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On Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 8:08 PM Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> wrote:
On 6/27/20 1:04 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> I've had good luck with Supermicro 1U servers - run two or more of them
> and it's easy to turn them into a high-available cluster.
> https://www.rackmountsetc.com/ has been pretty good to me when it comes
> to configuring & assembling Supermicro components (and suggesting
> specific configurations). You might also look into Ganeti as a cluster
> management package (open source, originated at google for internal
> use). Same horsepower & quality as a Dell or HP server, at a
> considerably lower price.
>
> I've been running Debian this way, in a data center, for at least a
> decade. (Note: I'm seriously considering migrating from Debian for our
> next refresh - I really don't like systemd - might go all the way to BSD
> or an OpenSolaris distro.)
>
> One other alternative: A lot of people seem to swear by Mac Minis as
> servers. They're already BSD under the hood, and I've run all kinds of
> Linux distros on Macs, under virtualization. You should be able to run
> Debian directly, though I've never tried it.
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
>
> On 6/26/2020 1:34 PM, echo test wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> First of all, please don't ask me why I simply don't want to use aws
>>> or gcp.
>>>
>>> Then, I want to build a small data center for my company for hosting
>>> a web app and a mail server. It's the first time I'm going to buy
>>> some hardware for this. I tried looking for it on the web in order to
>>> compare them but it seems that hardware vendors never want to talk
>>> about Debian on their websites.
>>>
>>> Seriously, I prefer using my money for donating to the Debian
>>> foundation than having to pay for Ubuntu or Red Hat Enterprise
>>> because I love Debian and ...
>>>
>>> So, I want to know if It's a good idea to try using Debian in an
>>> enterprise context, with hardwares like Dell EMC PowerEdge or Lenovo
>>> ThinkCenter which seems to never mention that they support Debian.
>>> What kind of issues can I encounter with such hardwares except simple
>>> cases like having to install missing drivers with some already
>>> available firmwares.
>>>
>>> Can you give me some alternative hardwares in case this idea may take
>>> me to much time to solve ?
>>>
>>> Note: I will need some RAID solution hard or soft.
>>>
>>> Sorry if my English is bad, it's not my mother language
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>
To Miles Fidelman:
Devuan Linux is Debian with all traces of systemd removed.
+1
I run, both Devuan and Debian, on my multiple systems in my Apartment, with the idea of being conversant on both Technologies.
Best regards,
Fred
Kenneth Parker
Yes... but what ARE those systems, and how do they apply to the original poster's question?
Miles
-- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown