@francesco-provino said in RAID on SSD's:
You don't "need" a separate controller, simply you will saturate both a separate SAS controller (RAID HW) and an integrated SATA one (SW RAID). Essentially, you can saturate the band of a PCIe 3.1 8x link.
So what are options when do you need to have more than 6-7 SSD's in a server then?
This is different than my question about SSD's, but since you mention it, I do have a server that I am looking at putting 10 1.2 TB 10K RPM drives in. The software vendor doesn't support a NAS.
If you have more than 6 or 7 SSD's you need a separate controller then?
RAID 5 isn't something I have done for years...
@jaredbusch Tried that but for some reason it wasn't picking up on the DHCP on the Meraki for that VLAN. I'll look into that more.
I set up my servers with RAID 10 and 10 or 15 K RPM Drives and a dedicated RAID card and an SSD Drive for CacheCade.
However with the decrease in pricing for SSD drives, I would like to start using them more in servers.
As far as setting up a guest network that is isolated from the main network... Any walk-throughs for that? On my Meraki I had set up a VLAN for the guest wifi, but the UniFis totally foreign to me.
@jaredbusch said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
Network on the UniFi Controller is defaulting to 192.168.1.1/24 and wants to run it's own DHCP server.
No it does not. That is not what it says, nor what it wants to do.
Ok, can you explain then?
In setting up, is there any reason to not just have the AP's and clients on the same as wired LAN vs. having it on a different gateway/subnet?
My main network is 192.168.10.0/24 and the Network on the UniFi Controller is defaulting to 192.168.1.1/24 and wants to run it's own DHCP server.
Ok, Since I need it up quickly I'm going to throw it on a Windows machine and then migrate to a cloud Debian install.
Ok, and the DNS for "unifi" would point to the public IP of the virtual server on the Vultr is that right?
What port forwarding needs to be done? (If any)
Ok, how do I tell the AP's to look to a cloud based server instead of a local one for the controller?
If I go cloud based, can I have 1 VM for all of my different clients (different companies) or do I need to have one for each client?
If I don't want to go the VM option, is this the only other thing that I need? The router is Meraki and the switches are Netgear.
@dashrender Any particular 'flavor' of linux?
Ok, so it's software (and not hardware?)
Can it be installed on an existing server?
I have two virtual servers 1 DC/DHCP/DNS and 1 is Applications server.
I purchased the access points... Do I need a "Cloud Key"?
@dashrender said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
Do the Ubiquity units require a contract for management?
Nope
That's even better!
Do the Ubiquity units require a contract for management?
Which AP do you like the best? I was looking at the AC PRO's. I think I could stick 3 or 4 of them in and have pretty good coverage.
Does the AC Pro need 2 Ethernet cables or is that to daisy chain them?
When putting a new WIFI system into a building, how do you plan how many WIFI AP's you need and where they go?
I have a 1 level business that has WIFI right now in their server room that isn't doing the job. It's not the best place to put it, but since it's a Meraki Router With WIFI that's where it ended up.
I want to make sure I minimize cost, have a solution that works and that as they move laptops throughout the building will automatically hand off to another WIFI AP smoothly w/o interruption. Central management would be nice as well. Meraki has their access points but they are pricey. We also need guest WIFI. There will be about 20 clients on the private network and 15 on the guest (we make employee's use guest for their personal devices)
So, 2 questions here:
1 - How do you determine how many AP's you need and where you need them?
2 - What brand/solution do you use the most that won't break the bank?
