Re: Weakest point of a server?
On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 07:32, Rich Puhek wrote: > Jason Lim wrote: > > But how about the motherboards themselves? Is it often for something on > > the motherboard to fail, after 3-4 years continuous operation without > > failure? > > Normally, I'd say no on this point, particularly if the server is > continuously running. I would agree most solid state components like motherboards should last years, I would suggest the weakest point would be cheap capacitors, just how you research a board to avoid this I dont know. > > Or is there some other part(s) we should look out for instead... would > > the CPU itself die after 3 years continuous operation? Or maybe RAM? Or > > even the LAN cards? no, solid state. The biggest risk is mechanical failure. The two mechanical parts are Hard drives and fans. Failure of the cooling fans allowing parts to overheat has to be watched for One of the weakest ones seems to be the nasty little fans on the high end graphics cards, ive had enough pack up to be concerned. So when picking parts look for static heat sinks and good cases where possible I would suggest. For hard drives, hardware raid mirror the boot disks and at the very least raid5 the data disks, if you have the $ then RAID1+0. Given the life of a server is probably 3 to 4 years I dont know that there is really any PPM (planned preventative maintenance) possible. I would suggest the most likey areas to spend money on are external, 1) A good UPS 2) a clean environment 3) Air con / air tempering ie keep the box below 24 Deg C regards Thing -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compaq Proliant DL320 installation.
The 5500 is a bigger version (4 ppro cpus?) of the 2500 I believe, I dont see it being a problem, what I had to do is start with the 2 compact boot floppies, then switch to the cdrom later. This is due to problems with the compaq scsi raid controller not being seen in a standard boot kernel and /or a prob with the onboard ncr scsi controller. As for diagnostics u can get bootable floppies to check stuff out on hp/compaq's web site. As far as I know they will work with the 5500, they certainly do with the 2500. My understanding would be that the latest smarctstart cd is backwards compatible with the older kit. The utilities were just updated over the years to reflect new hardware as it came along, reading the compaq revision data suggests this anyway. Certainly my ver 5.40 dl320 smartstart cds work in the 1600r's and 2500r's i have. regards Thing On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:17, Toni Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:16:38PM +0100, Tomasz Papszun wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 at 10:28:03 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am just installing Woody on a Compaq Proliant DL320 server (PIII > > I'm trying to get an old proliant 5500 up as well ;-) > > > > 1.13GHz), and the various Compaq Agents drivers are avaiable for > > > different releases of RedHat, SuSE and some other distros except > > > Debian. > > having a hand would be nice... > > > I haven't tried any Compaq "agents" on it though. I have tried > > lm-sensors but I haven't succeeded, even with some help from lm-sensors > > people. Maybe Compaq has modified the hardware in some not typical > > way... > > You can bet on that. Compaqs seem to have many functions not in > hardware but in software in a hidden disk partition, including > disk partitioning software *eek*. My best bet so far is to find > the right "SmartStart" CD (how?) and go from there. Afterwards, > there are allegedly a number of Linux programs that can do > hardware diagnosis and such... but I didn't find those yet. > > > Good luck, > --Toni++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compaq Proliant DL320 installation.
Yes Im not impressed either, Ive had words with HP/Compaq reps over the crappy support for Debian, indeed I think the RH support is half hearted at best. Ive tried running rpm under debian with this compaq stuff and it failed miserably, but this was on a 1600R. Ive had woody and rh 7.2 ~ 8.0 on these dl320 machines fine, but of course software raid is a joke If appropriate and your budget will stand it I'd suggest hwraid, so thats the dl360, or look at a dell which is what Im doing at present. regards Thing On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I am just installing Woody on a Compaq Proliant DL320 server (PIII > 1.13GHz), and the various Compaq Agents drivers are avaiable for > different releases of RedHat, SuSE and some other distros except Debian. > I wonder if I'd just `apt-get install rpm` and try to install one of the > rpm'ed packages avaiable on the official site or there is a better > solution (e.g. alien or whatever). If someone have experienced with > Debian on those server, some help is appreciated :) > > Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gaming server
yes >From limited experience a linux game server is way faster and more stable than a win2k one (are we surprised). The slowest Athlon you can buy today (2000XP?) combined with 512meg of ram will support 64 clients easily on Q2 and Q3 for instance, with both games running at once. The only time it might falter is if lots of clients have bfg fireballs in the air at once (must be due to the calcs these must need) The smallest cpu Ive run on is a p2-300 with 256M of ram and that ran 16 ppl on a lan fine in Q2 with someting like a 0.2 ~ 0.3 load. Most clients were/are optimised to run on what a standard modem can provide, so if you have a good make of 100 Meg card and a switch network should not be an issue. eepro's, 3com 905s, Dec tulips, all have low cpu requirements and work well. regards, Thing On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 04:15, Todd Charron wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if any of you have any experience running a game server > under Debian. Also wondering if you know the CPU/memory/bandwidth > requirements of such a project. Thanks, > > Todd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: email account and dns
Thank you for the reply. The dns zone problem has been fixed by removing the zone file, running rndc reload, recreating the zone file (exactly), and then running rndc reload again. It worked for some strange reason. I normally would use the real domains but the customer wanted to remain anonymous. Sorry I was not more descriptive with the other concern. It looks like someone completely removed two accounts. That's the only way I can explain it. I think it is an internal problem unless someone has heard of something like that before. I appreciate the concern though. Chet On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Debian User wrote: > > > > > his new domain user3.com. I changed the entry in his user1.com zone file > > to point to the new user3.com domain, which is up. I also up dated the > > Show us. > > Also what type of record (A, MX)? > > And it is helpful to use real hostnames, so we can help. > > > I also have had a few email accounts disappear and was wondering if anyone > > What does that mean? > > Did the users get removed from your passwd file? > > Or did the mailbox get removed? > > I am sure we can help, but we need more information. > > Jeremy C. Reed > ... > BSD software, documentation, resources, news... > http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: email account and dns
Thank you for the reply. The dns zone problem has been fixed by removing the zone file, running rndc reload, recreating the zone file (exactly), and then running rndc reload again. It worked for some strange reason. I normally would use the real domains but the customer wanted to remain anonymous. Sorry I was not more descriptive with the other concern. It looks like someone completely removed two accounts. That's the only way I can explain it. I think it is an internal problem unless someone has heard of something like that before. I appreciate the concern though. Chet On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Debian User wrote: > > > > > his new domain user3.com. I changed the entry in his user1.com zone file > > to point to the new user3.com domain, which is up. I also up dated the > > Show us. > > Also what type of record (A, MX)? > > And it is helpful to use real hostnames, so we can help. > > > I also have had a few email accounts disappear and was wondering if anyone > > What does that mean? > > Did the users get removed from your passwd file? > > Or did the mailbox get removed? > > I am sure we can help, but we need more information. > > Jeremy C. Reed > ... > BSD software, documentation, resources, news... > http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
email account and dns
Hi, I have a user that has one of his domains, user1.com, pointing his other domain, user2.com via the dns zone file. He asked me to redirect his user1.com domain to his new domain user3.com. I changed the entry in his user1.com zone file to point to the new user3.com domain, which is up. I also up dated the serial and then ran a rndc reload. I did this to both the primairy and secondary dns servers and user1.com still point to user2.com. I did a dig for the information and the ip address for user1.com still comes up as the ip of user2.com. I thought maybe it was cached information so I then ran a rndc flush and it still comes up wrong. I also have had a few email accounts disappear and was wondering if anyone had a similar issue. I did a search in the archive for dns redirect and accounts disappearing but could not find anything. Any input would be appreciated.
email account and dns
Hi, I have a user that has one of his domains, user1.com, pointing his other domain, user2.com via the dns zone file. He asked me to redirect his user1.com domain to his new domain user3.com. I changed the entry in his user1.com zone file to point to the new user3.com domain, which is up. I also up dated the serial and then ran a rndc reload. I did this to both the primairy and secondary dns servers and user1.com still point to user2.com. I did a dig for the information and the ip address for user1.com still comes up as the ip of user2.com. I thought maybe it was cached information so I then ran a rndc flush and it still comes up wrong. I also have had a few email accounts disappear and was wondering if anyone had a similar issue. I did a search in the archive for dns redirect and accounts disappearing but could not find anything. Any input would be appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Software for www portal management
> Does anybody know a software (open source of cause) for portal management ? You can add phpwebsite to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ppp-admin tools in debian
Hello I am looking for file sever. I think that debian with big ide disk is the best solution. I plan to use lvm for home and pub partition. But I am looking for bigest ide disk available which can be used with linux. Do you have any experience with big disk with linux I know that is a hardware question but file server is a ISP problem. Marcin Jakubowski -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mail tool for X
Does anybody know a mail tool for X, for pick up the mail from the mail server ? Like the one in Netscape but another one ? Under Debian Potato, of course. Thank you, Adrian Nims -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pppd error message. Thank you.
Roger Waters wrote: > Debian User wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have the following error message when starting pppd: > > /usr/sbin/pppd -detach > > /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself > > /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for > > it to use to do so. > > /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let in use an IP > > address.) > > > > Please, can anyone help me with this error ? Wich script in /etc/ppp is > > responsible for that error and must be modified ? > > > > Adrian Nims > > TRY TO SET THE "noauth" OPTION IN "/etc/PPP/options" Thank you ! That was it ! Now pppd works fine. Adrian Nims
pppd error message
Hi, I have the following error message when starting pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd -detach /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let in use an IP address.) Please, can anyone help me with this error ? Wich script in /etc/ppp is responsible for that error and must be modified ? Adrian Nims
pppd error message
Hi, I have the following error message when starting pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd -detach /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let in use an IP address.) Please, can anyone help me with this error ? Wich script in /etc/ppp is responsible for that error and must be modified ? Adrian Nims -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
