On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 09:50:21AM -0700, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> Thank you, Jeff. Questions inserted below.
>
> On 5/9/2017 7:28 AM, J dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> >
> > > Would this be sufficient for a web/file server, possibly a discussion
> > > group in the future? It seems I remember reading some where that a
> > > server should have at least 8G ram. It can be increased to 8G on this
> > > machine but it has only one slot and so I would have to spend another
> > > $50 or so for another memory card.
> > > Stan
> >
> > For what you described, this is probably more than enough for your use
> > case. The only upgrade I may consider, given the parameters you
> > describe, would be a pair of 2TB or larger HDDs and set up as a
> > software raid mirror to provide a modicum of local redundancy.
> >
>
> The machine comes with 4G ram. Should I upgrade to 8G?
> The machine comes with a 0.5TB hard drive. I am uncertain what the
> advantage of a pair of 2TB HDDs is. Could you elaborate some?
Not that I presume to speak for Jeff, but he's saying that it's probably not
necessary to upgrade the RAM. If you thought it was going to be a heavily
loaded server, then it might be worth
considering, but from what you describe, 4G should be adequate.
Jeff is suggesting setting up RAID so that if one drive died, you could
replace it. That being said, if you're not expecting to have a lot of data,
you may not need 2 TB. However, it would give you a bit of leeway if your
content expanded. He's saying 2 drives so that you could create a RAID-1
mirror, meaning that if one drive dies, you still have the second
one running.
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Scott Robbins
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