Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-10-02 17:16, Linux-Fan wrote: David Christensen writes: The Fujitsu might do PCIe/NVMe 4X M.2 or U.2 SSD's with the right adapter card. Been there, failed at that: https://www.reichelt.de/pcie-x8-karte-zu-2x-nvme-m-2-key-m-lp-delock-90305-p256917.html?=pos_3=1 I added two

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Linux-Fan
David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-02 04:18, Linux-Fan wrote: David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-01 14:37, Linux-Fan wrote: >2x4T SSD for fast storage (VMs, OS) I suggest identifying your workloads, how much CPU, memory, disk I/O, etc., each requires, and then dividing them

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-10-02 04:18, Linux-Fan wrote: David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-01 14:37, Linux-Fan wrote: >2x4T SSD for fast storage (VMs, OS) I suggest identifying your workloads, how much CPU, memory, disk I/O, etc., each requires, and then dividing them across your several computers.

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Linux-Fan
Linux-Fan writes: Hello fellow list users, I am constantly needing more computation power, RAM and HDD storage such that I have finally decided to buy a server for my next "workstation". The [...] * Of course, if there are any other comments, I am happy to hear them, too. I am looking

Re: Signing emails, was Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread David Wright
On Fri 02 Oct 2020 at 13:18:29 (+0200), Linux-Fan wrote:– > > OT: The hints about the details of e-mail encoding and signing are > appreciated. Some other notes are here: > https://sourceforge.net/p/courier/mailman/courier-cone/?viewmonth=202010 I took a look at that thread. > From: Linux-Fan -

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> If it's quiet you want, try https://silentpc.com/. They are not cheap, > but their products are solid and reliable, and quiet. The two I have > are so quiet that I can hear the heads move on the 3.5" disk drives in > them. Sadly, they get noisier when you use SSDs instead: you can't hear the

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 01 Oct 2020 23:37:16 +0200 Linux-Fan wrote: > Hello fellow list users, > > I am constantly needing more computation power, RAM and HDD storage > such that I have finally decided to buy a server for my next > "workstation". If it's quiet you want, try https://silentpc.com/. They are not

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Linux-Fan
David Christensen writes: On 2020-10-01 14:37, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] Typical workloads: data compression (Debian live build, xz), virtual machines (software installation, updates) Rarely: GPGPU (e.g. nVidia CUDA, but some experimentation with OpenCL, too) single-core load coupled with

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Linux-Fan wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > You should also look at machines made by SuperMicro and resold > > via a number of VARs. My company is currently using Silicon > > Mechanics and is reasonably happy with them. We have a few HPs > > as well. I forgot to mention: though I wouldn't

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-10-01 14:37, Linux-Fan wrote: Hello fellow list users, I am constantly needing more computation power, RAM and HDD storage such that I have finally decided to buy a server for my next "workstation". The reasoning is that my experience with "real" servers is that they are most reliable,

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-02 Thread deloptes
Linux-Fan wrote: > I am constantly needing more computation power, RAM and HDD storage such > that I have finally decided to buy a server for my next "workstation". The > reasoning is that my experience with "real" servers is that they are most > reliable, very helpful in indicating errors

Signing emails, was Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread David Wright
On Fri 02 Oct 2020 at 01:15:36 (+0200), Linux-Fan wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > Linux-Fan wrote: > > [...] > > OT: Message signature is still invalid, but I could track it down to some > weird changes in space characters between what I send to and what I receive > from the list. I have now

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread Linux-Fan
Dan Ritter writes: Linux-Fan wrote: [...] > * HPE DL385 G10 Plus > * Dell PowerEdge R7515 You should also look at machines made by SuperMicro and resold via a number of VARs. My company is currently using Silicon Mechanics and is reasonably happy with them. We have a few HPs as well. > I

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:37 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: > - Dell PowerEdge R7515 I've had very good luck with Dell for a very long time. I've needed nothing close to what you're looking for, but the boxes

Re: General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Linux-Fan wrote: > In terms of "performance" specifications, I am thinking of the following: > > * 1x16-core CPU (e.g. AMD EPYC 7302) > * 64 GiB RAM (e.g. 2x32 GiB or 4x16 GiB) > * 2x2T HDD for slow storage (local Debian Mirror, working data), > 2x4T SSD for fast storage (VMs, OS) > I will

General-Purpose Server for Debian Stable

2020-10-01 Thread Linux-Fan
Hello fellow list users, I am constantly needing more computation power, RAM and HDD storage such that I have finally decided to buy a server for my next "workstation". The reasoning is that my experience with "real" servers is that they are most reliable, very helpful in indicating errors