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howto build a 1u linux box w/ hotswap SATA - info and info request...
by hanasaki 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

any suggestions on specific parts for this? Basically what I need is: Pref AMD X2 although Intel is 'ok' 2 SATAII hot swap - or at least external bay removable - these will be mirrored <maybe 3 drives and Raid5 - suggestions?> <possibly the boot drive in a bay also> 10/100/1000 Ethernet 1 gig RAM some basic onboard video costs? Any suggestions for alternatives are also welcome. This is going to be a colo box for some basic web hosting, email and a bit of ASP(app service provider). The 1U is based on the cost of colo space. also... All linux raid or mobo hw raid? get a separate card? what is the decision criteria? With what types of Raid (kernel, mobo, card) is it possible boot off the raid vs need a boot drive Any suggestions on colo space and costs? all hardware needs to run under linux kernel 2.6 FYI: I need to get the hardware purchased very soon.

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ServerWorks HT1000 vs nVidia
by hanasaki 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Any input/thoughts on the below two motherboards and quality, performance etc of the chipsets and Linux support? thanks ========================== CPU: Supports AMD Opteron 1** 939 pin(dual-core OK) Memory: Up to 8GB of DDR/400, 333 unbuffered in 4 DIMMS. Integrated with: Dual Gigabit LAN Ethernet Broadcom 5704C USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports with max 480Mbps data ATI Rage XL VGA video controller. Serverwork HT1000 controller supporting 4 ports SATA-2 one IDE --Ultra DMA/100. 2 USB ports IPMI 2.0 remote management option Chipset: ServerWorks HT1000 =============================== CPU: one µPGA 939-pin socket only; supports AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, and Opteron (Dual-Core OK) 939 processors Memory: Up to 8GB of DDR/400, 333 unbuffered in 4 DIMMS. Integrated with: one Gigabit LAN Ethernet Broadcom 5721 one Marvell 88E1111-CAA PHY + nVIDIA MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet 4x USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports with max 480Mbps data ATI Rage XL VGA video controller. Serial ATA (SATA) Host controllers embedded • Supports four ports running at 3.0Gb/s • RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD support Dual IDE --Ultra DMA/133.

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Test: SPAM block notice rec'd for Gmail reply
by Jon Pruente 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

I tried sending a mesasge to the list and got back a blocked IP reply with tracing of SPAM abuse. Hello? It's GMail, what's the SPAM issue all about?

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Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
by Jon Pruente 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

This is what I got when I sent a reply to the thread about DVD software. I suggested trying Handbrake, and got the failure reply pretty fast. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 13, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) To: jdpruente(a)gmail.com This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: kclug(a)kclug.org Technical details of permanent failure: PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 9): 554 Service unavailable; Client host [ 64.233.184.194] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net; Spam Received See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?64.233.184.194 ----- Original message ----- Received: by 10.54.139.13 with SMTP id m13mr203227wrd; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:20:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.134.11 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:20:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4cd3c5c40512132120o21e0bf29r8164267b5725a153(a)mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:20:21 -0600 From: Jon Pruente <jdpruente(a)gmail.com> To: Luke-Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> Subject: Re: Program suggestion Cc: kclug(a)kclug.org In-Reply-To: <200512140033.27183.luke(a)dashjr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3556_18241962.1134537621092" References: < 1DF8586D689C1F4A9008A81552BBDEE56CA660(a)mokansascis301.agcentral.one.usda.gov > <200512140033.27183.luke(a)dashjr.org> ------=_Part_3556_18241962.1134537621092 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline http://handbrake.m0k.org/ ? On 12/13/05, Luke-Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> wrote: > > Already exists. I don't imagine it would be a huge project to get K3b to ----- Message truncated -----

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RE: recycling a ATX mobo into a server...
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

I forgot to ask why you wanted a 1U. Are you actually putting this in a rack somewhere?

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RE: recycling a ATX mobo into a server...
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" <brian.kelsay(a)kcc.usda.gov> > Depends if you already have the drives and other hardware. A 1U or 2U > case can cost from $250-500. In a 1U, you may need to get low-profile > RAM or CPU heatsink/fan to gain enough space to fit everything in the > case. Those are really the only specialty parts in a 1U. You may want > to add more case fans, depending on what comes with your case and the > open fan slots available. As you add more drives, you need more air > flow. > > That said, hear this. I would not necessarily run most business > critical functions off something like this. For personal use it's cool, > but you don't want to have heat-related lockups in a business because > you went cheap. There is such a thing as server-class motherboards. > They are built a bit tougher and with better components, but they cost > about 2-3x your average motherboard. > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of hanasaki > > Thinking of recycling a socket A ATX mobo into a 1U server. Any > thoughts > on this? Is it possible? Will it end up costing more than just buying > a 1U server? What hardware would it take and cost to do this and have > three HD in it. > === Drives > 1. boot and the OS > 2,3 Linux Software mirrored - hot swap > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug Don't forget to have a motherboard with ONBOARD everything. You get 1 pci reiser card as an expensive option for some cases (I am sure it comes with some).

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recycling a ATX mobo into a server...
by hanasaki 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Thinking of recycling a socketA ATX mobo into a 1U server. Any thoughts on this? Is it possible? Will it end up costing more than just buying a 1U server? What hardware would it take and cost to do this and have three HD in it. === Drives 1. boot and the OS 2,3 Linux Software mirrored - hot swap thanks

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RE: recycling a ATX mobo into a server...
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Depends if you already have the drives and other hardware. A 1U or 2U case can cost from $250-500. In a 1U, you may need to get low-profile RAM or CPU heatsink/fan to gain enough space to fit everything in the case. Those are really the only specialty parts in a 1U. You may want to add more case fans, depending on what comes with your case and the open fan slots available. As you add more drives, you need more air flow. That said, hear this. I would not necessarily run most business critical functions off something like this. For personal use it's cool, but you don't want to have heat-related lockups in a business because you went cheap. There is such a thing as server-class motherboards. They are built a bit tougher and with better components, but they cost about 2-3x your average motherboard. Brian -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of hanasaki Thinking of recycling a socket A ATX mobo into a 1U server. Any thoughts on this? Is it possible? Will it end up costing more than just buying a 1U server? What hardware would it take and cost to do this and have three HD in it. === Drives 1. boot and the OS 2,3 Linux Software mirrored - hot swap Thanks

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RE: Program suggestion
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

DVD Shrink http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html for Linux would be great. It is freeware, http://www.dvdshrink.org/license.html, so you might get a look at the code if you asked nice. If all else fails you could see what the program does and replicate. Basically it scans/rips the files on a DVD, unlocks the menus, allows you to compress and burn or reauthor a DVD. It interfaces with Nero for the burning of the copy. I don't know how hard all this would be, but it is definitely missing. I'd imagine that some of the functionality is out there as OSS for things such as the compression and you could interface with one of the burning apps like K3B that burn DVDs. Look into dvd::rip and DeCSS. Some of this may already work, but putting several pieces of console-based software together with a GUI may be what's needed. I have no idea how to do this on Linux and just started doing it on Windows. Also a DVD Decrypter on Linux is needed. ******************************************* If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely --- Arthur Pemberton <pemboa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone suggest a small application CLI or GUI > that just seems to be "missing" from Linux? Not > necessarily an application that exists in Windows, > but not in Linux, but a program that would make \ > some part of your Linux experience better. > > I am just dying to make a cool Linux app/project, > but I am lacking ideas. For interface, I am > considering console, GTK+ or Qt. For programming > language, I am considering Python or C++; > > I appreciate your ideas.

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RE: Program suggestion
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

So is there a good tutorial somewhere on how to combine all the pieces you two have mentioned in order to come up with a working copy of a dvd movie? I have no problems using DVDShrink, it's dead easy, but takes about 1.5 hours on my AMD XP64 3000+. Do I need to string these tools together in a script or something? -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Charles Steinkuehler -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Luke-Jr wrote: | Already exists. I don't imagine it would be a huge project to get K3b to | support it. To shrink, use tcrequant (part of transcode). To rip, use | dvdbackup (probably many other options, incl K3b). I use dvdbackup, and it's not as good as DVD Decrypter. If you have a good DVD, dvdbackup works great. If, however, you have enough scratches or other damage to cause bad sectors, dvdbackup barfs and errors out. DVD Decryptor, on the other hand, keeps going and replaces the bad sectors (with zeros, I think), so you can at least get all the readable info off your DVD (important when you have 2 year old twins who have figured out the eject button on the DVD player!). It annoys me I have to use a windows program to 'rescue' my damaged DVDs, but I have yet to find anything on linux that handles read errors effectively. - -- Charles Steinkuehler charles(a)steinkuehler.net

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