[lug] mac mini server as 24/7 house server?

[Stephen Kraus]

And to be fair I've got 17TB of storage available, so its worth $20 a
month. I still can't figure out what drove me to buy that many 1TB drives...


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Its actually pretty damned efficient, surprisingly considering is
> quad-quad core AMD Opterons.
>
> I think I pay maybe $20 more a month for both of them running even with
> all the redundant power supplies operating.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Wow, can you hear your power meter spinning from inside the house?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I am shameless and run a Dell R905 with a RAID 6 SAS array and a
>>> PowerVault SAS array with RAID 5
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use a mac mini as a build server at work, and it works fine. I've
>>>> heard that they can have problems with overheating if they aren't well
>>>> ventilated, but I've never seen that myself. There are some quirks to OSX
>>>> versus Linux, so if you're going to be keeping that and aren't familiar
>>>> with it there will be a bit of a learning curve. Mostly just the
>>>> differences between BSD and GNU utilities. If you're going to be running
>>>> Linux on it, it should work fine, but there are probably cheaper options
>>>> out there that would work as well or better. The NUC machines mentioned can
>>>> be good. I've also had good luck with the Zotac Z-Box line, as well as
>>>> custom building something based around a mini-itx board. It will depend a
>>>> bit on exactly what your needs are.
>>>>
>>>> QH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Chip Atkinson <chip at pupman.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No, I've never heard of them until now.  Thanks!  This is exactly why
>>>>> I wrote :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2014, Bear Giles wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Have you looked at something like an Intel NUC?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Chip Atkinson <chip at pupman.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>       Hi folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       I'm thinking about replacing the rack and server in my house
>>>>>>       with a mac mini with virtual box or vmware running a linux
>>>>>>       duplicate of the hardware server that I have running at home.
>>>>>>        The old server is an HP DL385 and is never really taxed so I
>>>>>>       think a mac mini server would be able to handle the duties fine.
>>>>>>        The reason for replacing it is power consumption, noise, and
>>>>>>       space.  My excel bills are $100+/month since I brought up the
>>>>>>       server and a 7' rack takes up quite a bit of floor space.  Then
>>>>>>       there's the noise which permeates the house since the only
>>>>>>       workable space for the rack is under a heating vent, aka
>>>>>>       household speaking tube.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       Anyone have any experience with mac mini servers or know of a
>>>>>>       better option?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       Chip
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