIND, UnrealIRCd, Tor node, streaming audio server, working on building a "cloud storage" node, Transmission, haven't decided whether to use Pydio, Owncloud, Seafile, or something else.
>>46802269
You don't need spamd or Dovecot. I run only OpenSMTPd and read mail with ssh + mail(1).
>ZFS
>UnrealIRCd
Disgusting.
Have one of these out in my garage running proxmox. It has a few web servers, pfsense, and a media server.
>>46802483
Does pfsense really inprove dl speed when using a multi wan?
>>46802723
*improve
>>46801813
I'm actually working something like this in to the plans for the house that my wife and I are building.
Essentially a concrete bunker, able to hold 24 racks in 6x4 configuration. Traditional raised floor w/ hot isle / cold isle layout + demark cage. The cost of building is already figured into the loan amount.
Initial connections will be free, because there are fiber bundles running through the property. Connection is free because I'm providing a peering point. I still have to pay for transit, and meet a contractual uptime target.
As for my current home servers, I have a Gigabyte Brix i5-4200U and a MIcroServer Gen8 in the house.
I won't include my dev stuff because it's not in the house anymore.
>>46802723
>>46802738
Not that poster but
I don't know any OS that handles networking better than FreeBSD but I don't know if it would actually make an noticeable difference in your case. It's worth trying I guess.
>>46799525
2/10 try harder next time
>>46796075
Proxmox VE ftmfw.
Two domain controllers, ownCloud, WordPress, Bacula, OpenVPN, diaspora* (for shits and giggles) and a BitTorrent server running deluge-web.
>>46801876
>power
This is really dependent on what hardware you're using for what purpose. My setup sips power and is running 8 VMs.
>>46801626
Use it for? Screenshots... Like sharing something i'm working on with others.
Its source code scrambled together to make a 'custom' solution. Because I don't want to program code thats already free to use online.
>>46802348
> You don't need spamd or Dovecot.
Spamd measurably decreases how much bullshit spam I receive. Dovecot lets me sync to my Android phone and use offlineimap on my laptop, which in turn uses Mutt and Postfix to relay outbound mail through the SMTP submission port of my server.
>>46803108
What are you using for an ISP? Do they actually let you have a reverse DNS record for your mail server?
>>46796075
Windows 7 on my microserver. I massy install Ubuntu when I reformat
>>46802348
How are you calling ZFS disgusting?
>>46802348
What is wrong with ZFS and IRC?
>>46802755
How well would a Microserver suit me to just get me started, additionally I have a computer from a friend that currently runs Linux Mint, memory is 2GB RAM. There are several hdds in it. 1x SSD (128GB), 2x HDD (500GB), (2.5TB). Currently using the 2.5 TB as a storage for downloaded movies and series.
ESXi on a dell poweredge 6105 with 2x opteron 4332s
Custom build with 12tb over 4 disks for a storage server. One disk fault tolerance.
>>46803154
ZFS does anything else except what it's supposed to do.
I have nothing against IRC, I use it daily. UnrealIRCd is bloat, though.
>>46803197
Explain your ZFS criticism? It's supposed to create storage pools, which is, well, what it does.
>>46796075
I just got freenas setup and I have no idea what the fuck I am doing.
I am a windows user learning linux. What type of share should I setup?
Is the share like a piece of my storage set aside? What I mean is when I use a share to put data on my freenas server does that mean no other share can access it?
If I wanted cross platform support and have the manual in front of me right now should I look up and learn CIFS or secure FTP?
>>46803243
>It's supposed to create storage pools, which is, well, what it does.
If storage pools are all you want, you'd be fine with LVM
>>46803281
Why would you use LVM when you have ZFS as an option? LVM is a compromise not a choice.
>>46803175
I found mine w/ 2x 1TB, 4GB RAM, Xeon 1220l for $500 new from TigerDirect. I didn't care about the drives or RAM.
As a storage server it should be fine. I have 4x 4TB Hitachi drives in the unit, and 8 more in 2x SAS enclosures.
Just be aware that you can't upgrade it beyond 16GB RAM. It's a bottleneck for me, but not for most people.
>>46803266
Some of your confusion probably arises from the fact that you can have FreeNAS present storage to storage clients in literally any form you can think of.
You can have it appear to be a whole Windows server running e.g. Server 2008 R2, presenting SMB shares like any other Windows file server and authenticating to any authentication source you want -- a local security database, Active Directory, OpenLDAP, whatever.
You can have it run NFS and produce a shared filesystem for UNIX clients in the same way.
You can have it run iSCSI and produce what will appear to client systems as a "locally" connected file system, just another block device you can format or write a filesystem too or whatever.
You can have it do all these things at once with carved-out portions of the disks available to FreeNAS. There are a lot of options and you have to think about your use case before you pick one.
>>46803451
If I were to setup CIFS. A windows share. Then load 3-4 Terabytes of data onto it would that data always be stuck in a windows share?
Or can freenas share the same data other ways with other systems?
Like once that hard drive space has been set for CIFS and loaded with data is it stuck there? Would changing the share be like a reformat?
>>46803266
Just FYI FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD not GNU or Linux. The stuff you learn should be applicable to either platform though.
>>46799215
My network is at 20Mb/s, it's photos we are uploading, so it should be fine
>>46803480
It's just files, dude. Change a configuration file here, a file there, and you can switch it from CIFS to NFS or even FTP. The one thing you can't do that with is iSCSI, since that deals with blocks instead of files.
>>46803266
Freenas is BSD, one GNU/Linux equivalent can be openmediavault
>>46799525
depends on how much you are paying
if you can get an xserve 3,1 for like 200 bucks it's well worth it. I run ESXi on mine with the mac patch and it's been well worth.
>>46803547
>>46803531
>>46803494
I think Ill try to ftp all the data onto there.
>>46803323
Because overengineering is bad. Also, because it's cheaper, has less licensing issues and isn't prone to random data failure.
>>46802905
I was actually being serious
>>46803565
Not him but ZFS is data failure proof no?
>>46803580
It is probably the most resilient (while still practical if not universally) solution.
>>46803557
oops sorry i mean ESXi with OSX Unlocker [currently 10.6 and 10.7 will run without modifying your ESXi layer, but if you want to run Mavericks, or Yosemite with the Server APP you need Mac Unlocker] I currently run 8 VM's on my 3,1 and I'm pleased with it.
AMD GPU's also work amazing for passthrough on these devices [nvidia not so much]
>>46803580
ZFS is programmed with the assumption that you're running it on a system with ECC memory. If you're running it on normal memory and you get a bit flip during checksum computation, say goodbye to your array.
Other self-healing filesystems, like btrfs, don't have this defect.
>>46803660
Ah ok.
If your not running ecc yes most people recommend you avoid freenas. Same thing with minimum memory.
>>46803660
I keep wondering why everyone hasn't gone to btrfs yet.
>>46803639
>AMD GPU's also work amazing for passthrough on these devices [nvidia not so much]
That's because Nvidia intentionally cripples its consumer drivers to make them break when being passed through.
>>46803697
I sometimes ask myself this as well.
>>46803697
It's still not ready for some use cases. I'm waiting until a major distro has a stable release with BtrFS by default and has a good year before I put it on my machines.
>>46803660
I can't tell if you're joking or not suggesting btrfs over zfs, especially when talking about random data loss.
>>46803703
yeah shit sucks, there are physical modification you can do to turn your card into a "quadro" but it's pretty pointless and risky; better off going AMD for passthrough.
>>46796075
ArchLinux.
>>46803723
openSuSE switched to btrfs by default, apparently. But people are resistant to change and started bitching about it or something.
I've been using btrfs on / for my home machine for a few months now.
this is my ghetto ass basement setup.
xserve 3,1
poweredge 1950
Avid Unity 64tb NAS
Poweredge 2850
it's fun; but that's about it. Good learning tools nothing more.
>>46803881
I need a rack. This is my ghetto-ass shit. Homebuilt i7 quad w/ 32GB RAM and an LSI RAID and a DL380 G5 that nearly never gets turned on.
>>46803937
that thing looks fucking loouudd
All I have is consumer grade no actual server racks.
>pic related
>uses
>ssh server
>samba server
>torrent
>>46803978
It's loud as hell. It also guzzles power. This is why I almost never use it.
