I need to get all our home content off individual machines and onto a central server. What I'd like to have is the metaphorical "server under the stairs".
Stuff we need:
expandable storage. I want to be able to add extra disc as we go along, with minimal maintenance required. Currently we've got about 3Tb of files we need to host, and that's likely to grow by another Tb every 6-12 months based on recent history. I need to be able to add additional disc with minimal pain
needs to store all the media (i.e. photos, video, music) we have, and run services to serve the various devices we have in the house to playback (e.g. DAAP so we can play stuff through iTunes, ccxstream so we can play stuff over XBMC). DAAP and ccxstream are needed now, but we also need to support new standards as they emerge (so a closed-box solution isn't going to work)
RAID 5, or something broadly equivalent (e.g. RAID-Z)
BitTorrent client
ssh, NFS, Samba access
snapshot capability (as in ZFS), so we can snapshot individual file systems regularly and rollback when my kids delete their school assignments the day before they're due...
ability to recover quickly from power outages (it's not unusual for us to have power outages that last longer than our UPS' batteries)
FOSS software
a modern distributed version control system running on the box, such as Mercurial
Stuff I'd like to have on the server, but can live without:
PVR capability, so I could record TV to the box
Web server. We currently run a small Web server on a very old box, and I'd ideally like to turn the old box off and move the content to the new server just to save some electricity
Nagios + mrtg
I've been looking at using a EEE Box as the server, primarily because I can get them cheap and they don't consume much power. The choice of OS and file system is more difficult, from what I've found:
I've got most experience with various Linux distros, but am happy to use another Unix
FreeBSD and OpenSolaris seem to be the best choices for hosting ZFS
OpenSolaris' hardware support is nowhere near as good as e.g. Ubuntu
btrfs, while looking very good, doesn't seem ready for prime-time yet
ZFS doesn't let you (easily?) add new discs to a RAID5 or RAID-Z
reading around, it seems that ZFS is a bit short of tools for recovering lost data
At the moment, I'm leaning towards running FreeNAS+ZFS, but I'm concerned about the requirement to be able to add new disc on a fairly regular basis to an existing RAID-Z.
Can anyone provide some recommendations, or share experiences?
Thanks in advance
I need to get all our home content off individual machines and onto a central server. What I'd like to have is the metaphorical "server under the stairs".
Stuff we need:
expandable storage. I want to be able to add extra disc as we go along, with minimal maintenance required. Currently we've got about 3Tb of files we need to host, and that's likely to grow by another Tb every 6-12 months based on recent history. I need to be able to add additional disc with minimal pain
needs to store all the media (i.e. photos, video, music) we have, and run services to serve the various devices we have in the house to playback (e.g. DAAP so we can play stuff through iTunes, ccxstream so we can play stuff over XBMC). DAAP and ccxstream are needed now, but we also need to support new standards as they emerge (so a closed-box solution isn't going to work)
RAID 5, or something broadly equivalent (e.g. RAID-Z)
BitTorrent client
ssh, NFS, Samba access
snapshot capability (as in ZFS), so we can snapshot individual file systems regularly and rollback when my kids delete their school assignments the day before they're due...
ability to recover quickly from power outages (it's not unusual for us to have power outages that last longer than our UPS' batteries)
FOSS software
a modern distributed version control system running on the box, such as Mercurial
Stuff I'd like to have on the server, but can live without:
PVR capability, so I could record TV to the box
Web server. We currently run a small Web server on a very old box, and I'd ideally like to turn the old box off and move the content to the new server just to save some electricity
Nagios + mrtg
I've been looking at using a EEE Box as the server, primarily because I can get them cheap and they don't consume much power. The choice of OS and file system is more difficult, from what I've found:
I've got most experience with various Linux distros, but am happy to use another Unix
FreeBSD and OpenSolaris seem to be the best choices for hosting ZFS
OpenSolaris' hardware support is nowhere near as good as e.g. Ubuntu
btrfs, while looking very good, doesn't seem ready for prime-time yet
ZFS doesn't let you (easily?) add new discs to a RAID5 or RAID-Z
reading around, it seems that ZFS is a bit short of tools for recovering lost data
At the moment, I'm leaning towards running FreeNAS+ZFS, but I'm concerned about the requirement to be able to add new disc on a fairly regular basis to an existing RAID-Z.
Can anyone provide some recommendations, or share experiences?
Thanks in advance
I need to get all our home content off individual machines and onto a central server. What I'd like to have is the metaphorical "server under the stairs".
Stuff we need:
expandable storage. I want to be able to add extra disc as we go along, with minimal maintenance required. Currently we've got about 3Tb of files we need to host, and that's likely to grow by another Tb every 6-12 months based on recent history. I need to be able to add additional disc with minimal pain
needs to store all the media (i.e. photos, video, music) we have, and run services to serve the various devices we have in the house to playback (e.g. DAAP so we can play stuff through iTunes, ccxstream so we can play stuff over XBMC). DAAP and ccxstream are needed now, but we also need to support new standards as they emerge (so a closed-box solution isn't going to work)
RAID 5, or something broadly equivalent (e.g. RAID-Z)
BitTorrent client
ssh, NFS, Samba access
snapshot capability (as in ZFS), so we can snapshot individual file systems regularly and rollback when my kids delete their school assignments the day before they're due...
ability to recover quickly from power outages (it's not unusual for us to have power outages that last longer than our UPS' batteries)
FOSS software
a modern distributed version control system running on the box, such as Mercurial
Stuff I'd like to have on the server, but can live without:
PVR capability, so I could record TV to the box
Web server. We currently run a small Web server on a very old box, and I'd ideally like to turn the old box off and move the content to the new server just to save some electricity
Nagios + mrtg
I've been looking at using a EEE Box as the server, primarily because I can get them cheap and they don't consume much power. The choice of OS and file system is more difficult, from what I've found:
I've got most experience with various Linux distros, but am happy to use another Unix
FreeBSD and OpenSolaris seem to be the best choices for hosting ZFS
OpenSolaris' hardware support is nowhere near as good as e.g. Ubuntu
btrfs, while looking very good, doesn't seem ready for prime-time yet
ZFS doesn't let you (easily?) add new discs to a RAID5 or RAID-Z
reading around, it seems that ZFS is a bit short of tools for recovering lost data
At the moment, I'm leaning towards running FreeNAS+ZFS, but I'm concerned about the requirement to be able to add new disc on a fairly regular basis to an existing RAID-Z.
Can anyone provide some recommendations, or share experiences?
Thanks in advance
Without measuring throughput (it's at the top of the list; this is just theoretical), I want to know the most standard method for trunking VLANs on multiple Gigabit (GbE) switches to a core Layer 3 GbE switch.
Say you have three VLANs:
VLAN10 (10.0.0.0/24) Servers: your typical Windows DC/file server, Exchange, and an Accounting/SQL server.
VLAN20: (10.0.1.0/24) Sales: needs access to everything on VLAN10; doesn't need access to VLAN30 and vice-versa.
VLAN20: (10.0.1.0/24) Support: needs access to everything on VLAN10; doesn't need access to VLAN20 and vice-versa.
Here's how I think this should work in my head:
Switch #1: Ports 2-20 are assigned to VLAN20; all the Sales workstations and printers are connected here. Optional 10GbE combo port #1 is trunked to L3 switch's 10 GbE combo port #1.
Switch #2: Ports 2-20 are assigned to VLAN30; all the Support workstations and printers are connected here. Optional 10GbE combo port #1 is trunked to L3 switch's 10 GbE combo port #2.
Core L3 switch: Ports 2-10 are assigned to VLAN10; all three servers are connected here.
With a standard 10/100 x 24 switch, it'll usually come with one or two 1 GbE uplink ports; carrying over this logic to a 10/100/1000 x 24, the "optional" 10 GbE combo ports that most higher-end switches can get shouldn't really be an option.
Keep in mind I haven't tested anything yet, I'm primarily moving in this direction for growth (don't want to buy 10/100 switches and have to replace those within a couple of years) and security (being able to control access between VLANs with L3 routing/packet filtering ACLs).
Does this sound right? Do I really need the 10 GbE ports? It seems very non-standard and expensive, but it "feels" right when you think about 40 or 50 workstations trunking up to the L3 switch over 1 GbE standard ports. If say 20 workstations want to download a 10 GB image from the servers concurrently, wouldn't the trunk be the bottleneck? At least if the trunk was 10 GbE, you'd have 10x1GbE nodes being able to reach their theoretical max.
What about switch stacking? Some of the D-Links I've been looking at have HDMI interfaces for stacking. As far as I know, stacking two switches creates one logical switch, but is this just for management I/O or does the switches use the (assuming it's HDMI 1.3) 10.2 Gbps for carrying data back and forth?
I bought an Asus Lion Square compatible with a AMD Athlon II X3 435 Socket AM3 processor?
I know strictly speaking, the Lion Square specifies AM2 but I'm a little confused since AM2 and AM3 are suppose to be socket compatible (I'm a little confused here as well but I assume it means an AM3 board will support AM2/AM2+ CPUs).
However, will there be a problem with chip height and spacing? Or do people have experience asking ASUS for a standoff adapter?
Is there a free Winamp plugin that can change the pitch of the music by a number of semitones? The ones I've found are either not free or too old.
Alternatively, what others music players support this feature natively or as a plugin?
Hi,
I am trying to control a desktop (HTPC) using my laptop. I currently use Teamviewer, but it is pretty slow. I used to use window remote desktop connection and it was pretty fast. The problem with window remote desktop connection is that it does not support realtime. By "Realtime", I mean it does not display what I am doing on the computer being controlled.
Any suggestions?
I have a Toshiba laptop with wi-fi connected internet. Now I wanna connect my phone to my laptop and use its Internet connection ( I can't buy new wi-fi or 3g supported mobile phone ). I have no problem connecting k610 to my laptop, and even shared my GPRS internet connection with my PC. but can't do contrary.
How can I connect my k610 mobile (which not support wi-fi connections) to Internet via my Toshiba laptop ( with bluetooth ) ?
P.S: My PC OS is Ubuntu Linux 9.10
find has good support for finding files the more modified less than X days ago, but how can I use find to locate all files modified after a certain date?
I can't find anything in the find man page to do this, only to compare against another files time or to check for differences between created time and now. Is making a file with the desired time and comparing against that the only way to do this?
[warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
When connecting to https://www.xxx.com, it just says connecting, then timed out.
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName www.xxx.com:443
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/xxx
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/xx.com.crt
We are serving files with the .xlsx (excel 2007/2010) extension. IE, Chrome, Safari all download the file and open excel just fine.
Firefox is being stupid. For some reason it's appending .xls to the extension. I found this: https://support.mozilla.com/bs/questions/758363
However, the instructions weren't very specific and completely unclear to me.
How can I tell Firefox not to screw with the file extension?
Thanks,
Why is yahoo mail behind in security, they don't support https yet. Gmail and many others do, I'm shocked that yahoo still doesn't have https? Why is this? What is the logic behind not supporting https in their mail client?
Hi All,
I am trying to download the latest Cisco VPN Client for OS X. I get
here:http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12696
I click to download, I get redirected to Cisco, I create an account, try to download again and they tell me that I need to have a valid technical support agreement to get access to the software.
Really? How do they expect us to VPN into client networks?
How to change the window title of private browsing option in Firefox? When I use the private browsing option it shows up in the title as Private Browsing, is there a mechanism to prevent not showing that information, but still be in private browsing mode.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Private+Browsing?style_mode=inproduct&as=u
VMware ESX is free for upto 6 cores per CPU only
Vsphere Advanced version is required for 12 CPU cores
does Xenserver 5.5 free support greater than 6 cores per CPU/Socket?
I'm going to be buying 4 gigs of DDR3 RAM. I don't think I can run 5 so I'll just remove the single gig of RAM that I have in now.
How can I tell if my motherboard will support DDR3 RAM? I ran CPU-Z and have a report made.
The only interfaces I can find with ADAT cost more than I am willing to spend, and have a lot of features and inputs that I do not need.
Ideally this would be a simple USB/FIREWIRE/PCI device with 1 ADAT input and output.
Support for at least WinXP would be a must.
Somthing in the $0-100 range.
I have "installed" Archboot on my macbook air, and I am getting screen problems after it loads UDEV, it is last thing I can read.
Basically I am following this instructions. But then I got error that when installing grub legacy. Something about that it has no support of gpt. And I cannot find anything about bios-compatibility.
P.S. it only took one try too install it on macbook 6,2 and few dozens in macbook air without results.
Hi,
I have a task to research the possibilities of LDAP as a centralized Address Book. I have setup a openLDAP on debian 5.07. I managed to search the LDAP contacts from MS Outlook 2007 (with some drawbacks like Outlook cant recognize street and organization fields).
My question is, is it possible ,& how, to sync data on LDAP server with applications that support LDAP? I could not find any data on this topic.
The title says it all ; What I'd like to have is for example an "albums not played for the last 3 months" playlist, that I could sync onto my ipod.
The long story is on apple support forums for those interested.
Ah, and yes, I have read the Managing Your iPod With Smartlists document (PDF) (non-PDF link)...
I want to use Google talk, but I don't want it checking my email and notifying me of new mail all the time. I can't see how to switch it off, but it seems like the sort of thing that should be an option. Am I missing something? How can I switch email support off?
Is it possible to backup the System State of a 2008 server without using wbamdin? The setup in question does support the requirements that wbadmin forces (all volumes are marked as critical).
Third party tools are an option but I would like to keep away from the big money sinks (BE etc)
What GUI application do you think is best to search and replace text in a folder full of files?
Entries must:
Allow searches in folders and sub folders for text inside files.
May or may not support replacement.
May or may not show previews.