I did a thing, have a quick Linux question
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
While I'm here I mine as well ask if its spec'd good or not...
I assume in the world of Linux it should be able to get me like 10-20 ...virtuals? (Is that still the proper terminology)HP PROLIANT DL120 G7 SERVER E3-1230 QC HT 3.2GHz 16GB DDR3 3.5"
Thanks!
Memory is your limiter here. With 16GB 10 is very doable, 20 is pushing it.
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Hmm lame (not that 10 is a bad number)
I dont have an exact product number yet, but googling I'm finding (what looks like the same server) with max 16GB and max 32GB of ram for the G7,
This would just be generation specific I think? (Sorry more of a dell guy myself)
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Hmm lame (not that 10 is a bad number)
I dont have an exact product number yet, but googling I'm finding (what looks like the same server) with max 16GB and max 32GB of ram for the G7,
This would just be generation specific I think? (Sorry more of a dell guy myself)
That seems low, but year it is model specific. The DL120 is not a production server so is much more limited. That's an entry level cluster node machine.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Hmm lame (not that 10 is a bad number)
I dont have an exact product number yet, but googling I'm finding (what looks like the same server) with max 16GB and max 32GB of ram for the G7,
This would just be generation specific I think? (Sorry more of a dell guy myself)
10 is way more than enough to give yourself a serious challenge and do some hardcore learning.
Hell, 10 is more than enough to run a smaller business
Welcome. Good luck. Remember to have fun.
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Yeah, ten is a lot.
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@scottalanmiller said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Yeah, ten is a lot.
especially for a lab scenario where you will likely not have ten running all at the same time.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Hmm lame (not that 10 is a bad number)
I dont have an exact product number yet, but googling I'm finding (what looks like the same server) with max 16GB and max 32GB of ram for the G7,
This would just be generation specific I think? (Sorry more of a dell guy myself)
Are you ONLY learning on it? I went a little wild with my specs but that was because I'm transcoding video to multiple sites through a plex server. Essentially my own netflix.
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And containers can increase density. 16GB will go further with LXC or Docker than with full VMs. But it's different, too.
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Yep just learning, I leave Plex to my Windows box (for now atleast)
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Yep just learning, I leave Plex to my Windows box (for now atleast)
I'm ready for my Windows box to go away, lol.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Yep just learning, I leave Plex to my Windows box (for now atleast)
Plex runs SO much better on Linux. I can't even articulate it well enough honestly. Huge.
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Ya depending how this goes I could definately see myself going that route.
So many wasted resources with windows.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Ya depending how this goes I could definately see myself going that route.
So many wasted resources with windows.
I've got a Linux ISO with its name on it... Just gotta find the time to get one last backup done, lol.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Ya depending how this goes I could definately see myself going that route.
So many wasted resources with windows.
You aren't wrong
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Are you able to group harddrives in a non raid format with linux?
Like a stablebit drive pool for linux kind of thing?
Versus making raid 0
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Are you able to group harddrives in a non raid format with linux?
Like a stablebit drive pool for linux kind of thing?
Versus making raid 0
I know that you're asking @dafyre but just use ZFS. Software raid on Linux in the modern world has very little overhead.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
Are you able to group harddrives in a non raid format with linux?
Like a stablebit drive pool for linux kind of thing?
Versus making raid 0
Why would you do this, when you could use MD Raid and have a highly resilient solution?
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I've got my important media and my "who the heck cares" media.
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@Sparkum said in I did a thing, have a quick Linux question:
I've got my important media and my "who the heck cares" media.
the Who the heck media you could still put onto RAID0 array.
