Hi All, I'm new to this mailing list, but i'm not new to the soekris hardware. I have a net5501 which acts as a DSL router over here and i like it very much. In my ideal world i would also like to have a soekris box as a home server, the net5501 doesn't seem to fit the bill but the net6501 seems interesting. I'm sending this email to verify if everything i have in mind will actually work out on a net6501, comments and suggestions are very welcome :-)
It will basically run mail/storage/web/scripts or whatever else you might expect from a home server nowadays, but the major plus is that there's only one user :-) So i guess i don't really have to worry about the load on the server :-) This is the setup i have in mind: - net6501-70 running Linux - 2x 2.5" <insert high capacity> SATA disks, using Linux software raid/LVM - Internal USB flash to boot from - External USB DVD writer for local backups I'm especially worried about the disks, do you have any suggestions for brands/models ? Should i use different brands/models for the individual disks ? Ideally i'd like to run this fanless, is that possible ? I found that the CPU actually supports virtualisation, but is that really usable ? I don't need super-speed (else i guess soekris boxes are the wrong ones to start with in the first place), but i'd like to run all email stuff in a VM and have a VM to do some tests on (for example) LAMP websites. Again, i don't really need super performance but it has to be workable. Sorry for the rather long first post on the list but i hope you'll be able to help me. Best regards, Wesley _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
