[olug] Tiny rack-mount chassis

[Aric]

I have a spare 1st-gen Compaq DL360 server with Tualatins and atleast a GB
of RAM and or a couple small 10 or 15k SCSI drives I can give you if you
want to just stick with what you have.

I used a DL360 as a pfSense router for several years until I switched to a
dual Sossaman xeon system because I have higher that 100Mbit internet now.


> If you really want to do it up, run a SBC or an intel NUC.   My firewall,
> dns, (monowall) has been running on an SBC for 7+ years.  Not fast enough
> to do proxying but the i3 nucs I have running mythbox definitely are fast
> enough.  http://soekris.com/ 4501/4801 is what I am running (not sure of
> the exact model).   I've run them in customer sites with great success.
>
> As for dual drives, I just keep a second sdcard flashed.  (knocks on wood)
> Haven't had to replace an sdcard yet.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>
>> The DL360 I'm replacing has all those features and is only 1U... and it
>> was designed a dozen years ago. Surely progress has been made.
>>
>> I can live without the dual power supplies if necessary.
>>
>>
>> On 01/10/2014 03:43 PM, Hurley, Rod wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure exactly what "way smaller" is, but you won't find anything you
>>> like that's less than 2u with redundant power supplies and fans and
>>> more
>>> than 1 drive.  If you are intent on building your own, check out this
>>> site:
>>>  http://www.spectrumservers.com/ssproducts/pc/viewPrd.asp?
>>> idcategory=41&idproduct=220
>>>
>>> -Rod
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Obi-Wan
>>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 3:32 PM
>>> To: Omaha Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: [olug] Tiny rack-mount chassis
>>>
>>> My 1st-gen HP DL360 server (Sam knows about this) that I'm using for my
>>> home firewall is starting to get a little long in the tooth.  It still
>>> runs
>>> perfectly, but it lost one of the mirrored drives this morning, and I
>>> plugged in my last spare.  The build date on that drive was 2001.
>>> Replacement drives are cost prohibitive, so I'll be replacing the
>>> entire
>>> chassis before I lose my last drives.
>>>
>>> This server runs PPPoE to terminate my DSL connection, iptables
>>> firewall,
>>> mail server, incoming web/SSL proxy, DNS, and DHCP servers.
>>> It's a pretty light load, and even for that ancient box. I certainly
>>> don't need much horsepower for this box.  I do want extreme
>>> reliability.
>>>  Mirrored drives are a must, and dual power supplies might be nice.
>>> Dual
>>> cooling fans are probably wise.  None of that needs to be hot-swap,
>>> though.
>>>  I need two ethernet ports (preferably GigE, and 3 would be nice just
>>> in
>>> case).  I'd also like the chassis to be quite small so that it can hang
>>> in
>>> a telco rack when I move next year.  I'd like it to be really low power
>>> so
>>> that it'll run forever off my UPS when necessary.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on the hardware and/or case I should use for this? I'm
>>> usually shopping at the other end of the horsepower spectrum. There's
>>> got
>>> to be chassis out there that are way smaller than the standard
>>> rack-mount
>>> server, but can still run a standard linux distro with some redundancy.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> *Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth* obiwan at jedi.com <mailto:obiwan at jedi.com>
>> www.Jedi.com <http://www.jedi.com>
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>
> Jeff Hinrichs
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