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| From | deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Server hardware advice. |
| Date | 2019-08-08 07:50 +0200 |
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Steven Mainor wrote:
> I would say a server is any piece of software or hardware that serves data
> to other devices.
>
Well strictly speaking two different things are referred as server:
hardware
software
In your case you are talking about buying hardware - correct? And if you
intend to use a PC, than the correct wording for this would be
A second hand PC that will be used as a home server.
> I have run an apache2/mariadb/php server from an old laptop with a
> headless LTS Linux for over two years without issue.
>
> Surely you aren't saying only a rack mounted 64 core monstrosity with a TB
> of ram is qualified to be called a "server"
>
On hardware level - yes. Any PC can be used as a server, but it is still not
a server from HW POV. There are many many technical details that make the
difference, like memory channels, caches etc.
> For my needs, I doubt anything more than a modern single board computer is
> necessary. At least as far as compute power is concerned.
Yes any modern PC would work. What was suggested that you take one with
enough CPU and RAM. I think today one could get 4-8 CPUs with 16-32GB of
RAM at a fair price.
Do not underestimate the disks. I had a terrible experience with PC style
drives. Take NAS style harddrives like the WD Red. You really want to use
RAID there and all other drives I have been using in the past had to be
replaced either because they failed or because the latency was
unacceptable. I had Seagate Baraccuda, WD Green and WD Blue. A fellow sys
admin told me they use WD Red and indeed the 2TB WD Red are very reliable,
but not the bigger once - amazing what one should know. So I replaced all
the drives over the years with WD Red 2TB. I use RAID1.
I build a backup server recently out of older Intel DG45FC board I bought
with CPU for ~100,- some years ago, gain with WD Red 2TB in RAID5, so that
there is 6TB now.
What I want to say is that not every fairly modern PC works, because you
want to attach at least two disks to build a RAID - the more SATA
connectors you have - the better.
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Re: Server hardware advice. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-08-07 08:00 +0200
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Re: Server hardware advice. Steven Mainor <steve@degga.net> - 2019-08-07 18:50 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-08 07:50 +0200
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Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-08-08 12:50 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-08 14:10 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-08-08 16:20 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-08 17:00 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-08 17:20 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-08 18:00 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Judah Richardson <judahrichardson@gmail.com> - 2019-08-08 21:50 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-09 00:50 +0200
[OT] Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-08-09 10:00 +0200
Re: [OT] Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-08-09 11:20 +0200
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Re: [OT] Helpful attitude The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2019-08-09 16:00 +0200
Re: [OT] Helpful attitude Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2019-08-09 16:10 +0200
Re: [OT] Helpful attitude Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-08-09 16:10 +0200
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Re: [OT] Helpful attitude deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-09 18:30 +0200
Re: [OT] Helpful attitude Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-09 20:50 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-08 22:20 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-08-09 16:10 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2019-08-09 08:20 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-09 09:20 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) "Bob Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2019-08-09 14:00 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-09 16:20 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) "Bob Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2019-08-10 00:00 +0200
Re: Helpful attitude (was: Server hardware advice.) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-08-08 14:10 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-08-07 09:00 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-08-07 09:40 +0200
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Re: Server hardware advice. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-08-07 11:00 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-07 11:10 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Steven Mainor <steve@degga.net> - 2019-08-07 12:10 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-07 12:50 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. jochen-2019-q2@ozark.de - 2019-08-07 22:40 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-08 09:30 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-09 05:20 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Steven Mainor <steve@degga.net> - 2019-08-09 08:00 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-09 15:40 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-09 18:20 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-08-09 19:00 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-08-09 19:20 +0200
Re: Server hardware advice. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-08-09 20:30 +0200
OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-08-10 10:00 +0200
Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 11:20 +0200
Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-08-10 11:30 +0200
Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-08-10 17:10 +0200
Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-08-11 00:50 +0200
Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-08-11 09:50 +0200
Re: OT "x times cheaper", was: Re: Server hardware advice. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-11 12:00 +0200
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Re: Server hardware advice. Steven Mainor <steve@degga.net> - 2019-08-10 04:00 +0200
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Re: Server hardware advice. Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-08 18:20 +0200
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Re: Server hardware advice. Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-08-08 23:20 +0200
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