Re: [Soekris] mSATA SSDs for a net 6501

2016-11-26 Thread Andreas Steinel
We're using our 6501 in a 19'' rack with additional fans for 5 years and it still runs fine with the initial batch of dual 64 GB ADATA mSATA. We also use additional heatsinks on all visible chips for better heat transport. Machine also runs in a controlled temperatur and humidity environment. On S

Re: [Soekris] debian wheezy/jessie install on net5501-70 fails

2016-04-12 Thread Andreas Steinel
I have not installed on a net5501 in years, but what you can do is install on an ordinary machine and then copy your installed OS back to the CF-Card. I often do this in a VM with an attached volume of the exact size of the card/disk (in my case a ZFS volume), then optimize everything including se

Re: [Soekris] Dying net6501 servers

2016-03-20 Thread Andreas Steinel
Hi Scott, On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Scott Gustafson wrote: > ... > Can anyone on the list share which vendor, model, and OS to which they > have switched? ... > We switched to APU Boards http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm Not exactly the same NIC number (3 instead of 4), but they work ver

Re: [Soekris] I see development of the net6801 has been dropped.

2015-10-07 Thread Andreas Steinel
Hi, I also found the net6801 very interesting and a good step forward. Recently, I replaced my two 5501 and 6501 with two apu's from pc engines. Not exactly the amount of nics (only 3) and no PCIe expansion, yet it serves my purpose and it is a good deal for a reasonable price. It's not ARM based,

Re: [Soekris] VyOS (or Vyatta)

2014-09-03 Thread Andreas Steinel
Hi Patrick, If I remember correctly, net5501 is not i586, isn't it? It's 'only' i486. At least it was in 2009 when I installed Debian Lenny on it. Maybe that's the problem. Best, Andreas On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Patrick Schless wrote: > Searching through the mailing list, I see a handful

Re: [Soekris] Redundant Power Supply or battery backup for net6501

2014-08-04 Thread Andreas Steinel
Boot wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > I haven't installed it in any of the Soekris cases, sorry - in fact I > haven't used it with Soekris gear at all yet, but there is no reason it > wouldn't work. > > HTH, > Chris > > On 04/08/14 16:06, Andreas Steinel wr

Re: [Soekris] Redundant Power Supply or battery backup for net6501

2014-08-04 Thread Andreas Steinel
Hi Chris, The OpenUPS2 looks really nice and has a 2,5'' mount option. Have you installed it in a rackmount case? Should fit, shouldn't it? On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Chris Boot wrote: > On 01/08/2014 17:54, Andreas Steinel wrote: >> Hi Greg, >> Hi List, >

Re: [Soekris] Redundant Power Supply or battery backup for net6501

2014-08-01 Thread Andreas Steinel
Hi Greg, Hi List, On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: > I have a net5501, and measured that with a 2.5" disk (not ssd) it draws > about 500 mA at 12V. I have it connected to several sealed lead-acid > batteries in parallel, typically a 12Ah and two 7Ah. These batteries > are on

[Soekris] Redundant Power Supply or battery backup for net6501

2014-08-01 Thread Andreas Steinel
Hi everyone, there exist older entries for a redundant power supply or battery backed up units, yet not so much up to date information about the beloved net6501. Recently, I had a UPS failure which took down my rack-mounted net6501. I'm interessted in either a redundant power supply or a battery

Re: [Soekris] Recommended mSATA SSD

2014-02-26 Thread Andreas Steinel
I use 2 ADATA SX300 and they work also. I also benchmarked one of the disks in Debian Wheezy 3.9-0.bpo.1-amd64 with fio 2.0.8. 2184 IOPS and 140 MB/sec on read with this configuration: [randr64] name=randread_t64_b8 description='Random Read 8k Blocks (64 Threads)' filename=/dev/sda direct=1 rw=ra

Re: [Soekris] Non-Ancient Debian Kernel .config?

2014-02-15 Thread Andreas Steinel
Dennis is right, backports work perfectly. You can also use the LEDs with a custom kernel module, GPIO is IMHO still not working :-/ On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Dennis Skovborg Jørgensen < den...@unseen.dk> wrote: > On 2014-02-14 14:22, Erhard Schwenk wrote: > >> >> Or ist a custom kernel