Home Server thread.
Alright /g/tards what hardware are you running in your moms basement.
>>51210897
>/g/tards
>>>/b/
The term is /g/entoomen
raspi
raspian
nginx
sage for /g/tard
>>51210931
>>>/momsbasement/
>>51210897
Only a G2? G5 DL585 here
>>51210960
yes unfortunately still have one :/ thinking about upgrading to a G6, can you run SATA drives in an SAS bay on a G6? Not looking todo RAID.
new switch is in doing it's thing. ~60W less than the Nortel I had before, most nice.
>>51210971
Yes but the performance isn't even comparable, just spring for some cheap SAS drvies.
any other synology bros here? copped a synology ds1815+ recently, pretty happy with it
Why don't more people virtualize their servers off of their main box?
>>51210971
Yeah I might do that, But I kinda wanna put 4x Toshiba 5TB in it, because their price is really good.
>>51211050
What's the max ram you can put in one of those?
>>51211105
6gb i think
>>51211003
Whats your power bill like having that running 24/7?
>>51211121
43p a day, so ~150quid a year
>>51211183
That's pretty good I suppose, what are the specs on those xen servers?
>>51211052
Because my mainbox doesn't have 64GB of ram and isn't switched on 24/7 because it already uses 800 watts.
>>51211052
Why virtualized though? I do this without virtualization on my main computer -- it's left running 24/7 (I just lock it rather than shutting it down) running nginx and a few things. It's nice to be able to drag a file into a folder and I can then send someone a URL and they can get it.
But also I can ssh/vnc into my box anytime. I use this as a kinda nas as my phone has an sftp client.
It's probably not that safe to do this but it works for me.
>>51211234
nothing special, everything was picked more fro low power consumption than anything else.
~190W just now
>>51211052
I might, I only have a 64gb ssd so I need a slim as fuck server that will be reasonably straightforward and have good info available on the net
I'm thinking Debian or maybe even one of those tiny core distros
Any recommendations would be good?
> want to build a home server in moms basement
> folks share the internet connection with neighbor
> mfw I can't open ports because I don't know the rooter's password
>>51211326
Don't suppose you have IPv6?
>>51211339
How do I check that?
>>51211360
If this page loads, you're good: http://ipv6.whatismyv6.com/
>>51211360
And if you do have IPv6, you host the website using that, then put CloudFlare in front to give you an IPv4 address
>>51211052
My PC doesn't have 4 cpus and can't have up to 256GB or ram. Lets not even get into all the shit I can hotswap and the redundancy.
>>51211183
>43p a day
Just for the equipment, or your whole household?
>>51211326
You can probably use UPNP to set up the forwarding
>>51211308
>>51211003
Fucking samefag RasPi shit
Specs:
Supermicro PDSMU
Xeon X3210 2.4Ghz
4GB RAM
4x2TB in RAID10
Used for:
RADIUS AAA backups, webhost, seedbox, DNS server, OpenVPN, Tor relay, OONI probe, cjdns, I2P, and H@H.
>>51211464
>My PC doesn't have 4 cpus and can't have up to 256GB or ram.
it could if you used your server hardware that way.
Just bought a DL385 G6, What is the best use of the 128GB of ram I now have?
>>51211308
Looks good
>>51211927
Urethral sounds
>>51211997
nigga is salty he doesn't have 128gb of ram
>>51211927
Make a neural network to solve captchas and sell an anti-captcha API to botnet operators.
>>51212104
I don't really need it, I already got 64 and RAM use never really goes over 32, even with ZFS.
>>51211776
just for teh rack, whole house is about £5.50 a pay by comparison
This motherfucker:
HP Microserver gen8
Celeron G1610T
16 GB DDR3 ECC
2x3TB WD Red in RAID1
WD Scorpio Blue 320 GB for OS
Currently running 6 VM (CentOS as host OS and qemu/KVM): mail server, syncthing server, DNSCrypt and DNS cache server, XMPP server, backup server, DLNA and torrent server.
>>51212618
Forgot picture
One of these.
Intel Atom C2758 (8 core)
16 GB RAM
ESXi, Splunk, op5, email, plex
Main box
1090t
16gb ddr3 1333
shit ton of random drives
runs Debian stable, hosts samba, plex, web site, torrents, and the no-ip client
>>51210953
> raspian
Raspbian*
Have you heard about our savior Lord Archlinux?
>>51212906
secondary box
Q6600
8gb ddr2 800
single WD raptor
runs Proxmox (Debian stable) host 6-8 VMs for fucking around and hosting more shit
>>51211326
>Sharing internet with neighbours
>Sharing internet
>Sharing
>Internet
only thing currently is a gigabyte j1900 board running pfsense
No picture of what it looks like, but I took my gramps' all-in-one shitpile after the screen died, removed the back panel so it can actually breathe, and am doing this:
Pentium G620 (2 core, 2.6ghz)
8gb RAM
80gb HDD
LXLE
Spigot server with dynmap & multiverse, neorouter, openssh.
I thought the fucker would choke, but actually it handles the load admirably, even when doing full world renders in the middle of playtime.
>>51213133
>vanilla minecraft
step up nigga, I have a 200 mod server and it NEEDS 4 threads and I run it off a ramdisk, just to get a server that doesn't lag all the time
>>51213172
yeah I really should run the thing off a ramdisk, but honestly I don't know how to set that up in linux yet and I'm afraid to try because the server's running just fine right now straight off the drive.
I have a few mods going, nothing too crazy. I'm pretty new to this. So you are saying mods increase CPU workload substantially? Was under the impression they mostly ate RAM.
>>51213133
Dude I'm running two small craftbukkits (24/7) on a pc (ubuntu) with an i3 at 2,6 (3,0 boost) 8gb ram and 120gb hdd.
>>51213200
the biggest cpu workload besides for chunkloading everyone's giant machine filled bases is dynmap, the server also has 6GB of RAM. on the host machine it eats 9gb, with a 3gb ramdisk
>>51213212
>>51213133 here
are you running the craftbukkits concurrently? If so, you should really think about moving that shit into a multiverse setup. Turned out to be VERY beneficial for the CPU load, and if you don't want to link the worlds you don't have to.
AMD A8-7600 (Running @45W mode)
DDR3 8GB
Some ITX MOBO
250 SSD (Some random one, too lazy to check)
5TB WD Green
Debian Jessie OS
Build with the lowest power consumption in mind that i could, currently using a little lower than 100W on average. No noticeable impact on power bills.
I have a media server setup (Couchpotato, Sickrage, Plex), IRC, mailserver, ownCloud, Samba and some other stuff running on it
I was thinking of starting up a home server but I couldn't think of many uses.
One idea was have films on it or whatever to stream when around the house.
>>51213293
Hmm, well, I've never gotten much into getting them to run better. They are indeed running simultaneously. I'll look into it when I get back home saturday. Would an ssd upgrade help too? I could pick a used 80gb ssd up for around €30. But I'm not sure if it'll help at all.
>>51213338
do the GCN cores get any workout? I like the fan on the side by the way. Just a nice little reminder that this build gives literally no fucks about appearance, front panels aside.
>>51213375
SSD will help with load times. RAMDisk would help even more. 80gb is more than enough, obviously.
>>51211315
Could anyone recommend some slim server distro
>>51213396
Not really, while Plex does use server side transcoding it doesn't but pretty much any load on the CPU. The CPU is a metric fuckton of overkill for my setup, i just got it for free.
Most of it is built from spare parts, i only bought the case and HDD.
The fan is because the PSU that came with the case is shit and tends to overheat but the fan fixed that issue.
>>51213472
Debian or Arch
>>51213472
debian seems to work fine
unless you want something full retard like damn small linux
>>51213472
used to recommend crunchbang linux but now that's deprecated so I guess LXLE or Xubuntu. Honestly though those are both pretty shit; I'm on a never-ending search for this myself.
Debian is nice but it's not what I think of when I think of "slim"
Ideally I'd have a linux that
1. Has no office or multimedia software installed by default
2. boots to the command line with an option to move to a preconfigured openbox DE.
3. features my favorite command line administration tools right out of the box (htop, mc, arp-scan, nmap, reptyr, links2, byobu)
4. Runs on less than 100mb RAM.
>>51211050
Hello fellow synolomeme.
DS415+ reporting in.
>>51213472
CentOS minimal install, Debian minimal install.
You have to harden them all by yourself tho.
>>51210897
This is my pi's firewall.
I only allow 6767 to be my subsonic port to be open
any tips to harden it further? Im paranoid.
I already set up PKA on ssh.
>>51213586
openbsd
>>51211272
>sftp
should be fine right? unless your android has a botnet
what to do with this little thing?
its currently only running web and file server, but i feel like that is a waste of its power.
xeon e3 1220 (sandy bridge)
4gb ECC ddr3 ram
4x300gb 15k sas in raid 0
single gigabit lan
server 2008
i could probably buy some more ram for it, to make more options available, but i need ideas
>>51214081
Get some streaming services on it
>>51214129
good idea.
(i'm not the guy with the t110)
>>51212618
>>51212640
Can I test kvm+qemu in a virtual machine?
>>51214081
do you do any gaymen? if so you could use it as a gameserver
Does anyone have one of those Xeon-D ?
They look wonderful.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9185/intel-xeon-d-review-performance-per-watt-server-soc-champion
Can't wait for a Vmware driver for the 10 Gb Ethernet
>>51213495
>Arch
>server
u havin a laf m8
>>51214200
I am not 100% sure but probably not.
You should give it a try anyway, it does not require particular instructions (VT-D for example) and run on pretty much every hardware.
For testing purpose an old ass c2d with enough RAM will suffice.
>>51214387
The problem is I don't have any space computers to run it on to get myself familiar to replace esxi
I need to see if KVM+ qemu can do vt-d on my hardware seeing as Xen failed because of bad acpi tables
>>51210897
i just converted an old pc to a server running debian. what should i do?
>>51214405
What are you actually trying to accomplish? PCI-E passthrough?
If you have enterprise class hardware there should be no problems.
Installing CentOS (or whatever OS you like) on a single spare HDD and test qemu+KVM on the same ESXi machine is not a viable option?
>>51214480
It's a AMD board with a FX 8320 CPU. PCI passthrough works right now with ESXi. The issue is that the motherboard has some retarded acpi tables so it didn't work in Xen, because allowing it would be a security risk or some shit.
>>51214479
Shoot up a school
If I get a synology NAS, would it be possible to set up single a raid1 configuration using both the internal drives and external usb 3.0 drives?
>>51214527
PCI passthrough on consumer hardware is a bitch, I feel your pain.
Given that you probably run said server at your home and it probably does not run mission critical shit install you favorite distro, qemu+KVM and setup a test VM on a spare HDD.
Play with it enough time to understand if it works nice with your hardware.
>>51211377
>http://ipv6.whatismyv6.com/
frank, please leave.
behold my server!
Supermicro SC846E16-R1200B
Xeon e3-1245 @ 3.4ghz
16gb ram
12x3tb in raid 10
4x2tb in raid 10
23tb total
Used for plex/xbmc
>>51210897
Hello.
This is my HP Thin Client T610 with 1,5TB storage space and 48GB flash space for sysboot and VMs.
Guys, I just ordered a HP StorageWorks 920 SAS (LTO3) streamer.
I don't have neither SAS controller nor desktop computer, only a laptop and a terminal >>51214875
How can I use it? Is there a 5,25 case with SAS to USB bridge available on the market?
>>51214724
>screenshot of a terminal
>jpg
Kill yourself
>>51215038
it's a PuTTY screenshot
also U mad?
>>51215054
>U mad?
Yes
>it's a PuTTY screenshot
Now I'm more mad
>>51214875
>thin client
>server
1/10 made me respond
>>51211308
>tfw I want cases like those for my pi's.
>>51211308
>gensokyo.com
Do you even own that domain?
>>51215387
You can just say that without the TFW, the sentence still works
>tfw I was here long before tfw became a thing
>>51214875
Hi again, for the 5th or 10th time, I don't remember anymore.
At least this time you've actually included a name of your shitbox.
Please never come back.
>>51215544
Yes but it would make the phrase emotionless and bland.
>>51215547
>name
you mean model, faggot.
>10th time
I've posted my only three times.
>>51215915
>faggot
You kiss your mother with that mouth?
i have two shitboxes, PE1950 and 2950
they are loud as hell and eat a fuckton of power and are old, but whatever
>>51214724
>uptime: 1m
so you just set it up? congrats
>>51215954
does your mother know about your sexual fantasies with males, fag?
>>51216047
No. I'd like to keep that private for now. I don't think the world is ready yet to know that I'm sort-of bi.
1.
2x Intel Xeon E5420
16GB ECC DDR2
2.
1x Opteron idk which but have one core 3ghz
3GB ECC DDR2
4TB HDD
3. (not in image)
2x Intel Xeon E5540
32GB ECC DDR3
2x hotswap 2,5" 73GB 10krpm SAS HDD
>>51212640
Mah niggah
What hard drives and CPU? I managed to find a e3 1240v2.
HP microserver gen8
E3 1240v2
16gb ecc ram
4x4tb WD Red
Winblows server 2012 for now
>>51210953
would run a raspi server with nginx if i could get my damn port forwarding to work
So what does everyone use their servers for?
The only things I can think of would be file server/seedbox/htpc streamer
>>51213590
can you please fucking take the plastic off?
>>51216510
VPN, run various teamspeak/irc bots for people/ work sys admin irc/ libary ftp server (pdfs and other stuff ) /teamspeak/mumble/friends garrys mod server/local websites for testing vulns
many more, god what virtualizing can do :)
>>51216510
storing ~2200 movies of course
>>51216510
Smb, ftp, centralised backups, plex ,qbittorrent
>>51211854
How about when you restart your main PC? or try stuff and break it?
Your server fails to accomplish its main purpose.
That's why one acts as a server and another as a desktop/workstation
>>51214875
>vm
>on that
Ha-ha no thanks
>tfw have 0.4Mb upstream
And I do mean Mbit, not MiB.
>>51216617
Are you a hue or clap?
>>51216610
What's the problem?
The CPU is almost the same as in the HP proliant n36l. It's totally fine for basic tasks like torrent downloader or webguis for native services
>>51216602
This is why you should virtualize your workstation on your server instead of your server on your workstation.
>>51216610
>yfw I ran a vm or two on a celeron-1007u
>>51216653
What?
>>51216721
And how do you connecto to your workstation? GPU Passthrough?
Pls go to bed
>>51216781
RemoteFX :^)
>>51216766
I asked in which country you live.
>>51216821
Rural UK. Only ADSL1 available, max. 448kbps upstream.
>>51216787
>Windows
>Server
Pick one and only one.
>>51216873
>:^)
>>51216441
Specs: >>51212618
I don't really need a faster CPU (with 6 VMs running load average: 0.27, 0.20, 0.10), the lower power consumption the better.
Will probably add a couple more HDD when will run out of space with the current setup (around 60% used).
>>51216859
That sucks man, hope it'll improve soon.
>that feel when 2012 wants to do an update on host, but you don't want to reset your uptime
>>51210897
Xeon L5640
24 GB ECC DDR3 RAM
22 TB Software Raid (drivepool) in Fileserver VM (with still 5 free hot swap bays)
700 GB SSDs (host and VMs)
Pretty much only ~90W average usage since I replaced HP P410 Smart Array SAS controllers for 8 port Marvell SATA controllers (which not only support spin down, but also staggered startup).
Really happy with it altogether. Also a place I can visit while at work or in lectures.
>>51217124
>caring about uptime on windows
>>51217124
>inb4 le windows is not reliable meme excdee
Stay may, linux poorfags
>>51217153
I don't really, yet it hurts a little somehow, can't explain.
>>51217181
I don't think anyone that knows shit about anything would say that. Windows servers are used all the time in enterprise scenarios and not only for AD.
>>51213590
how do you like it? thought about getting one of those little 4 bays for raid 10 instead of doing my own build due to space/time constraints
Intel i5 4570s
24GB DDR3
14TB worth of HGST
Radeon R7 260X
Plex, bittorrent sync, steam stream. Does the job. No pics, it's in a Silverstone Grandia GD08. Probably get some hate for it.
>>51217507
not him, but if you want it only as fileserver and to do backups for you, it's fine. In both scenarios RAID10 is pointless though. Then again since RAID5 is depreciated on large drives and four drives are too little for RAID6, you might as well do 10 (still a waste of space desu).
>>51217507
Just guy a hp microserver gen8. They're going for £180 new nowadays. Synology/drobo isoverpriced as fuck new.
i bought 5 dell poweredge servers on ebay a couple of years ago. still not sure what i should do with them.
>>51213110
UPDATE AVAILABLE NIGGA GET ON THAT SHIT
>>51217633
yeah I'm just planning to put all my downloads on it since theyre starting to pile up across random drives, some of which are older
>>51217706
i looked into those cause i see people on here with them sometimes, but I couldnt really find any cheap ones
would like to have seedbox+nas+htpc. i don't know if i'll be better building a single machine (cheaper, more power hungry) or if i can get a server from work's IT dept for a few bucks and then buy a low power machine to stream and torrent. help me?
>>51217919
Amazon. I'm running low on space and for £179 it's pretty much the cheapest option for 4x3.5 bays and a ssd.
>>51212919
Whats that case?
>>51217967
what OS do they use?
>>51217953
fuck off to
>>>/b/
and try to find someone who gives a shit.
>>51210897
I'm looking to upgrade my server from a standard desktop case to a proper server.
what's the best case and psu that will fit at least 8 hard drives in (preferably between 10 and 20 though)
>>51218179
forgot to mention that I want to keep this under 200
>>51218222
>>51218179
Why would you ever want to? It's noisy as all hell, besides you are not going to for 200. Since you need a new motherboard along with it. Also you will end up with PCI-X and may need new storage controllers as well.
There's litterally no reason to get a server case, if you can avoid it. There are just next to no benefits for personal use.
>>51218323
ok then whats the best normal case with 10+ drive bays for less than 200
>>51218336
an r5, which has sound dampening to help. Just get a 2 5.25in bay to 3 3.5in bay converter and you have 11 bays.
easy.
>>51216510
samba and I'm writing a couple web apps that I'm going to run locally.
Any case recommendations? I don't plan using more than 3 drives, so they can be microtowers. The cheapest decent one.
>>51218388
any chance that they will actually somewhat go on sale during black friday/cyber monday?
I already have an r4 for my desktop, so I guess getting an r4/5 for my server would be a good idea since I like the case.
also how chinky are the molex to sata adapters? my current psu only has 6 sata ports and im looking to upgrade to 8 or 9 drives total
fuck i'm poor and i want one..
>>51218848
r4 could go on sale with newegg, who knows though.
Arent there sata power splitters too? I'm not sure what your best bet would be there
>>51218917
never heard of sata splitters, but I guess it makes sense
I just don't want to kill my 4tb hdds that im about to throw in there to replace my aging 4x2tb wd greens
HP ProLiant ML350 G5
dual core Xeon 5120
16GBs of DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM
runs DNS, DHCP and acts as a NAS really
Planning 6 or 8 2TB WD RE4 drives for a total of 8TB storage in some kind of RAID, not decided yet.
>>51218917
>power splitters
enjoy your electrical fire
>>51216544
but then the finish will get fucked up and full of fingerprints
>>51211050
>>51213590
Got 2 213j's for stuff.
How do you guys deal with conflict files?
>>51211260
>800 watts
What kind of hardware do you have pulling 800W idle?
>>51211821
no fucking shit, you say?
>>51212813
>Splunk
>ESXi
>op5
Absolutely disgusting. Here, let me fix that for you:
>ELK/Greylog
>KVM+QEMU
>Nagios
Got this beaut today for $20. Going to attach it to my gpu cluster. Really psyched because of the increased efficiency for the price. No hard drive.
>>51221057
A 2007 laptop?
Got this beaut today for $20. Going to attach it to my gpu cluster. Really psyched because of the increased efficiency for the price. No hard drive.
>>51221067
Probably. Yup. 2007-05
>>51219076
glossy anything buyers, ladies and gentlemen.
>>51221082
Damn post error carrying over my last message. Clover ffs
>>51211326
install kali
Where do you guys find your ESXi keys?
>>51221969
KVM/QEMU you fucking kek faggot
>>51213172
You do know that spigot is not vanilla right?
>>51221982
NIGGA I DIDNT TAKE A FUCKING VCP-DCV JUST TO USE KVM.
>>51210960
I got an ML350 G5.... Waiting to get a decom'ed G6.
>>51213110
i recognized the DNS addresses
> localhost
> comcast
Holy shit i am virgin
>>51210897
>what hardware are you running in your moms basement
Dell C6100
8x 4-core Xeons
96 GB RAM
shit all for mass storage
>>51210897
RasPI2
Just upgraded to raspbian jessie
>>51211111
Delicious repiting digits
>>51218971
I got dual Xeon E5410, and 32gb of DDR2...
>>51222071
it's not exactly highly intensive either
>>51222309
anyone that remotely deals with internet shit on a technical level knows those DNS addresses
So what is the point of running so many VMs? Is it a way to sandbox all the different services you want your server to run or something? Always wondered.
>>51217124
>mfw linux does not have this problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbABy9ul11I
>>51222309
knowing useful ips is nothing to be ashamed of
when a girls ips's dns goes down and you know a backup to fix it she will fuck you
if you don't know loopback you should just kill yourself.
>>51222489
Yes, quick cloning of machines, for example clients in a lab enviroment to test stuff, easy roll back and snapshots if something goes wrong, it's like cheatcodes for sysadmins.
I've never heard this being talked about on /g/.
You can use one of your servers as a Windows activation server for all the computers in your house, it will activate any microsoft software, and it's not sketchy at all.
KMS Server emulators anyone?
I just have an optiplex 755 that I got from WOOT a couple years ago.
It's running a Core2Quad @ 2.4Ghz, 4GB Ram, 200GB drive with a 4TB USB3 drive for storage.
It runs my Plex media server, personal FTP, fax server, SMDR capture, and voicemail server for my phone system.
I'd like to figure out how to consolidate all of this to run off of a Raspberry Pi 2.
Is there any server software that will let me stream cable TV like a slingbox?
I'd rather not have it go out to the internet, a lan app with port forwarding ability would be nice. Plus if it's in a web browser.
I have a USB cable TV tuner.
>>51222551
Probably because Microsoft's software is shit and we wouldn't use it even if we were getting paid to.
What's the right approach to DNS?
>inb4 8.8.8.8
>>51213586
Crunchbang has been revived and is now called Crunchbang ++. Use it on a server myself. :)
Anyone arm and openwrt fan here?
Serusly why the fuck you need all that fancy, high powe cpu? I know guys who work on scaleway with 200 users online site (not static)
Personaly i think arm i a big move for web, and i think 2-4 little machines are better then one. For example 1 host handling mysql, other nginx and php and ftp.
pic rel bought 2 for 40 usd, one usb to sata and i am pretty happy
>>51210897
Excuse my ignorance but why would a single individual need a home server other than to store terabytes of pornography or run a business?
>>51223132
208.67.222.222
127.0.0.1
>>51223514
some people learn and educate themselves in their free time.
>>51223617
That didn't answer the question. You don't need a home server to educate yourself.
Why are Xeons and server motherboard are so goddamn expensive? The most basic CPU+mobo config costs about double that of the consumer gear without any major benefits or performance improvements.
I guess I'll go with AMD APU+regular mobo for my homeserver and forget about ECC and other bells and whistles forever.
>>51224465
>mainboards
"better" chipsets, more ram, more pcie lanes, redundant nics
>cpus
my xeon was cheaper than an equivalent i7
>>51224465
you're almost supposed to buy them used. you can get some really good hardware secondhand.
>>51211003
dafuq you use that for?
>>51224689
I wasn't really hoping for i7-like performance on my server, because I don't have a lot of money (and, frankly, I don't need an i7 in a server).
So "equivalent price" doesn't mean much to me, especially when AMD APUs are more performant, cheaper and more feature-rich (AES-NI is a big one for me, no cheap Intels have it, sadness) than Intel CPUs for the same price. But they don't suit server-use at all, and that's sad.
>>51224705
Damn, I have almost no used server parts around me for sale. Third-world shithole strikes again.
>>51224465
Used LGA1366 board:
~$100-150, more or less depending on model
Used 6 core LGA1366 Xeon:
$50 to upwards of $100 depending on model
RAM:
Just use non-ECC until you can afford ECC.
>>51219410
you mean duplicates? storage report has a tool for detecting and resolving them.
>>51223936
Working with real equipment makes it a lot more effective and fun.
>>51222390
What a waste
Loan out some ghz for some grid computing for research or something
>>51223514
>>51223936
>>51225015
I'm currently setting up a gpu cluster so I can compute "a neural algorithm of artistic style" faster. Haven't ran it on a gpu yet, so I'm about to go from 50 hour computation time (thanks think pad and integrated Intel) to probably around 7 or 8 minutes. My major is also ai, so having my own personal cluster is a little exciting. Get to fiddle with my work in the future at home rather than at uni :)
>>51222490
You can update 2012 without reboot as well. It's just for major updates which come like once a year where it wants a restart.
wtf is the purpose of a home server
>>51214033
What do people even run on BSD servers? Does anything run on them? I haven't looked.
>>51225832
To serve.
>>51224777
I meant when you open a file like a .docx, sometimes the Synology will create conflict files.
>>51216034
thank you
>>51223456
Try encrypting your files with your tiny shitty MIPS cpu
faggot
>>51223456
>Serusly why the fuck you need all that fancy, high powe cpu?
FDE
compilation
encoding
>>51210897
>>/g/tards
Back to le reddit
Runs mainly Linux & BSD.
tasks:
building software
storage
converting movie files.
transcoding to media clients.
webserver
databases
backups.
virtualization.
Is there any advantage to making a dual cpu build for a home server, or is it just power wasting overkill?
>>51226768
the latter, except you want to transcode severall 4k streams simultaneously
>>51226768
>home server
>all servers do exactly the same thing which differentiates them from normal computers so they are very simple to spec without knowing the application
fuck
off
>>51226768
Generally the RAM is much more of a bottleneck than the CPU. I run 10 VMs and my CPU doesn't often go above 20% usage, but I don't have enough memory for more. That being said, I think there might be people here who have a bottleneck in the CPU. Most people here with dual CPUs are just waisting energy though.
>>51226723
What'cha doing with that Elite 7800/7900?
Should I use XenServer or VMware ESXi for virtualization, any opinions?
>>51226861
the key difference here is location, location, location you fucker
>>51227702
CentOS and qemu+KVM is the only right answer.
>>51228179
Okay, what is the best way to manage centos kvm host in windows?
>>51228281
>windows
get out
>>51228294
no
i use whatever i want, thats windows for few machines and different linux distros on other computers. iirc virt-manager should be able to manage it on linux but how about windows, i want to manage it from windows too
>>51228306
just ssh into the host os ?
>>51228281
SSH into the host with Putty and use virsh.
If you are looking for a GUI: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Management_Tools
>>51228344
guess that works fine too
has anyone tried oVirt, is that any good?
im looking to other hypervisors than esxi due to free esxi being "just werks" product, want to try something new
>>51210953
why is it so hard to get php to work on nginx?
>>51228390
It is actually pretty easy, just install php-fpm and instruct nginx to use it from php files.
>>51226723
are you seriously using these 2 small UPSes for all that hardware? wtf
So I just use a spare laptop as a NFS fileserver and would actually like to get some proper hardware to do that instead as it's far to small and doesn't have enough hard drive space. Anyone have any suggestions or should I just build another cheap PC to do use?
anybody knows how to use LTFS?
>>51213103
My roomate works at an IT company
Recently he started giving me weird looks, we both share the same internet.
Though I blocked out homegroup or all possible "basic" ways for you to access my files, can he still somehow see what I do? Or see my files? Links? etc?
>>51231535
might be snooping ur http internet, and yes porn is mostly over http.
>>51231587
Oh wow,
Yea he always talks about how he works for the back end of some company.
I just want to fap in peace, ever since I moved here I haven't torrented a single 1080p porno.
But he's Indian so who's going to believe him?
haha
>>51231642
use a vpn if you don't like people(room mate ) s nooping ur network.
>>51212264
Wtf are you running in your home thst eats up that much juice
>>51215014
Good luck...
Why would you do such a thing without being able to accommodate it.
Best luck is trying to use one of those pcie to exprecccard adapters that are popping up recently, to connect a sas controler to your laptop. Then connecting the tape drive to the card. It'll be dog ugly, and will be janky as fuck. but may just work.
https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted
never seen this posted, but don't go on here often enough so might have been.
you guys use any of this software?
i've got tt-rss, owncloud, and wallabag on my server.
>>51210953
Raspbian is bloated af.
Use Arch Linux ARM. I'm using it too.
>>51210897
Apple Airport
2TB internal drive
>hourly backups
320GB external drive
>manual backups
Raspberry Pi 2
32GB MicroSD
>Raspbian
>Torrent Box
QNAP TS-231
3TB WD Black + 3TB WD Red in RAID 1
>File/Music server
320GB external drive
>File Server backups
MSI Wind
(formerly a FreeNAS torrent box)
>Debian Wheezy/Xen 3
>>51234704
>apple
cuc.k
I want to get two of these eventually for all my backup needs. Is it overkill?
>>51235241
Probably.
>up to 80tb with 8tb hdds & raid 6
What do you want to back up?
How often? Daily, weekly?
Full backups or incremental backups?
>>51221969
keygen m8...
>>51228294
linux fag
Any recommendations for a quiet 16 bay chassis?
I'm still considering adding some foam to it that will reduce the noise.
>>51235590
Not visible in the picture are the 6 drives in that server that are not in hotswap bays.
>>51235607
And some glorious cable management from inside.
virtualization ftw
>>51212618
what are the advantages of using light vms? do you have to update the indvidually? what about hardware, i have a low end server, is it worth it?
What router would be good for home + 2 servers and some other stuff?
Looking at mikrotik routerboards but are they hard to setup?
This little guy, runs a PXE server, PBX VM that connects to my GVoice and small backups.
>>51236098
And here's inside the OS.
>>51231642
He's jelly cos u poo in loo and he doesn't
>>51236098
Interesting, but you are getting filtered you faggot.
>>51236008
anyone?
>>51236978
Speaking from personal experience drayteks are all good, user friendly setup etc.
>>51237046
Thanks will look into it :)
Not terrible for a spare parts build, 9TB of WD blues running FreeNAS and PLEX.
So I bought a small nas and have it hooked up to my router, which is wifi protected.
Stupid question but, this will mean that unless someone has my wifi password they won't be able to access the nas correct? Nothing on there is is private at all, I just don't want people muckign around with it trolling me or clogging up the network because it was a cheap system that's not very fast.
I want to build a server to play around with but I don't really want to throw massive amounts of money at it, what do I do now...
>>51238235
Buy a HP Microserver
>>51216873
Is it your second day on the internet?
>>51238189
please respond
>>51217633
RAID 5 shouldn't be used on 2TB+ drives with a URE of 10^14. Drives with 10^15 or 10^16 are fine in RAID 5 it's just not much protection, especially without a battery on your controller.
RAID 6 requires 4 or more drives.
Since you don't seem to know your storage I'll add ZFS2 and ZFS3 are slightly better SDS but not nearly as good as ODS. ODS is the future of SDS.
>>51238837
>RAID 5 shouldn't be used on 2TB+ drives with a URE of 10^14
There are different papers (one from google who runs the biggest botnet) which says that this is not correct: hdds (and therefore the raid) will fail within the first days or they will work without problems for years
Why would you not run a Synology?
4 disks of any size, max capacity compared to standard RAID setups. If a disk dies, just unplug it, put a new one in. Done. Good selection of software to run on it.
Would definitely get a faster version in future.
>>51238837
>Tfw i have a 3x3TB raid5 array.
How fucked am i?
>>51242108
depends on the drives and the implementations. what is your setup?
>>51242067
i considered synology. what scared me off was that they use a proprietary file system. if the array goes tits up, how can i recover? Oh, i don't know, because they don't say.
>>51242067
>Why would you not run a Synology?
Prebuilt nas are good for storage, some support small webservers/database servers/torrent cients. But you can't run your own servers on them.
>>51242108
You're fine. see my screenshot (wd greens) and >>51240616.
>>51242154
It's just ext4 or BTRFS with MD for creating arrays.
Any linux machine could read it for you.
>>51242165
The + series have docker for increased flexibility, as long as there is a docker image for the server you like to run, it can be installed.
>>51242154
The Synology Hybrid RAID is just standard RAID put together for optimum disk usage.
I've had a couple of disks fail on me, it's just plug and play (1 disk redundancy)
If the whole RAID goes, then you restore from backups on to a new array. You do have backups, right?
>>51242188
backups ofc. wtf is "standard raid?"
>>51242205
Selectable, can can tell how much redundancy you want on the array and SHR will pick the raid strategy that fits the best.
It will change the strategy as more disks get thrown in.
>>51242225
I guess. my point was, can i rip these drives out of a synology system and access them from something else. I could never find a clear answer on this because of their proprietary system.
>>51211003
>cirnos
>Zun microsystems
sysadmin is that you?
>>51242241
"Maybe", depending on what SHR was doing with that portion of the disk
>>51242241
The "proprietary system" you speak of is just a shiny wrapper for mdadm which is a standard kernel module.
pic related, this is how the NAS and pretty much every linux machine with the correct kernel modules and mounting procedure will see it.
>>51242067
>. If a disk dies, just unplug it, put a new one in. Done.
It's at most three shell commands to do that with regular mdadm if you have hot swap bays.
>>51235842
>what are the advantages of using light vms?
Security (services isolation) and VMs make it easy to move to new hardware in case of failure.
The only cons I can see is increased RAM usage.
>do you have to update the indvidually?
I use ansible, it is easy to use and also FLOSS.
>what about hardware, i have a low end server, is it worth it?
Mine is also low end but has no problem running 6 or more VMs, CPU usage is always low.
Load average is 1.18, 1.08, 1.09 while downloading a big ass 700 GB torrent with transmission-daemon in one of the VM.
RAM and HDD performance are the most critical things, CPU not much (except if you plan to do encoding 24/7).
>>51242317
People don't want to deal with "commands" in this era.
>>51210897
A20-OLinuXino-MICRO (open source hardware)
I use it to run scripts periodically, to back up important data and to WoL anything else I need.
Also, it runs Gentoo. Bitches love Gentoo.
>>51235532
I use the Fractal Define R2 XL with complete silent fans including on hot swap bays.
>8 regular 3.5 inch bays
>3 with additional cage ordered off their shop (where bottom fan originally was)
>5 3.5 inch hot swap bays in 3 5.25 inch bays
So this is 16 already, in the last 5.25 inch bay I have 4 2.5 inch bays, housing the server drives:
1 SSD host
1 SSD VMs
1 SSHD for torrenting VM
1 HDD to backup server related stuff
I'm really happy with it, and it's silent enough that I could keep it in my bedroom.
>>51235532
oh also the Fractal Define R2 XL has slightly more room. Since I use a Dell workstation board with an odd form factor it still fits since it has a little more room than usual toward the hot swap bays.
my eeepc 'server' up time, runs like a champ even with based XP
>>51242744
does it run anything besides Filezilla and RealVNC?
Pic related, the rest are mostly offline due to the lack of internet :'(
>>51216507
Got 2 routers in series?
>>51221023
Nigger please. I chose the tools based on what we run at work.
>>51210897
I work in a data center and I don't get these threads
I can have free colo for a 1/2U server, or even a tower, and I haven't done it because I have no idea what I'd do with it.
>>51243551
I'm using mine for a centralised storage platform, Too many upgrades means I have a lot of unused HDDs that can be put to good use in a server
What case should I get to mount it inside? Is fractal core 1000 long enough?
I'm gonna use the smallest PSU possible.
>>51238235
buy a broken-screen laptop and experiment on it
>>51242482
Anyone running a server with any OS should be proficient with command line usage. Yes, even Windows.
>>51243795
how do you install an OS with no screen? is it possible?
>>51243937
You configure the installation media to start SSH (and the network, obviously), then you connect to it over the network.
Or you use a serial TTY.
>>51243937
>>51243994
In the case of most laptops, you could just use an external screen if the other methods seem too complex to start with.
>>51243551
>torrenting on VPN
>general fileserver (including real backups, SMART/CRC checks)
>Plex (hometeater base)
>Network monitoring/security
>servers voice/game
>having multiple kinds of OS natively on your main computer
>shitposting at work on a secure connection
That's what I'm using it for and I really enjoy having it, but mostly I need it for home cinema and because I'm a digital hoarder.
>>51243937
i used an external monitor connected through the vga port, which seemed easiest
or this but i have no idea how to go about this >>51243994
I don't use actual server hardware, I use a desktop. That being said its pretty good for my needs.
vmware
website
Web archiver
freenet
seeding
anything that requires a powerful computer
Can someone help me connect Ubuntu Server 15.10 to a wireless network? (Intel 3945ABG is what the laptop has).
>>51235433
Weekly, and everything
2 laptops
2 desktops
2 servers
10+ VM's
all my media.
and incremental
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