Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hello guys My HP MicroServer N54L came today I will be installing debian on it along with some other server related services Is anyone interested in a software build thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hello guys My HP MicroServer N54L came today I will be installing debian on it along with some other server related services Is anyone interested in a software build thread? hello, how much Haggis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 hello, how much Haggis? How Much was the server? it was ?155 from amazon :) Link here is you want to see http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-704941-421-ProLiant-Server-Generation/dp/B00AHQUX86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 This is what i have so far I will be installing Debian 7.4 64bit I will be installing SSH DNS LAMP Stack Calibre Server Plex Media Server Transmission (I will be using Virtualbox so this is easiest way to download linux distros) Webmin for easy admin is services Virtualbox Dropbox The server will be headless, i have no need for a gui just now. GrayW 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hello, LAMP StackDon't wanna sit down and install of it one by one (Apache, MySQL and a PHP interpreter)? :p BTW, are you gonna stay with 2GB? VirutalBox with 2GB is gonna suffer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 Nah I wont be using Virtualbox right from the off so 2gb will do for now I will be bumping it up to 8gb at some point in the future :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hello, Nah I wont be using Virtualbox right from the off so 2gb will do for now I will be bumping it up to 8gb at some point in the future :) OK :) Sounds good. BTW, what site do you visit for discussion and distribution of the modded BIOSs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am using this guide http://terfmop.co.uk/blog/2013/07/31/hp-proliant-n54l-bios-modification-guide-allow-hot-plug-sata-and-5th-sata-port/ So do you want pics of all being unboxed aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am using this guide http://terfmop.co.uk/blog/2013/07/31/hp-proliant-n54l-bios-modification-guide-allow-hot-plug-sata-and-5th-sata-port/ So do you want pics of all being unboxed aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 i'm going to try owncloud soon, you might try as well (i'm tired of Dropbox and similars and the limited storage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hello, i'm going to try owncloud soon, you might try as well (i'm tired of Dropbox and similars and the limited storage).Look awesome until I read this: Microsoft SQL Server is not yet supportI would have perfered to use just ONE SQL server :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well box opened Bios mod done Now installing debian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 i'm going to try owncloud soon, you might try as well (i'm tired of Dropbox and similars and the limited storage). I tried Owncloud. Looks great. Setup is a breeze. One big problem: The desktop sync client is as slow as hell. And I don't mean tolerably slow, I mean - ETA of several weeks for 10GB of files to a local server with a gigabit connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'm using BitTorrent Sync between my devices and server (Ubuntu). I prefer owning my data. I've become a bit of a security nut and don't trust Dropbox. Downfall is the inability to share a single file with anyone if I needed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunger106 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Great Box, but doesn't have the grunt for MKV (any MKV, not just 1080p) transcoding in my experience - still converting my library to MP4..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 ok so little update SSH - Done DNS- Done LAMP Stack Calibre Server Plex Media Server- Done Transmission (I will be using Virtualbox so this is easiest way to download linux distros) Webmin for easy admin is services- Done Virtualbox Dropbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hello, Look awesome until I read this: I would have perfered to use just ONE SQL server :( why no SQLite? It's great! Also in the foruns there is a guy that successfully ported into MSSQL, but it seems that the owncloud devs don't give a rats ass about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 a few small NFS shares setup on the standard hdd that came with it will get a load of pics tomorrow :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 24, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2014 SSH - Done DNS- Done LAMP Stack- Done Calibre Server Plex Media Server- Done Transmission (I will be using Virtualbox so this is easiest way to download linux distros) Webmin for easy admin is services- Done Virtualbox Dropbox - Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 26, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2014 I promise i will get pics asap lol last two nights have been spent sorting out drives and moving files around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Hello, Please with a review :) Pictures are pretty but user experience is always more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted February 26, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 26, 2014 So curious why going with virtualbox vs something like LXC or openVZ or KVM, etc. Use to use virtualbox myself before I fired up esxi on my n40l -- and works great if your going to run different vms on your workstation sort of thing. But you mention downloading of linux distros - if that was not just a euphemism and you plan on running just other linux distros in vm. wouldn't something like LXC or LinuxVserver or openVZ or Xen or KVM be better suited? If you don't want to go the esxi route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witboy Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yes , try a ESXi. I think its best of all for a hosting. Why don't you try a nginx instead of apache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 27, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 27, 2014 So curious why going with virtualbox vs something like LXC or openVZ or KVM, etc. Use to use virtualbox myself before I fired up esxi on my n40l -- and works great if your going to run different vms on your workstation sort of thing. But you mention downloading of linux distros - if that was not just a euphemism and you plan on running just other linux distros in vm. wouldn't something like LXC or LinuxVserver or openVZ or Xen or KVM be better suited? If you don't want to go the esxi route? Being honest budman its just because i am used to virtualbox I will have alook at your suggestions though, vm'ing i have played with but not looked deeply into so i have not heard of the ones you mentioned :) and yes i did actually mean Linux distros lol Yes , try a ESXi. I think its best of all for a hosting. Why don't you try a nginx instead of apache? I will look into ESCi Apache....purely easiness to setup and i have used it before all the webserver is for is an locally hosted place for my wife to show family photos etc ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted February 28, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hello, i had a look thru the KVM docs today so going to try installing that tonight and giving it a go :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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