Home Server Thread

>>55703961
I've just bought my own house and will need to setup a low power home server.

What are my options?

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>>55704089
Oh the shame of it.

Yeah, I want to know what people have and what I could get, big deal?

>>55704089
If you make a thread about a general topic, you don't put your own questions in the OP anon. You ask them in a second post.

>being this new

>>55704032
Raspberry Pi is a good option for most home users.

>>55704032
network attached storage

>>55704032
HP Micro server

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old pic - its different now but haven't photographed it - yuyuko is replaces with 2 x N36L Microserver

>>55704283

can I ask why you would need this, why bother with such a huge rack mount for 1 32gb ssd (one of them)

what is the benefit of like 5 blades of stuff in a full rack in a house, I honestly don't know

I have tons of computers and computer shit but have no idea what i would do with this

>>55703961
Where can I get a beige server tower for cheap?

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2 x E5-2670
64GB DDR3 RAM
12 x 1TB in RAID0
GTX 950

Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise.
pfSense in a VM for home intranet and firewalling.
Cygwin sshd for tunneling.

>>55704590
>>55704283
Seems stupidly powerful for a home server. What do you need all that power for?

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>>55704590
>not using FreeBSD + ZFS

>>55704437
>, why bother with such a huge rack mount for 1 32gb ssd (one of them)

neither of them are like that - there is(was) HDDs in there as well.

3u is also the smallest that will take a standard ATX psu easily.

>>55704628
It was only $600. Add a $150 graphics card and it still costs less than a typical gaming PC even with the added benefits of RAID and ECC RAM.

>>55704590
>12 x 1TB in RAID0
Are you striping your data across 12 drives? Doing that is pretty much asking for downtime.

>>55704678
It's been running for 3 years like that already. I also make biweekly backups to tape.

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"ORION":
Dell PowerEdge 2970
2x 2.2GHz AMD Opteron 2354 Quad Cores
14GB of DDR2 RAM
2x 160GB Western Digital Caviar Blue Boot Drives (RAID 1)
2x 400GB Seagate Cheetah 10k RPM SAS drives for Storage (RAID 1)
Dell vFlash enabled (16.5MB for ROMS)
8GB of Flash for Recovery ISO
DRAC 5 controller

Does:
DNLA via Windows Media Player and Plex
Organizes and adds meta data to my music
Virtual Machine Host for family and friends
Occasional large file packer (RAR5's)

My rating 7/10
Needs more RAM (and a less odd ball kind too)
Runs toasty
Noisy as fuck (Sounds like a jet sometimes)
Likes to be an asshole during reboots sometimes

>>55704668

but what do you do with it

I use NAS for movies, what do you need 20 cat 5 cables running out of your home server for

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got one of the mini-itx fractal design cases with a psu for a few bucks off local craigslist, bought a cheap low power intel atom board and put some extra ram and hard drives I had laying around in there

serves as a file sharing/media/torrent server, also running zoneminder

>>55704676

a server with 64gb of ecc ram and a 12x RAID is $600?

where can i buy this and what is it called

>>55704691
Well I guess it's reliable enough for home use with quality drives, but you won't be able to access the data from the server if one drive breaks. And I assumed that you are doing backups, not backing up with that setup would be absolute madness. I just thought about the risk for downtime.

>>55704700
>what is a network

>>55704676
But as its always on, your electricity bill must be high. Why do you have a graphics card in a server?

>>55704691

why 12 in raid what are you pulling that needs that much speed to sacrifice so many tbs of storage?

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>>55704751

guy i am asking you what you do with it

is the answer "nothing i just wanted to make a crazy home network and use half a mile of cat 5"

>>55704732
I got it from my dad's workplace since they were replacing their servers. The $600 went toward the drives since they obviously removed the old ones.

>>55704762
Because I'm too poor to build a separate gaming PC. Right now the entire setup is using 176 watts, and that's including a 17" CRT monitor.

>>55704797
I get speeds that rival SSDs with the drives set up like that. Like I said before I make backups so I'm not particularly worried about drive failure. If one does fail I might look into RAID 10.

Currently have a small file server. Running Windows 7 professional.
>Pentium G3460
>2x2GB ddr3-1600mhz
>asrock h97 mitx
>fractal node 304
>2x4TB Toshiba drives. 4TB usable. (Movies)
>single Seagate 2TB.(music)

Thinking of picking up 2 more 4TB drives. They're only like $120 a peice. I use this thing as my file server. I rip and encode a lot of DVDs and blurays myself and stream them across the network to various devices. Works great thus far. For my uses, is ECC even something I should consider? That and a super micro C226 chipset board to support it of course. Or is ECC really only good for enterprise?

Lastly, anyone here using a raspberry pi at all? I have a model B version 2 sitting around. While I know the internet speed is limited because it runs through the USB bus, would it be good for small transfers? Kinda looking to tinker and want to make a low power dedicated backup for my Android devices to connect to via SMB. Would be uploading maybe a few MB worth of pictures every few days.

>>55704824

you can buy more than 1tb of ssds for less than $600

>>55704900
But then I'd be worried about write endurance like I do with my laptop. The SSD I have in that has only been in service for 4 years and it's already at 82% of its rated write endurance.

>>55704943
>buy shitty 120gb intel ssd
>be autistic so reinstall os every month
>constantly downloading torrents to it
>still higher than 95% life remaining
it's nothing to worry about anymore, anon.
ssds fail predictably anyway, you know when to replace it unlike a hard drive.

>>55704700
>20 cat 5 cables running out of your home server for

2 ports at my brothers room, 2 ports in my mothers room, 2 ports in my other brothers room, 2 ports in the hall, 4 ports in my room, 6 ports in the living room - they all come into the patch panel form the rest of the house.

16 of those for into the switch one goes modem, then to router then router goes into switch, 7 in total from the servers, so 23 ports used on the switch

>>55705027
So where can I get 12 1TB SSDs for a reasonable price? Last time I checked a 1TB SSD was at least $200.

>>55705066
Did your house come with ethernet ports on the walls or did you have to install them yourself?

>>55705066
>2 ports at my brothers room, 2 ports in my mothers room, 2 ports in my other brothers room, 2 ports in the hall, 4 ports in my room, 6 ports in the living room - they all come into the patch panel form the rest of the house.

tfw i have my own apartment and the cable modem is right next to my desk and i use wifi for both my computer and TV to hit the NAS on the modem when i could run cables with no trouble

feels ok

>>55705179
>NAS on the modem

on the wifi router i mean

>>55705092
naw, I installed and wired it all myself years ago

>>55705285
That's what I thought. I've never seen a house with prewired ethernet ports.

>>55704886
>For my uses, is ECC even something I should consider?
If you care about uptime you'd use ECC. If you're okay with restarting your system every now and then it's probably unnecessary.

>>55705066
>2000+16
>still using wires

kill yourself fat neckbeard pedo scum

>>55705642
>2000+16
>still using data transfer methods susceptible to interference and leakage

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>>55705693
>leakage

>>55704157
this really sounds like a totally different person

shameless samefagging is ok tho

>>55704032
You have no options. If you have your own house you have no excuse.

Buy a proper rack and fill it up with all the good stuff:

1) modem
2) router
3) switch
4) general purpose server (build it yourself)
5) file server (build it yourself)
6) UPS

Stick to modular devices. If you get a all-in-one device you're gonna regret it.

Just curious, is it possible to have a mail server without having a static IP?

>>55705821
yes but dont

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>>55705775

OK, I have 2 people that live with me, we have NAS in the living room with many tbs of movies and shit, we all get on wifi in our rooms for shitposting

literally what would we do with a rack server and all that stuff, what benefit would we receive

and why do you need a general purpose server AND a file server in a home, are you hosting your own email or something, i don't get it

genuinely curious

>>55705848

how

>>55705882
Extensibility. The general purpose server and file server should be split in case you require additional hard drives. It's easier to just buy a new unit and add it to the rack.

>>55705943

but we never have had an extensiblity problem

intel e8400
2,5gb ddr2
500gb hdd
ubuntu server

this is running under my bed.

>>55704590
Those specs and then

>Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise

What a waste. Also 64GB is enough is a meme.

>>55706017
hello theo

>>55706131
Then what OS should I be running?

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>homeserver is up for a long time
>tfw blackout

>>55706017
Glad I'm not the only PA-RISC user here.

>>55706673
You can cheat your uptime by having your UPS software hibernate the server when a blackout occurs.

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I'll get round to tidying the cables at some point, but at least i have good server protection, especially that big guy.

>Testing area for stuff before I push it to production
>Transmission
>Media Server
>DNS Server (Pi-Hole)
>DHCP Server
>PokemonGo-Map

Probably some other crap I've forgot about.

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>>55703961
P4
8Gb ram
1x 5200rpm 500Gb
onboard Gb nic
12 gauge speaker wire
CentOS 6

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>>55706820
here it is from the other angle

>>55706820
air cooling

What uses for home server? Atm I'm running ts3 server, nextcloud and minecraft server.

>>55706820
>>55706850
the HD is only held up by finishing nails which i would like to upgrade to screws at some point but it seems fine for now so im going to leave it.

>>55706859
SSH tunnel
Media streaming

> all sorts of hardware
> guys what should i do with it

nice one /g/

>>55706859
Plex, centralised backups for all my devices and machines. I'm still new to Ubuntu server but im getting the hang of it. Managed to setup a SSH tunnel which comes in real fucking handy.

My phone provider gives me free data roamig in certain countries but they recently started throttling streaming sites, jewtube and even accessing my own plex server was limited to 10kb/s. With SSH tunnel from my phone I always got at least 1mb/s.

One of the benefits of a home server that I could see would be the option of a smaller chassis for your main rig, maybe? Less of a focus on drive bays, and more on form factor.

>>55703961

Oh my, that looks so comfy

plex
ftp
automatic torrenting for muh shows
idk what else to do with this thing

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lackrack
200mb wan, gigabit lan
24TB, 64gb ddr2, dual amd quads

Plex, RDP, IIS

Hear me out -- Socket AM1 is a great low power server platform.

I have an Athlon 5350 and an AM1b-ITX, which performs like a Core 2 Duo. Board and CPU cost about $75 total.

Works fine for Plex transcoding, I have it on a Debian server. Certain AM1 boards will take 19V DC in so you can ditch the power supply.

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>tfw your only server right now is your router
my HP server is sitting powered off at my parents, needs new drives and somewhere better to be stored

centos minimal, I built it this past screen from some spare parts I had lying around and ~$200 worth of other stuff got from microcenter
dual core pentium 4GB RAM, 60GB ssd, 3x 1GB NICs

right now it does my internal routing, dhcp, dns, it has an externally available website for file downloads. I use it for some small development stuff, mainly for an express js website and some Go stuff I'm playing with

probably one of my best investments desu, it boots up in <5 seconds

>>55707587
calm down with the caps m8

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So i recently upgraded this shitty prebuilt from 2012 into something that can actually run things well.
Now my question is, With a left over PSU, Left over Motherboard (Current in picture, Will upgrade soon) and a budget CPU, HDD/SSD, and some ram, Could i potentially make a tiny computer just for running a server?
IE: Terraria

>>55704032
What services are you looking to provide?

>>55707826
Also, WHY THE FUCK DOES AMD NOT SELL PCIE 3.0 MOTHERBOARD. I SWEAR TO GOT THERES ONLY 1 IN THE UNIVERSE GOING FOR $180

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muh rack

>>55707826
I did that here >>55707748

you could probably pickup a budget 2/4 core AMD cpu, a drive and 4+GB RAM for <$200 easy
just install linux on it and you can home-server away

or spend a little more on like an 8 core, 16-32GB ram, and a 1TB hdd and put esxi on it and run some VMs

Just installed this a couple days ago. It runs an imageboard, but imagemagick is a faggot.

System:    Host: linux-fa79 Kernel: 4.1.27-24-default x86_64 (64 bit) Console: tty 0 Distro: openSUSE Leap 42.1
Machine:   Mobo: Microsoft model: Virtual Machine v: 7.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: 090006 date: 04/28/2016
CPU:       Single core Intel Core i5-4690K (-UP-) cache: 6144 KB speed: 3499 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: Microsoft Hyper-V virtual VGA
           Display Server: N/A driver: N/A tty size: 154x87 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Network:   Card: Failed to Detect Network Card!
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 10.7GB (36.0% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Virtual_Disk size: 10.7GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 8.6G used: 2.3G (28%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /tmp size: 8.6G used: 2.3G (28%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-3: /home size: 8.6G used: 2.3G (28%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-4: swap-1 size: 1.55GB used: 0.01GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 111 Uptime: 3 days 23:22 Memory: 520.2/1645.1MB Init: systemd runlevel: 3
           Client: Shell (fish) inxi: 2.3.0

>>55704590
>12 x 1TB in RAID0
reduce that to 10TB storage and you could have had a safer RAID Z2 setup.

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Absolutely Newfag here

So I am going to rent a house in a shithole country next year. Thinking of setting up own proxy server over there.

Basically I want to use that server as proxy (like p2p or something like that) and I want the traffic to be encrypted as well.
Can someone help me in this regard? I know I sound stupid

>>55708590
Rent a cheap vps install shadowsocks.

so /hsg/
at what number of computers should one be thinking about getting a rack

>>55704943
make sure TRIM is enabled and you're fine as long as you're not writing like terrabytes a week.

>>55704715
> root@server

Is your password "password?"

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remember to consider noise level and power draw when choosing hardware, gee

These are arguably the most important points for the average user

>>55709204
As soon as putting them all next to each other on the floor becomes inconvenient logistically.

>>55709204
if you need a rack you probably need a data center

I just bought a Dell Optiplex 780 for $90.
Core 2 Duo (2.3Ghz), 4GB DDR3 RAM, 160GB hard drive.

After I get a bigger hard drive, I'll set it up as a network drive for backups, a small web server to serve a few ASP.NET applications on my LAN, and a Git server.

>>55709847
I learned this from my desktop.
>tfw 5 internals, 2 externals, and max noise from CPU fans
I'm used to it now.

I'm interested in setting up a file server and maybe in the future using it as a media server. Is this something that can be handled by the same system or would I need 2 separate systems to deal with it?

Is there anything wrong with using consumer-grade hardware for the file server? I have an old computer I never got around to selling and I think it would work fine for my needs, but I'm not sure. Would I need a dedicated RAID card for it, or do most motherboards generally support it well enough for server use? I'm thinking either Raid1 or Raid0, not 100%

I'm pretty new to this concept. My main plan is to do it sometime in the future, the hard drive I have in my computer for mass storage is 3/4 full and makes some weird noises every now and again that I don't like.

>>55710160
>Is this something that can be handled by the same system or would I need 2 separate systems to deal with it?
Yes, they can easily be handled by the same system.

>Is there anything wrong with using consumer-grade hardware for the file server?
Nothing whatsoever. The high-end purpose-built server hardware is basically just the same thing as consumer computer hardware, except that they spend a premium on reliability, as well as extended abilities to mess with the hardware while you're not physically there. Both of these are entirely optional, and consumer gear is commonly used for server purposes. Google famously used to run most of its servers on consumer gear, because just replacing cheap machines when they break was cheaper than paying through the nose for high-reliability hardware.

>I have an old computer I never got around to selling and I think it would work fine for my needs, but I'm not sure.
That's fine, but do buy yourself a new harddisk for it if you care at all about your data. If your old box has a slow SATA controller or a slow network card, this may have noticeable performance consequences; but not huge ones.

>Would I need a dedicated RAID card for it, or do most motherboards generally support it well enough for server use?
Most recent motherboards support it. But you don't even need to use that -- operating systems can do RAID entirely in software nowadays, which is more reliable than hardware RAID, and not noticeably slower on post-2005 hardware.

>I'm thinking either Raid1 or Raid0, not 100%
That's a strange position to be in, as they serve entirely different purposes. Sounds like you want to use RAID because it sounds neat without actually caring about what it will (and will not) give you.

>>55704283
>>55706017
>>55707587
>>55707697
>>55708244

Literally the only people that needed to post in this thread.

>>55704032
An AWS instance.

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>>55703961
>home
>server

so poorfag general?

>>55705642
>1996+20
>Using a transfer medium that isn't point to point

It's like you want the NSA to connect to your network...

>>55705899
You don't want to do this unless you hate yourself.

But if you do...

The simplest way is a DNS entry for the MX record. Usually you can do 25 (often closed) or 587. A better way is a smarthost. I use EOP, but there are others, and you don't really want EOP if you're not using Exchange.

>>55706600
Not that anon, but...

Server 2012 R2 Datacenter if you have a Technet or MSDN key, because AVMA.

>>55711719
Literally how did your little brain come up with that resolution, dumbshit nigger?

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>>55703961

My FTP server is a 2009 netbook. Am i doing it right?

>>55711719
He's basically right. Look at all the "muh 100 dollar recycled PC, sure would be nice if mom let me borrow her credit card so I can get a 1tb harddrive".

Home servers are basically storage, right?
Sorry, I'm pretty entry-level on /g/ shit

>>55712043
Often, yes. But they don't have to be. An rPI can run a VPN with minimal storage, for example.

>>55712085
and it begins

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>>55703961
And still no good support for Exchange 2016 and Server 2016. I guess I'll be holding off for a while.

Dell PowerEdge T620 (2x Xeon 2660 / 192GB / 2x 240 GB PNY 1311 / 4x 480GB PNY 1311 / 12x Hitachi Ultrastar (7K3000) 3TB)
Server 2012 R2 Datacenter w/ Storage Spaces.
240's are RAID 1 and for OS + tools
480's are in tiered pool with 3TB drives.
3TB presented to Hyper-V. Presented as multiple mirror. Only VM pool is tiered.
1TB presented as temp transfer share. No redundancy.
1TB presented to profiles. Presented as multiple mirror. Roaming profiles are enabled. This may change.
12TB presented to Plex. Drive is offline to VHOST, and presented directly to VM. Redundancy is RAID 5.

VM count - 22 production
4x DC (2 core / 2GB RAM / 60GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
2x NS w/ DHCP (2 core / 2GB RAM / 60GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
Sharepoint (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 120GB content / 2012 R2)
Team Foundation Server (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 120GB content / 2012 R2)
System Center Operations Manager (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
Plex (8 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 12GB Media / 2012 R2)
System Center Configuation Manager (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 1TB content / 2012 R2 / increased CPU priority because transcoding)
SQL (8 core / 32GB RAM / 80GB OS / 250GB content / 2012 R2 / SQL 2012)
Offline root CA (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
AD Subordinate CA (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
2x Exchange 2013 CAS (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2)
2x Exchange 2012 MBX (4 core / 16GB RAM / 80GB OS / 250GB content / 2012 R2)
Dirsync (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
AD Federation Service (2 core / 4GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
NAP / VPN / Direct connect (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 2012 R2 core)
PBX (4 core / 8GB RAM / 80GB OS / 250GB content / 2012 R2 / 3CX)

Firewall - PCEngines APU1D4 (128GB SSD / Untangle)
Switch - Dell X1018P (16 port GIGE managed PoE + 2SFP)
AP - EAP1750H (PoE)
Phone - Polycom CX700 (5 in service)

>>55712100
Dafuq?

>>55707179
Benefit of SSH tunnelling over OpenVPN?

>>55712793
connect to port locally, setup remote forwards, etc

>>55708039
File Serving
Torrents
OpenVPN
Personal Websites
Plex/DLNA type stuff
Test Server for my Programming
Private Git Server

>>55709847
The first person to make some goddamn sense in this thread.

All these rack servers and 12 CPUs, considering for most people it'll sit idle 90% of the time, it's ridiculously overpowered.

>>55712841
>implying

>>55711978
For most peoples use, power drawer is going to be the highest priority. So it's not that dumb.

Only issue you will have is lack of space for hard drives and redundant drive space.

Old EliteBook with Debian for media/cloud/storage/MC-server for baby brother/website for stuff/fucking around and learning in general.

Gonna buy a real one around Xmas though

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>>55705642
>un-ironically shitting on using cabling for your network

Eat your own gun degenerate.

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posting

>>55704168
This.
I use my RPi as Web Server, doesnt cost me shit and does its job.

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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.

-750VA UPS for switches and router.

-1500VA UPS for NUC's, SAN and JBOD

-1500VA UPS for Twin server.

(norco and HP not on UPS as they are almost never on)

>>55705775
What do you need a router for? I've already got a router from my FAI, why would I need two?

Thinking to buy a micro server hp g8.. are these any good for dlna, file server, torrent and other home related stuff?

>>55707587
>all this useless overhead

Stop posting, it is just embarrassing.

>>55714551
Yes

>>55706819
Nice dolls, fag

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>>55716471

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I am looking for advice
I currently have an old shit box that I use as a basic for storage server. I want to upgrade to a new box with consumer level hardware.
I need a low power motherboard combo that can encode two streams at once and a case which is relatively quiet and can hold as many hard drives as possible
Price is not an issue

>>55717593
i3. Can support ECC ram is thats your thing.

>>55717266
I like you, you take being a weeb seriously.

>>55718731
it's his full time job

>>55714297
What do you do with it?

>>55704032
I'm running arch on an atom 525 board. It works fine, but I'm not sure how low-power is low-power for you.

What can I do/learn in my homelab that will impress companies who are hiring?

Stuff I'm already running
>Proxmox
>Graylog
>nfsen
>MRTG
>mySQL + phpMyAdmin

>>55719523
nothing, if you have a 'homelab' then you're obviously a fat unemployable neckbeard weeaboo pedophile.

just kill yourself now.

>>55719523
What kind of company and what position are you looking at? IT and sysadmin positions seem to be a commodity these days.

>>55719630
I'll take anything besides tier 1 ticket monkey.

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what's the easiest way to set up a firewall on linux?

>>55719652
firewalld

Don't let the iptables fags tell you otherwise.

>>55703961
I use a raspi for a private git server and mumble server for my friends

>>55719652
ufw frontend for iptables

>>55719523
chances are nothing on a homelab is going to impress in a mature field like IT/sysadmin

>>55719898
how does it compare with >>55719694?

>>55704797
>sacrifice so many tbs of storage?
>RAID0

>>55719924
Not him but what if it's
>Postfix+Dovecot, with stuff like backup incoming mail servers
>LDAP for SSO and contacts
>One command to deploy and configure a new VM using virt-install and debian preseed
>Network with proper segregated DMZ
>Secure tunnels between home network and external ones

>>55719652
learn iptables, they aren't that hard

don't let fags like >>55719694
tell you otherwise

>>55720250
?no realworld enterprise experience, just 'homelab' shit

into the trash your application goes

>>55720341
>no realworld enterprise experience
I didn't say that
And where are you even supposed to get real-world experience if nobody wants to hire you?

>>55719652
Iptables
Everyone uses iptables.
Also frontends, like ufw, will make things worse if you actually decide to learn iptables.

>>55720250
would they even consider all this valuable in a field where services continue getting abstracted and outsourced?

So I want to build my own seedbox/Plex server that I might also use for some self hosting stuff, like a self hosted git. Is there somewhere I can get information on how to go about this, what the minimum components are for something like this, and also how much it should cost overall? I don't know too much, but I want to replace my desktop with a laptop/home server combo and the only thing holding me back is a place for all the torrents.

I'd like to make a mail or fileserver, but I don't know how to start with it at all.

>>55720644
google how to setup an x server then if it seems like something you can do get the hardware if you dont already have it

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>>55703961
2TB WD Blue
2TB WD Red
Gigabyte H-110M
Intel Pentium G4400
8GB DDR4 1866MHz
(some CM craigslist case i got for $20)
Has been running fine since the day i built it.
Storage is running perfectly and speedy.

>>55706820
>cloud server

what are home servers used for? they look cool as fuck

>>55721613
anything you want really I use mine for the following
>seedbox
>nas
>plex
>mumble
>game server
>hosting my website

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>>55703961

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>>55721763

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>>55721763
>>55721784

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>>55721763
>That cabling mess
Jesus
Old pic (switched to a plain HBA + ZFS) but you can see how SAS cards and cables keep shit way cleaner.

Just repurposed a desktop I was building for an ass who decided he didn't want it.
i3-2120 16GB RAM
60GB Kingston SSD
3x2TB Toshiba HDDs
Ubuntu 16.04.1
Boot partition on the SSD, RAIDZ pool from the disk drives.

I'm planning on putting all services in VMs. Can't decide if I should relegate file transfer to SFTP or try setting up something fancier.

>>55721858
The bottom one is a corssflashed IBM m1015 SAS controller for JBOD.

Also who gives a shit about cleanliness in a server build?
(also the cables were all too short to reach the drives from the back)

>>55703961
how and why?

Here's a long question. I will work overseas a lot from now on (just finished apprenticeship). I have a pc running at my home 24/7. What is the best way to use it for online banking, emails and just as bonus loli/semi legal porn. In countries like korea china and the middle east. Also what do i have to look out for when using credit cards in hotels etc. I will go to iran in 2 weeks, so any help is appreciated. Also my work laptop only runs win 7. I tried asking my supervisors but they are, desu, total trash and im at my wits end.

>>55721858
the upper one is btw a Marvell controller and it has only 4 drives connected anyway and those were the ones I could wire around the back.

It looks like a mess because it's a fuckton of drives (besides the point that the cables are too short to manage them).

It has space for thirteen 3.5 inch drives and four 2.5 inch drives, that's 17 drives altogether.

The board only has 5 SATA connectors and the IBM SAS 8, so I needed the Marvell controller for four. It also gives me option to set another drive cage next to the power supply if I really need it.

I still have two empty hot-swap drives these days and currently debating if I should just replace everything below 3TB or just add on.

>>55722101
The best idea would just to behave like a normie while in Iran, don't u think?
Besides that RDP or Linux remote using SSH. If you go with RDP google additional security settings (there are a few things like group policy you should change and most importantly run the latest version).

>>55704696
I'd recommend getting an Intel NUC over an old Dell PowerEdge: cheaper to run, more powerful, and much more quiet.
I've really preferred the change since I've done it.

>>55722101
>What is the best way to use it for online banking, emails and just as bonus loli/semi legal porn
https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#quick
Or if you want to be free
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-14-04

>>55710249
>which is more reliable than hardware RAID, and not noticeably slower on post-2005 hardware.
That is complete and 100% bullshit. Stop getting all of your tech info from hipster websites.

>>55704590
> Running a firewall on a VM

>>55712116
NOICE
O
I
C
E

>4x DCs
But y tho?

>>55704283

what is that rack mount enclosure for the raspberry pi? (the red and blue ones)

>>55722308
Nothing wrong running routers, firewalls, or other networking appliances as a VM.

>>55722308
If you ain't pushing 10 gig you won't need hardware.

>home server in 2016
Kek

>>55722372
>muh cloud
>muh VPS

>>55722362
Its a potential security risk.

>>55722401
Muh slow internet

>>55722426
If your worried about the security of your firewall VM why run any VMs at all?
It's not like the security risks disappear for a general purpose guest.

>>55722210
Thanks a lot for the links. I'll just set up the VPN for online banking and email.

Is it safe to simply access my seedbox via cuteftp?

>>55720644
>mail
just dont

>>55722426
I would say it's a step up in security from the average residential abandonware

>>55722505
you fucking fail at network security

get the fuck out

i've been wanting to get a NAS for both back up and storage of movies and large files that i don't regularly use. unfortunately, i quickly realized that the plug and play ones are overpriced and have shit hardware.

so then i looked into getting a case like the in win MS04 or silverstone DS380 which would not only give me more bays, but for a similar price allow me to build a more powerful hardware.

however, i now realized that i can something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=232013330801

which for the price is far more powerful than anything i can get and comes with two hard drives to boot. my question is whether going that route would be a good idea for someone that never before messed with servers, and how easy are replacement parts to find? i know that if i put a NAS box together myself that i won't have trouble getting it up and running again if something breaks, but i'm not so sure about this.

>>55722666
In what way?
Running a VM doesn't prevent you from using any of the software features of a hardware network device. VLANs, stateful filtering, packet inspection; it's all there.
The most you'll be impacted by is performance and with current x86 hardware that only becomes a problem once you hit 10 gig speeds.

Once you hit 100 gig speeds even the performance of hardware network devices have issues delivering the same value they currently do.
Most network vendors start to look at SDN at that point and where do those SDN nodes reside?
On a VM.

There's no concerned that MS, Cisco, VMWare, and even OSS companies have some form on SDN available, the old ways of a single or pair of firewall processing all ingress and egress traffic will be going away and the security issues with VMs won't be stopping that if anything they'll be corrected in time.

>>55722728
The questions you need to answer are:

1. How much am I willing to pay each month to run the NAS?
2. How much time am I willing to spend dealing with the NAS?
3. Will I use this for anything more than network storage?

You may be just fine buying one of the pre-built NASs used: it will use less power (cheaper OPEX), be easier to get parts for than a server, be much more quiet and not require constant cooling.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=synology&_dcat=182085&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=3000&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=qnap&_dcat=182085&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=3000&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

Sure you get more power but will you ever use it for more than a money drain?
The hardware on the NAS may be shit but it pulls around 10W compared to 150W on the server and requires much less boilerplate work to configure them for backups and media sharing.

>>55723220
>1. How much am I willing to pay each month to run the NAS?
i'm not really looking for a low power solution. my original idea was to use a raspberry pi with external hds but it didn't take long for me to realize that it's bad idea and nowhere versatile enough.

>2. How much time am I willing to spend dealing with the NAS?
i'm fine with tinkering with it, but i do want reliability.

>3. Will I use this for anything more than network storage?
not often, but i would like to have the ability to use it for simulation runs or compiling and running scripts down the line. i also though that it might be a good chance to play around with linux for the first time without having to install it on my main box.

i actually looked into the qnap NASes and the software seems to be well regarded, but people seem to complain about the cheapest models running slow and the nicer ones seem to hover around 400-500 for a diskless one.

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>>55722352
modded sun cobalt raq3s

>>55720533
It's all in the website. For streaming 1080p, your cpu should score on cpu bench marks. Com at least 2000 points for each simultaneous stream you intend on having.

>>55714593
i dont get it, i actually use the hardware and the entire setup doesnt even pull much enery

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So I want to turn my 2011 desktop into a server/desktop hybrid, I'm a college student in a small room and I believe this is the best option for me but I'd like to hear what you guys think.

Desktop uses:
>typical /g/ anime watching and shitposting
>programming
>machine learning/deep learning
>light Linux gaming (I'm on 16.04)

Server uses:
>Plex server
>24/7 seedbox
>file server
>self-hosted Git

A few of my hardware parts:
i7 2600k - I'm thinking this should be fine to keep in there.

7970 - Going to switch this out for a 1060 because it's terrible for power consumption, deep learning, and Linux gaming anyway.

16gb RAM

2x4TB WD Reds

Pic related is my case. So is this a bad idea? I don't really feel I need a separate NAS.

>>55726611
>I'm on 16.04
16.04 what nigger? *buntu? My desktop is functioning as a server on its own when I last realized it. I'd rather have a separate machine however.

>>55724647

Awesome thanks - I have a project that would be perfect for something in that form factor.

>>55714054

I want to do this as well. But I have no experience setting it up to the internet, you know DMZ and shit.

Any reliable guides?

>>55720499
>>55720319


WHERE DO I LEARN IPTABLES?

>>55726641
16.04 Ubuntu Desktop, yeah. Although I might use visualizations of server distros to host the actual stuff, I've read it's a good idea to do that.

>>55721858
I used OMV for my NAS and currently I have 5x2TB EX4 RAID6.
Still pondering if I should not switch to a FreeNas or NAS4Free for ZFS, but I hear that ZFS only works to 80% of the capacity.

>>55724647
>>55704283
How much work was it to get the panel (LED and LCD) hooked up to the Pi?

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h-hi

>>55727034
I'm using ZFSonLinux since I use the server for other stuff too and don't feel like re-learning OS stuff.

>>55727447
I should addd, ZoL works fine apart from a couple minor bugs. Nothing data-losing.

>>55727447
>>55727459
I there is a plugin for ZFS, but apparently it is not real ZFS and brings not the entire feature set.
And I do not want to risk the data los, even with back up, since I handle the the entirity of our irreplacable family photos and so on.

>>55726817
man iptables

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>>55724647
I used to have one of those!

It eventually got stuffed with tannerite and very much exploded. The NIC that was in the PCI slot STILL WORKED still after that.

>>55705481
I am not him but I don't see the correlation between uptime and ecc. I use non-ecc memory for years and I never restart pc. Granted I sometimes find reasons to restart every few months.

>>55705481

If you ever want to use ZFS you should highly consider ECC

>>55727645
I found an article by one of the ZFS creators about this sometime ago, but lost the link.
Short form was ZFS works well with normal memory, but ECC is nice to have.

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>>55727522
they were pretty nifty machines for their day

>>55727226
not that much - all fairly straight forward

>>55727321
Firebox E series, haven't seen one of those in a while. Used one as a foot rest for a while.

I can get my hands on a pretty cheap HP XW6400. Worth it?

>>55727741
Explanation here:
http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-your-data/
Link at the end to a post by one of the ZFS engineers saying that.

tldr: ECC is good, but not having it is not a disaster, and ZFS (or btrfs or any other checksumming filesystem) actually helps to mitigate the potential damage not having ECC can cause.

>>55728154

a pentium M swap and a pfsense flash makes them nice routers :)

>>55729553
I've heard about that. I work for WatchGuard at the moment. We locked the BIOS on everything after the 2 series. There are unlocked BIOS as well but they are kept under wraps.

>>55729605
hello enemy of my freedom

>>55729715
I'm not a fan of the business practices, but I get paid to fix issues so eh.

>>55729605
Cant blame them. Besides, I'm a home consumer buying used shit off ebay for fractions of the original price. Not like you'd ever see my money anyways when there are many other options. This just happened to be convenient and priced right

PS: My uncle works for watchguard too :P

>>55726842
>>55726611
you should sell that stuff and buy something with ECC memory...
(also you probably need less computing power and more RAM)

>>55729791
I've done something similar with a 2050 using the unlocked BIOS. Although I get boxes for free due to most of them being RMA boxes where the customer was just retarded.

>PS: My uncle works for watchguard too :P
Yea, is he high up?

>>55729811
I just know he does research, but judging by what he must be earning, yes.

>>55729819
He must be, WatchGuard pays for shit. I'm guessing he's in engineering.

Probably really stupid question, but whatever... So I'm pondering to replace my tower server and switch to rack mounted solution in my future basement.

My only problem is that I don't have a lot of need for actual processing power, but for storage. So I would be all set with a single E5 v3 maybe, but I need to connect a metric ton of hard drives and electricity is expensive here.

So what options do I have with rack mounted stuff. Are there any extensions modules which don't come with electricity eating CPUs where I can just connect SAS controllers directly to the enclosure?

(I'm essentially looking for a 4U case which doesn't need a CPU and can be connected to a servers SAS controller)

>>55729977
nvm, direct-attached-storage

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I still have this thing.

Taking it apart tonight to transport it to a new apartment

>>55707697
Which model is the machine is at the bottom, the disk array?