Just setup this frankenstein from other spare parts. 3770K, 32GB of RAM, 20TB of storage. Runs WS2012, and Ubuntu Server in a Hyper-V. Plex, AFP for Time Machine backups, Steam Streaming to my shit macbook once my GPU arrives, and compiling rig for my large projects.
Fuck I love this thing.
>>51585967
So do i please post more
>>51585989
Next time I reboot, I'll record the boot up noise. All those hard drives spinning up is nothing short of ecstasy.
>>51586035
Lol im planning on doing a build similar to this so this makes me want to build it like right now
>>51586054
This server used to be two servers. the i7/32GB with a 256GB SSD for a MC server that I recently shut down. But it also hosted all my sites/mysql DBs and cloud9 services, so I couldn't just axe it.
The plex server ran on a PowerEdge T110, with 8TB of storage. A bad PSU in the PE killed all my HDDs just recently, so I said fuck it, I'll buy new hard drives but I'm combining all my hardware.
Out popped this baby.
On a side note: I'm pretty surprised that WS12 recognizes my UPS as a battery backup natively. As if it were a laptop.
>>51586138
I like it
I use this for Plex/Sonarr/SABnzbd, a few VM's, and general purpose file server
It's a piece of shit but it works
what's the necessity of a home server
like what benefit do you get from having one
>>51586302
I use mine because it has better uptime. My desktop BSOD's all the time so having another box I can leave on 24/7 is good.
Plus I can put it in a DMZ on my firewall instead of having my desktop be publicly accessible, so I can watch Plex on the go.
>>51586302
Plex. I absolutely love being able to stream all this content, plus, I share it with my friends and family.
>>51586383
>>51586349
can someone please explain what plex is? I always hear it
>>51586425
You stream movies, TV and music with it. You host the content, you choose who your clients are.
>>51586662
so you're streaming through a service? I thought /g/ was against this type of thing where other people have access to your data
>>51586728
Plex is software you install on your own server. It can transcode, has Chromecast support, and Android/iOS/TV apps. It's crazy awesome.
What exactly do you use your home server for? I'm not really familiar with the benefits of having one or why someone would have one for their home
>>51586425
>Plus I can put it in a DMZ on my firewall instead of having my desktop be publicly accessible
Why would you do this? Port forwarding is you friend. It's never a good idea to put a server in the DMZ unless it's absolutely necessary and well hardened.
>>51586744
Do you know if I can use it with a roku?
It sounds great though, Ill need to look into it
I am using an old thinkstation as a web server/ for wordpress development and samba for backup. Actually performs pretty damn well for her specs and age.
>>51586749
I'm OP, so a rather repetitive statement, but here goes nothing.
I use it primarily for Plex & 24/7 storage.
I enjoy running my own file share, so I can just right click a file on my computer, and it'll auto generate a link to share with my friends. Really useful for sharing images or PDFs.
I use a 2TB HDD and AFP to have my MacBook use remote time capsule backup, wherever I am.
I use Steam to stream games to my laptop, which is really underpowered and my main desktop is up in college over the winter break at my folk's place.
I also run a teamspeak server for friends.
Since this machine is my only windows-running machine, it's also nice to have a accessible-wherever Windows install god forbid I need to use Inventor or some other bullshit over RDP.
VPN too, for when I need it.
Granted, most of this stuff requires decent connections, but my house line is 300mbs up/down, and my school is a gigabit. The only thing I have a slight problem with is steam streaming over VPN at school. The ~15ms latency is enough to prevent me from playing Dota perfectly, but I can still stream MGS5 or Witcher 3 to my laptop at school, a few hundred miles away, just fine.
>>51585967
>3770k in a home server
For what purpose
>>51586971
Plex for 20-30 people, and Steam streaming. A single 3770k is actually underpowered for what I'm doing, desu.
>>51586982
Hard to believe you have 20 people streaming Plex at the same time, 20TB seems small for that amount of people.
>>51586982
>20-30 people
Do you run a fucking slum house?
oh hey gee
I use mine for:
Plex
Torrenting
Mumble Server
Source Dedicated Servers
IRC
General downloading of shit
I built it in like 2012 when i was in college. Its probably underpowered and shit tier by your standards but it does what i need
>>51587009
No, there's usually 4-6 people streaming. But everything is 1080p, and some people need to transcode, so transcoding 4 1080p streams is pretty taxing. The max I've had at once was 14 I think, right after I put the Interview on the server. But that was on the older hardware and streaming was actually shit-tier since the hardware couldn't keep up. I have about 300 movies and 140 TV shows.
>>51587025
Nah, myself plus my immediate family is 5 off the bat. The rest are close friends.
>>51585967
>3770K
So no ECC, no ZFS.
>20TB of storage
I hate to tell you this, but, you fucked up, son.
>>51587158
After christmas I might go back and separate the storage from the guts of the server and setup a FreeNAS install. Got a server with a Xeon 3430 and 16GB of ECC RAM, but the problem is it's only got 4 bays, and since Dell a shit, the motherboard isn't standard and doesn't fit into other cases. Gotta figure out a way of getting this setup without spending too much money.
>>51587176
You need ~1 GB ram/TB with zfs though + a little overhead + a little for freeNAS etc so with 16GB ECC ram you're looking at <20TB anyways. If you have some 3TB drives you could use 4 of those.
>>51587242
>>51587176
Though is all you store is pirated media, you don't need zfs anyways.
>>51587242
Oh, I totally knew I needed more RAM, but I really want to salvage the Xeon + Mobo.
>>51587259
This too. I kinda understand the risks I'm taking here, but there's nothing stopping me from just re-downloading lost content. (Which I'm doing right now, since I lost 4TB of content after my drives were fried)
>>51587268
Juryrigg a case woth work with the mb and stick in another 16GB and you're golden.
But to be honest, within 2 years everything will be 4K and you're gonna re-download it all anyways.
>>51586912
Can confirm, just add plex channel to roku and sync pin with your account. Using it to watch mr. robot right now
Do you guys think those small Raspberry Pi/C.H.I.P. computers make good servers? I really can't feel bad about leaving them on 24/7 since they're so low power.
At the moment, I can't really think of much to do with one. I can set one up with Bittorrent, an FTP server to backup some files to, and IRC (for 24/7 idling epeen and bragging rights that my posts are coming from one of these tiny computers). I'll just connect to it via my primary computer using SSH and keep these different things going with Screen. I really just want one of these computers because they're so cool and cheap. I'd love to hear some suggestions on how I could get the most out of such a server.
I have email notifications set up for Pi Zero and C.H.I.P., I'm buying whichever comes into stock first.
When the fuck is the Supermicro X11-SSL-F gonna be in stock with someone that'll ship down under for less than 100USD?
Been waiting way to long to rebuild my server and I don't want to wait past Christmas.
>>51585967
speaking of i want a 3770K for my rig, upgrading from a 3450
theres a CL guy 10 minutes from me with a 3770K, H80i, 8gb ram (i have 4x4gb), 560ti, fuck ton of drives, and a 1KW psu for $650, whereas a new 3770K is $300
>>51586218
>>>>>>>>HYPERV
>>51586425
if you've ever used Orb (aka Winamp Remote) this is the next best thing since orb disappeared.
>>51586912
they've announced recently that it works for roku
>>51587507
>Supermicro X11-SSL-F
Man that thing is a qtpi what are you going to use it for
I found a nortel baystack 48 managed gigabite port switch @ 150 , i'm expanding my network to 20 physical connections should I go for it or not?
>>51587506
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Soup
lol elitists
Intel S1200KPR, i3 3240, 8GB ECC, 6x 2TB, FreeNAS, Fractal Array R2. Never been overly pleased with the case, but I kinda forgot about it & it's been 3 years now.
>>51585967
that is fucking cool
i'm stuck with this and i can't use it for nothing except SSH server (which is useless)
>>51590084
Halp plz
>>51591175
you're useless.
>>51591360
what should i do whit a SSH server?
>>51591414sudo apt-get install cowsay
So.
I Picked up the following from work for £40 ($60 clapistani dollars):
Dell Vostro 410 with:
>Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
>Nvidia GeForce 9800GT
>2No. CD/DVD Drives
>4GB 1333 non ECC ram
>500W PSU
>500GB HDD 7200RPM
Dell Optiplex with:
>Some shitty Core 2 Duo
>2GB ram
>Some shitty ATI gpu
>350W PSU
>slot load drive
>320GB HDD 5200RPM
Also got the following loose components:
>Intel i5-2500 + Dell M-ATX mobo
>Intel i7-860 + Dell M-ATX mobo
>500W PSU
>1TB HDD 7200RPM
>500GB HDD 7200RPM
+2 Monitors with lines all over them.... I intend on switching out the caps and hopefully repair them.
I was planning on using the i5-2500 + MOBO + PSU + Some corsair RAM I have around + new HDDS to put together a home server. Mainly for media storage + maybe a website in the future.
Did I dun goof'd?
>>51591414
everything and nothing
what do you do? what are you interested in?
if you'd like to study modern art, yeah, it's pretty useless having a server.
oh wait, maybe you can download books and shit about it? would you like having that completely automated?
you're a complete fucking failure asking that question.
>>51591708
get a case you fucking nigger
>>51587507
>X11 finally being deprecated for Wayland
>Supermicro starts using it for the first time
sasuga supermicro
>>51591729
That was an image I pulled off a website called http://www.google.com.
You should check it out, it's quite cool :^)
>>51585967
>thread alive for hours
>no sysadmin posts and hardware pictures
Why even live?
>>51591712
I'm studying CE. i configured thet server as an FTP server and SSH. but is useless for me because i don't need a server. I was just pointing that it's really a low power server and so pritty useless
>>51590084
Can someone tell me how setup a home server step by step?
and explaining few terms like NAS,ECC et cetera?
>>51591837
google you inbred imbecile
>>51591797
>CE
lol
quit shitposting son
>>51591837
>spoonfedding for most basic knowledge
why are you even on a technology board?
if you don't know what NAS means, you probably don't need one.
>>51591888
what's wrong with computer engineering?
>>51591946
It's for those not qualified enough for computer science.
>>51591995
enjoying being a monkey code
>>51591708
>Did I dun goof'd?
Depends on how much you pay per watt hour in Perfidious Albion.
>>51591751
>Recently hired by a huge enterprise with a tiny IT department.
>Show up to work one morning. Get a frantic call saying the server is broken.
>Get hyped.
>The server was fine. The user just forgot how to login. Showed the user how to login.
>The user thanked me for fixing the server.
>>51591837
NAS = Network Attached Storage. It's storage attached to your network. Think of it like a "cloud" that lives in your house.
ECC = Error Correcting Code. You may or may not need ECC for ZFS. It depends on who you ask and/or how much you care about your data.
ZFS = Filesystem used by FreeNAS.
WS2012 = Pervasive malware that targets servers.
>>51592031
>cannot from correct sentences
hi mr. engineer
>>51586662
>You stream movies, TV and music with it. You host the content, you choose who your clients are.
What a fucking retarded concept.
You do realize that 90% of cable companies have limits for download/uploads, right? That thing would barely survive a month without a letter from your ISP.
>>51592084
>You do realize that 90% of cable companies have limits for download/uploads, right?
Wow. I'm assuming you live in America....sux 4 u m8.
>>51592084
>being so plebian as having download/upload limits
>The year of our lord 2015
>>51592064
>from
Geee
How's this for a server?http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DLX37P
>>51592126
why the graphic card?
also you don't need an SSD in a server... tray raid 10 with the HHDs
old pic but here goes my 18TB Nas4Free build
Tyan S5211 motherboad
Core2 E8400
8Gb ram
6x 3TB WD Green in ZFS Raid-Z1
>>51592084
>america
>200 up and down
>no letter from isp
>>51592109
>.22 cal ak 47
fucking bait
>>51592109
That image leaves out Light Machine/Heavy Machine guns.
If you have a tank, you can also have the gun activated, but ammo obviously to be stored at Army Firing ranges.
As for Handguns. You sort of can own them legally. Buddy of mine was a Close Protection Officer for some years, he conceal carried a handgun, and was completely allowed to.
>>51592189
B-but I need to stream steam games
>>51592219
It's not an exact representation of what you are allowed to own. It's just an image of an automatic rifle for the purpose of showing you can infact own an automatic rifle.
>>51592273
Why does the .22 semi auto and .223 and up manual action entry exist twice then?
>>51592329
So going by your interpretation of that image, UK residents are only allowed to purchase from a selection of 6 firearms?
This board is slow as fuck
mITX home NAS, 15TB in RAID5. Serves up content to 4 Kodi boxes. Nice and small. It's been put on a UPS since these pictures were taken.
>>51592476
I have literally 20 threads open and no one posts.
>>51592545
Same here
>>51592485
>>51592199
>>51591708
>>51590802
>>51585967
>/g/ builds expensive Raid servers
>nobody logs onto them
You know this happens.
Planning on building a low power fileserver server.
I have a Celeron g1610t which is plenty. I won't be using raid either but manually mirroring disks from another machine.
What should I look out for in a motherboard? I'll look for one with 6+ sata ports and then an hba for the rest.
>>51592485
Neat. How many drivebays?
>>51586302
Every.Fucking.Thread
fuck off
>>51586302
If you don't know what they're useful for you won't need one so don't worry about it lad.
My £160 home server specs:
-Pentium G3258 CPU (Dual Core 3.20GHz)
-2x4GB 1600MHz RAM
-Asus H81M-A Mobo
-Spare 600GB HDD from laptop (pretty slow, but kept build on a tight budget)
-500W PSU with micro ATX case which fits perfectly into shelf
No dedicated GPU (runs Ubuntu server), I just SSH into it from my rig.
Runs like a beauty ;')
Also have a RPi running a little baby server
>>51592084
U wut?
FiOS doesn't have limits. And I use 4-5TB a month.
think I'll replace chen and tewi with pi2s after Christmas, see how the pennies go.
>>51593034
Diden't you just get a nortel switch?
>>51593095
no, I just replaced the Nortel with a SMC
knocked 60W off the power use.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N8pFvK
could this be a good server?
>>51592725
7, it's a LIAN LI PC-Q25B: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112339
I'm using the 5 backplane connections for the RAID array and one slot at the bottom of the case for the host SSD.
>>51594400
Nice case. I'm looking at a fractal design node 804.
>>51585967
Building a new server. What do you guys think?Case: SuperMicro CSE-836BA-R920B 3U
Mobo: X9SRH-7F-O
RAM: 2x 8GB Samsung DDR3-1600 Registered ECC
CPU: Xeon E5-1620v2 (No cooler)
HBA: 1x SAS9211-8I 6Gbps
4x Monoprice SFF-8087 cables
HDDS: 16x2TB WD Reds (RAIDZ-3 pool => 26TB usable)
OS: SSD 840 EVO 120GB (Either FreeNAS or Debian)
Total: $3280
Took me a while to come up with this config, not sure if the mobo will comply with a non Revision K chassis, but there's no other rack case I feel is good enough for a decent price.
I'd appreciate any and all comments about this build.
>Xeon L5640
>Dell Workstation board (hence the stupid heatsink without proper fan mounting)
>24GB DDR3 ECC RAM
>20TB storage
>3 SSDs for VMs (with 1x 2.5inch 1TB backup)
>Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
pic 1/2
>>51595401
case is Fractal Define R2 XL
>>51595401
also I had no chance for proper cable management, since the motherboard is fuckhuge and extends over the cable management options.
And yeah, eventually I will at least use some cable binder for the sata/sas cables.
>>51595401
what quadro is that?
>>51595361
why 2tb hdds?
why reds (5400 rpm) and not red pros (7200 rpm)?
>>51595512
295, bought it on amazon used, just to have some display out.
>>51586662
Do you need a GPU to stream video from a server? Legit question.
>>51595601
no, not at all. It's just good to have, to see what it's doing when it's not booting and things like that.
New pic
>>51595547
16x2TB reds = $1260
16x2TB red pros = $2128
16x4TB reds = $2240
I'm more comfortable with the 2tb price tag currently as it'll give me 26 tb usable storage at least and that's for me right now plenty of space.
I'll probably switch them out in 5-10 years with WD RE SAS drives, but for now this is enough in my mind.
>>51595601
If you have IPMI you don't need a GPU or iGPU at all. Also it's much prefered to just do thing through the console/ssh. It's a server after all...
>>51595756
I was planning on doing it through console. I just wasn't sure if a GPU was needed to encode the streaming video or something like that
I've got a Proliant SE326M1. As it's a special edition, I can't find any documentation. The MoBo product number is 591747-001, and I can't find anything on that either. The most pressing question I have right now is: does this MoBo have PWM fan regulation? The fans are connected to a 6-pin on the MoBo with an adapter that splits in 2 6-pin males marked "inlet" and "outlet". PWMcontrol says there's no PWM controlled fans (I've already used lm-sensors). I've tried installing the ProLiant suite of thingies, reading the manual I found it doesn't have fan control options. I'm thinking the server has no PWM controller. Am I wrong? I've not found any 6-pins external controllers, are there any? Could I do something with some 555s? Maybe not the right thread as it's a 2U rack server, but can anyone help me? I'll try /sqt/ again if not.
hi fags
>>51590651
>9.4G swap
holy fuck just dye your hair red already
>>51592690
I-I would log in for them >///>
>>51596445
I don't get it. What's the reference?
I retired my 2006 Mac Pro as my main desktop and turned it into a server.
2.66Ghz x2 Xeon
7GB ECC Ram
1x SSD 160GB (Ubuntu)
1x 3TB HD (Films, TV)
1x 4TB HD (Time capsule backups, owncloud, har disk images)
1x 160GB HD (IP Cam storage)
It also has 4 DVB-S2 tuners and 2 DVB-T2 tuners (PCI-E) for TVheadend.
I have some XBMC/Kodi boxes around the house which access shared folders on the server via AFP or NFS. The PVR uses the TVHeadend software to stream TV from the DVB cards.
I also have Plex installed for accessing content when i am away. I have read about an upcoming development for Kodi so as soon as it is compatible with iOS i will be ditching plex.
I also run transmission for torrents, and owncloud for keeping my documents on my laptop/desktops in sync.
Thanks for reading
>>51596445
>holy fuck just dye your hair red already
What does that even mean?
>>51596251
also specs
Did anyone happen to snag those 5TB WD Blacks during the Black Friday sale for $199.00? That's like 25GB per dollar.
>>51596656
what is this monitoring software you running anon?
Just had google fiber installed and Plex port forwarded. What else is hot to share these days?
>>51596837
PSI
>>51596837
phpsysinfo
>>51596899
>>51596920
Thanks :)
Which is currently the most stable raid style to use: zfs, btrfs or mdadm? Say for small storage around 3x3TB WD Reds. Data integrity is important as it will be used for other people's files as well (backups will be made).
I've tried btrfs and zfs, but zfs is doing that thing where it doesn't auto mount at boot...
>>51591837
My I ask why your posting my rack?
That's a old picture by the way.
Added 2 NUC's since then.
>>51597086
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.
-DL140G3
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5345
RAM: 16GB
HDD: 1x 160GB
Function: Test server.
-Router, Coldspare Monowall (supermicro C2D)
-Router, Coldspare pfSense (supermicro C2D)
>>51597119
What do you actually use this setup for? I'm not that familiar with home servers apart from videos and streaming.
>>51592239
Manual .223 and up? So the only real home protection gun I can have would either have to be a 10/22 with a fucking horrendously huge mag, or a revolver.
>>51596251
here's also the wifi antenna
wifi card is located under the 500GB HDD.
Under 1TB HDD there is a 16GB SSD drive.
>tfw running home server on old, shitty laptop with 8GB of RAM and 500GB storage
>tfw no decked-out machine with 100TB of space and overpowered hardware for syncing files with
why even live
This is my old Phenom II 955 with 8GB of ram and a 500GB WD green and a laptop 500GB WD blue. Using it to learn active directory systems along with serving an email system for my family. Planning on upgrading the hardware and using it to run compute tasks as well. Things like offloading compiler tasks and rendering tasks for AutoCAD and my brother's Studio Max work.
Just bought an AMD sempron 3850 for $30 and got the matching Asrock AM1 itx board for $0.01. Gotta love the microcenter bundle deals.
4gb stick of ddr3 for $15 as well. Using it to build a low power high storage capacity file server. Already have a sata 3 pcie card sitting around to make up for the motherboard only having 4 sata ports. Card supports sata multiplier too
Howd I do?
any of you got your server "open" to the web?
say a link or such to the directory XD
>>51592690
Why would anyone other than myself login to my personal storage server? You're being retarded.
>>51586138
a bad psu wiped out 8TB of storage?
Holy fuck!
>>51586302
if you have to ask then you don't need one
Anything you can do on a VPS you can do on a homeserver so that's really a long list.
How do I into secure ftp?
Just been using ftp via filezilla with user/pass so far but I know its pleb tier.
>>51591414
apt-get install gentoo
>>51598589
>enable sftp
>???
>profit
>>51593034
are you gonna slave for Amazon for a while again?
Running a small home server on Win Server 2012 R2.
Is there any free software that would monitor my server's CPU and RAM usage, temperatures, SMART of hard drivers, and email me alerts when something bad happens?
>>51595401
what use do you get out of the quadro?
>>51598636
Doesn't windows server have those functions natively?
>>51598636
>tfw I know the ideal software
>tfw I'm conflicted to help because I clicked the blue square
>>51597119
Well done bro, looks amazing and I hope to get there one day myself. What do you think of my current first build here?
>>51595361
How much did all of that cost you?
>>51598629
Don't I need certificates or some shit?
>>51598663
Of course it does
>>51598663
Does it? How is this feature called?
Can you link me to some guide?
>>51598786
you can generate those yourself
Planning on building something in the near future as of now this HP microserver will have to do. Running LAMP for development and I'm planning to expand to be using plex soonish.
Going to use some old hardware
Think I'll turn the HP one into a pfSense router when I get going with the build.
>>51599043
Got one of those microserver too. Managed to find a xeon e3 1240v2 for cheap too. Already planning a new low power build with the celeron g1610t for additional iscsi storage.
I got mine for £179 which is bretty fucking good.
This is my server. I just actualized today. Have two driver IDE (40GB and 80GB) and one SATA (200GB)
It's for a small file server so i don't need more capacity right now. Maybe i buy a 775 socket mobo and upgrade to Q6600 and 4GB RAM
And for the drives, i though buy a SAS PCIe card and use for SATA drivers. The performance is reliable?
>>51597119
>"home" server
>>51599283
the server rack is his home, anon
>>51599307
I think you mean his home is in the server room.
>>51599283
does that old rug on the floor look like something you find in a datacenter or something you find in someone's basement....
>>51599363
>>51599283
also, if I would zoom out more you would see the ironing board and clothing hanging to dry using the hot server exhaust air, so yeah definitely a home server.
>>51599343
no, he lives on the graphc card and uses the CPUs to cooking...
>>51599426
can confirm
>>51599363
>>51599398
>fiber trunk links
>large rack with door and probably wheels
>"home"
>>51599465
the OM3 fiber goes up to my room to get 10g to my gaymingrig.
>>51597086
ladies and gentlemen
may i present to you, the backbone of every private tracker out there. i'm really glad you exist senpai, keep storing all that pirated content for the rest of us
do you have all that connected to a UPS? how much is your output wattage?
>>51599522
also, led's are taped of to they don't light up my room when I'm trying to sleep.
>>51599541
Still looking for a good UPS, for I live in the country that has the best grid in the world according to experts but I make sure not to use cache and raid-cards have BBU.
Still no excuse and I should really get a UPS as I have said many times before in /hsg/....
setup uses around 550 in with normal load, sometimes spikes to 650watt
have this for dns projects git and mail. smb and minecraft too.
can someone explain to me what a JBOD is? like I get it, it's just disks but what does that mean in real world application?
if i have a server with 6 sata drives and i connect them to my motherboard through SATA3, i will get smart info and all that jazz for each one which is desirable. Do i understand it right that with JBOD my computer would just see the sum of all disks together as one unit and it wouldn't be able to give me more detailed information?
why would you ever want a JBOD configuration in that case?
>>51599787
JBOD stands for "Just a Bunch Of Disks". It is what that sounds like. The OS sees all the disks as one big glommed-together disk.
There's no redundancy or performance increase, unlike RAID. If any one disk bites it then anything that happened to be on that part of the JBOD is gone, the rest of the disks are probably recoverable. Unlike RAID, JBOD works fine with whatever random disks you want to tack onto it, even if they're different sizes or such.
Typically you don't want to use it. It's easy to implement for the guy making the controller and writing the OS, and it might be convenient for you if you're just throwing something non-mission-critical together with what you have to hand. But if you're all "damn, I can't fit all my Chinese cartoons on this server, and all I have are these spare drives... well, I can re-download anything I lose" then it might come in handy, is all.
>>51599868
Jbod shouldn't combine all disks into one large volume. That's spanning.
Moving this to a VM later today and installing ESXi on here. I have a 500 gig drive laying around that I can use for my VM store. Runs Couchpotato, Sickrage, sabnzbd, Transmission, and has NFS and CIFS shares. Planning on getting 8 2TB drives for a RAIDZ2 array to store my goddamn anime and either a Norco rackmount case or a tower case with hotswap bays.
>>51599868
>>51599929
both spanned and non spanned can be considered as JBOD
After having a remote home server set at my parent's house, I realised it's like having a pet. Seriously, I feel the same when using it/maintaining as when playing with my cat.
>>51587051
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what does /g/ think about this for a NAS server to run plex? Thinking about buying this tomorrow as well as a Seagate 4TB HDD.
>>51600794
As long as you don't need transcoding you can get away with it. Still prefer a VM or even dedicated PC depending on users.
Is anyone familiar with a SAS2 expander backplane?
It connects 24 SAS/SATA drives and it only has one SF8087 connector.
Can I just use an onboard 8-port SF8087 connection for this? Or do I need to get a 24-port LSI HBA? But it's just one connection to the backplane? I'm really confused about this.. how do I get those drives connected to my motherboard and if I have to use a PCIe HBA card, what kind would I need?
The internet isn't really helpful and precise on what to buy for a SAS2 expander backplane...
Halp please.
>>51600860
I do need transcoding since I'm serving it to a raspberry pi which can't transcode. I assume you're saying this is a bad system for that because of it's low processing speed?
>>51600904
yeah, if it only has one port then one port is all you need. the backplane has a build in expander.
so indeed you can run them of the onboard 8-port controller.
>>51600973
Woah how does that even work though? I mean all those 24 drives into one connection to a 8port onboard SFF8087? I don't get it, there has to be a catch to this how can this work? Will I get proper reporting on all the drives? Is it slower compared to a backplane that has 5 sff8087 connectors, each handling 4 drives (Should I go for this kind of backplane instead)?
Thank you for answering though.
>>51600794
>proprietary raid
>overpriced
>limited uses
You can build yourself something faster and with way more drive bays than the synology/drobo trash.
>>51601037
it just expands it, look into normal sas expanders for that. but indeed the speed will be limited to the bandwidth of a single SFF8087 (6gbit/s in case of sas2)
>>51601114
I see so you're saving cable but you're losing speed, since now 24 drives go through 6 GB/s, whereas with multiple SFF8087 connections you'd have 5x4 drives at 6GB/s.
But realistically speaking are you really going to use 6 GB/s with all 24 drives running? I remember reading that sas3 is overkill and 6gb/s is plenty even for these large configurations. Would you be able to comment on this issue?
I'm sorry for being a newbie shitter but... I have 8 consumer sata HDDs, what's the cheapest (power efficient including) way I can attach them to a network?
Today, over month after I moved my gear to the rack I realized why it was so loud compared to when it was in the tower case.
It's the goddamned low profile GeForce 610 GT with it's tiny shitty fan going at supersonic speeds at all time DESPITE having no outputs attached.
Of course the open source nouveau drivers don't allow for fan control. Had to remove it and order a radeon with a passive cooling.
Seriously. That one fan accounted for probably half of the noise out of 8x 7200rpm drives, 4 fans, 1 cpu cooler and PSU. Jesus christ.
>>51601421
I feel silly that I didn't notice it earlier...
>>51601309
very true, speed will only show on internal transfers. 1 linkup is fine in my book.
>>51586138
>Taping over power switches
I understand why you did it, but is it really that much of a concern in a home environment? Do people run around randomly turning off your shit?
i see a lot of people here using supermicro chassis.. how cool are they? their design is really dumb if you ask me, because the backplane is inbetween the drives and fans, meaning the fans won't be able to pull as much air because backplane is blocking pathway to harddisks
seems really bad design no?
>>51600919
You are correct. While I do not have a NAS unit like that there are a lot of folks who end up with that issue. I can only advise what I have read from others and pre-caution you about that. If it works, and I hope it does, than even better.
Server/ shitbox unraid os runs server and a windows desktop, server is 2x xeon x5560 18gb of ram 4tb of raid 5 storage and a gtx 660ti
>>51602513
Why would you do this, get a case for that thing lmao
>>51602541
I have no need for such a thing, also the case costs more than I paid for all my current parts combined, so screw that :D
[GO]
>>51602513
Why's all the RAM on one CPU?
>>51603032
Cpu2 memory controller is borked, that or all of those slots just happen to not work
Is it worth making a server with a Q6600?
Just made my pc completely silent with ssd's
have like 3 drives totalling 2tb not being used,
Tried making shared folders, but couldn't lock it and gave up
>>51595416
>tfw wish they would make an r3 xl
>>51603349
No, oldest generation worth making a server with would be Nehalem.
>>51603349
I have a server with a Q6700. It's definitely slower, and I would really like something Nehalem or better like >>51603412 said, but it does the job (making backups, seeding my torrents) okay. If you're buying parts to make a server, buy something better. But if you have the parts laying around it'll work fine.
>>51597086
Didn't know it was copyrighted sorry senpai
who PC-Q26 here?
http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-q26/
want them 10 bays but too bad that:
- so expensive
- itx boards only
- wiring nightmare
>>51604126
Hows your power usage? I feel like my usage wouldn't even make it worth running it 24/7.
Do you recommend Nehalem because of performance only?
>>51605767
>>Hows your power usage? I feel like my usage wouldn't even make it worth running it 24/7.
when last I measured it it was like 130 watts. It's probably a little better now since I swapped the decade-old (and quite noisy) Sparkle PSU in it for a modern EVGA 80+ bronze one. Obviously this shit varies depending on CPU load and such. Comes out to something in the vicinity of ten bucks a month in power, if I remember right.
>Do you recommend Nehalem because of performance only?
Not only. That is part of it, I'd have an easier time running VMs with a more recent CPU. I envy the people who have ten-core Xeons and shit. A more recent CPU will bring down your idle power, too, though, and give you a more recent motherboard. Which can give you features like SATA3 that you may care about.
It ain't economical to spend the cost of a modern CPU just to save power, if you have the C2Q gear sitting around already. it'll take way too long to pay for itself. Even if you cut your power in half it'll take years to break even. It is economical for datacenter operators that use megawatts of power - those guys worry about the voltage of their RAM and shit, since if you save a half a watt per DIMM, that's 50 kilowatts of power you save and another 50 kilowatts of cooling you don't need. You ain't doin' that, you're running one machine, probably at idle most of the time. If you can afford to own it you can afford to run it, even if you live in Germoney or Glorious Nippon where electricity is expensive.
>>51606038
At any rate, going to have to change the gpu, it's a evga 9800gt that runs full blast 24/7.
On classifieds I found a asus nvidia 8600 GTS 256M for $10 but feel like I can get something better.
Is it dumb to just run win7 pro? Primarily just want to use it for torrents/plex/music+file sharing. The last ones I had problems where I couldn't get another pc's users to access with a password, only when I had it fully open.
>>51593034
whats with the Pi's? Pics? Why do they get whole Us?
>>51606386
Try OpenMediaVault or FreeNAS
>>51596656
>8GB SWAP
What the fuck.
>>51606854
Don't think FreeNas would work good with 3GB of ram.
Nas4Free any good? Didn't want to get rid of the win7 install but I just might.
Bout to build my first server. The only thing I can't really decide on is what CPU to use. I'll use it for Plex, general file storage, and some torrenting maybe. Trying to keep it as cheap as possible. Any recommendations?
>>51592199
You don't have any problems with the Green ? Why not the Red serie ?
>>51601421
God damn motherfucking Nvidia! You best believe.
could someone explain what kind of xeon processor to buy and how to even figure out how they choose model names for them? they're so god damn confusing to me? whats the diference between a 1260 and a 2260 outside of a 500 price diference
>>51597119
obligatory holy fuck
what do you even use it for?
do you get letters from your isp?
where the fuck do you even wrok/live?
>>51605699
Looks like it'll handle 3-slot boards.
They should have ditched or shrunk the top fan and fit 4-slot boards.
What I think it lacks is front-accessible hotswappable drive bays. So close yet they decided to keep it a toy.
specs of old computer minus the drives. what drives should I get if I want to use it for file storage/plex?
>>51612303
>using pirated windows 10
>>51586302
I run my own AD domain in the house so I can have better control of what the kids do with their computers.
It's also great as a media server and backup for important files without having to rely on the cloud.
It's also a secure VPN.
I also use it for testing network scenarios that could be beneficial for my workplace.
Servers provide a service, if there is a service you want, then why not make your own?
I'm planning on getting an Orange PI for a very little home server. A ssh-server, rtorrent, and maybe backup. At elast for start.
do you recomend arch or void linux to set it up? I also want to learn that kind of distro killing two bird with one stone.
>>51585967
>8 HDD
>only 20TB
lol
>>51613451
So? Do you think most enterprises use 6tb+ drives? There are reasons why several smaller disks are preferable to few large ones.
Look at rack servers that have a shitload of 2.5 inch bays.
Hey guys, I'm trying to host an html webpage from my pc. I've tried using WampServer, but could only get it to host on my local network. How do you host a webpage to the www?
I'm not so much worried about security as I am to get it to work. I just want to be able share my content to people not on my local network.
>>51586662
Why would I *NEED* this? I can just share a folder on my Winblows and access it with any computer attached to the network
Seems like extra hassle for no reason.
Contributing what I have, pls no bully.
>>51614777
well, like you said, computer.
with plex, you can access it to your phone, roku, and such.
its pretty much crafting your own hulu / netflix.
but, you are right in a way. if all you have is a small network and don't give a shit about watching stuff on tiny ass phones and tablets, it is taking a very simple thing and making overly complex for zero benefit.
and as one anon pointed out, my ISP would cut off my internet for something like that. not only do they have a zero internet server hosting clause in their ToS for regular consumer internet, but i also have a small ass 300gb a month limit. all for the low price of $70 a month.
'merica
>>51601421
why didn't you just use the normal nvidia drivers instead of shittastic nouveau?
>>51609958
dont get letters from my ISP, they don't care if I constantly use 500/500.
I live in the Netherlands and I don't work in IT, its just a hobby for me.
>>51615436
I'm just scared of your electricity bill
>>51615436
What hard drives do you use?
I am looking for a new 4TB (or more) HDD for desktop use. I mainly use WD Red 4TB drives now.
>>51615436
P neat,m i'm getting 500/500 soon in The Netherlands soon too.
Might get a new rack for my 2 servers and build it up a little so i can rent out things for friends/people ^^
>>51596116
Anyone?
I have 8 harddrives totaling about 20 TB of data.. what's the cheapest way I can get them all running on a nas? Most mobos only have 6 sata ports. Would I need to spend alot of money for a specialty mobo or something?
>>51616187
get a IBM m1015 (<100$ on ebay) and flash it to the IT firmware.
are there any nas cases with a tiny footprint, but with 8-12 HDD bays?
how many drives can you have spinning under your TV before noise becomes an issue?
why dont the manufacturers make something similar to an 8-bay QNAP or something, like a smaller version of a supermicro case?
I'm buying my first server case, it's a 3U one but I don't want to spend money on a rack cabinet.. what's a good way to stabilize the case above ground? Are there some kind of desk-feet I should look into that lower vibration?
I dont have space to put it on a high desk, it'll go below one of my desks so I'm looking for some low platform with anti-vibrational legs I guess? Any advice would be helpful..
lackrack
Why do so many people use FreeNAS with ZFS instead of like debian?
I'd prefer using debian, since I can also install openvpn and http proxy etc.
Is there a big reason everyone's using freenas instead that I'm missing here?
>>51616454
because you literally throw it on a usb drive and it just works, you can do anything you need from the web interface and it only takes max 15 minutes to get to that point
>>51616494
freenas is a giant fucking pain in the ass to get working correctly, and then if you want to change shit down the line good fucking luck
it takes a metric shit ton of ram and if you dont use ecc you are just trying to look smart and make your life harder.
>>51592084
>You do realize that 90% of cable companies have limits for download/uploads, right?
>unironically having a plan with data cap
>2015
ayy lmao
>>51601491
Especially when it appears to be switched off anyway... (led is not lit)
>>51616528
What do you recommend then?
I'm about to screw aroudn with freeNas and openmediavault on a vm before deciding on what to use.
Feel like It's gona suck on 3gb ram.
>>51616664
>on carpet
>>51616494
Storage is cheap nowadays, I can just buy a 60gb ssd for $30 and put linux on there, so that argument is silly.
>web interface
I'd rather just use a console, no? Seems like I'm bound to whatever the webgui can do and I like to have full control over everything which means..
linux > freenas, unless you have some other points?
>>51616733
give one reason why it shouldnt be. and dust isnt one of them
>>51616664
dude get it off the carpet mate
do you not know anything about static charge and vibrations? holy fuck
"THINK SERVER"
>>51592109
We just don't feel the need to shoot each other up on a daily basis.
>>51616785
static charge has nothing to do with it, and neither do vibrations. you are dumb as fuck
>>51616754
what are you getting at?
people use freenas for the same reason as they use qnap or synology, its a managed system so its easy as fuck
thats the reason, how do you not understand this? thats the advantage
>>51616664
how do you manage esxi server for free?
>>51616882
the same way you would manage the paid version: the fat client
>>51616769
Static buildup,
>>51616920
hmm, i only got a 60 day trial with that client hmmm
>>51616942
you have to register it and then you get a key, its still free though
>>51616934
what about it? i bet you wear one of those stupid fucking wrist things also, you are too paranoid for your own good
>>51616971
Hmm nice thanks, will try it out ^-^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxOVgUTxniw
>>51617088
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>>51615154
I'm not going to fucking put filth of the kind of nvidia binary drivers on my precious server.
It's an aesthetic choice. Besides, from what I've read on the interwebs they don't give you control over the fan either.
