Re: Linux on ARM pt2
David Carmichael <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:55:04 -0600
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----_com.android.email_14058072473900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dale: Glad to read that your project works for you... It's amazing how muc= h computers have changed over the years! In the Sixty's Star Trek projecte= d tablets, all in one computers, SDRam cards just to name a few! I keep looking for an Android version of OpenOffice. and with cloud storag= e I could get rid of my desktop. :David On December 12, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Dale Hodge <[email protected]> wrote= : Over the past few months I've made several inquiries about running Linux se= rvers on ARM, specifically web services and email. =C2=A0After much conside= ration I moved my two domains over to a Banana Pi running a SATA SSD. =C2= =A0I chose the Banana Pi over the similar and more popular Raspberry Pi2 = =C2=A0for two reasons: Gigabit LAN and SATA. While the RPi sports a quad pr= ocessor compared to the BPi's dual core, the BPi has native SATA2 and Gigab= it LAN tied directly to the processor, whereas on RPi =C2=A0everything goes= over the USB subsystem. =C2=A0Overall performance is quite good, considera= bly improved over the old Pentium 3 server it replaced.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 In replacing my P3 servers, I've moved to multiple small devices so there i= sn't a single point of failure that can take down the entire network. Firew= all duties are now being handled by a Ubiquiti =C2=A0EdgeRouter X. =C2=A0Ub= iquiti runs it's own OS which is currently based on Debian Wheezy. =C2=A0Fi= le sharing is now handled by a Pogoplug V4 that's been hacked to boot Debia= n Wheezy. While the Pogoplug is under-powered compared to the BPi, it does = have Gigabit LAN and a SATA2 connection along with 2 USB3 connectors for on= ly $20! I've got a 1TB laptop SATA HDD sitting in the SATA slot to provide = network file sharing. =C2=A0And though under-powered, it is quite capable o= f running Transmission (a bit torrent client) and MiniDNLA (a media server)= . All my mini computers run a custom version of Debian based on Wheezy except= for the BPi, which is based on Jessie. =C2=A0Most of them also have an ARC= H Linux version available as well.=C2=A0 If anyone would like to try something similar, feel free to contact me with= any questions.=C2=A0 --Dale --=20 ---=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= ACLUG Discussion" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/[email protected] For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --=20 ---=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= ACLUG Discussion" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/[email protected] For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ----_com.android.email_14058072473900 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <style>@font-face{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}</styl= e><font face=3D"Calibri"><p dir=3D"ltr">Dale: Glad to read that your = project works for you... It's amazing how much computers have changed over = the years! In the Sixty's Star Trek projected tablets, all in one com= puters, SDRam cards just to name a few!</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">I keep looking for an Android version of OpenOffice. a= nd with cloud storage I could get rid of my desktop.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">:David</p> <br><br>On December 12, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Dale Hodge <kansasdude1@gmail= .com> wrote:<br><br><br></font><div dir=3D"ltr">Over the past few months= I've made several inquiries about running Linux servers on ARM, specif= ically web services and email. =C2=A0After much consideration I moved my tw= o domains over to a Banana Pi running a SATA SSD. =C2=A0I chose the Banana = Pi over the similar and more popular Raspberry Pi2 =C2=A0for two reasons: G= igabit LAN and SATA. While the RPi sports a quad processor compared to the = BPi's dual core, the BPi has native SATA2 and Gigabit LAN tied directly= to the processor, whereas on RPi =C2=A0everything goes over the USB subsys= tem. =C2=A0Overall performance is quite good, considerably improved over th= e old Pentium 3 server it replaced.=C2=A0<div>=C2=A0</div><div>In replacing= my P3 servers, I've moved to multiple small devices so there isn't= a single point of failure that can take down the entire network. Firewall = duties are now being handled by a Ubiquiti =C2=A0EdgeRouter X. =C2=A0Ubiqui= ti runs it's own OS which is currently based on Debian Wheezy. =C2=A0Fi= le sharing is now handled by a Pogoplug V4 that's been hacked to boot D= ebian Wheezy. While the Pogoplug is under-powered compared to the BPi, it d= oes have Gigabit LAN and a SATA2 connection along with 2 USB3 connectors fo= r only $20! I've got a 1TB laptop SATA HDD sitting in the SATA slot to = provide network file sharing. =C2=A0And though under-powered, it is quite c= apable of running Transmission (a bit torrent client) and MiniDNLA (a media= server).<br></div><div><br></div><div>All my mini computers run a custom v= ersion of Debian based on Wheezy except for the BPi, which is based on Jess= ie. =C2=A0Most of them also have an ARCH Linux version available as well.= =C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone would like to try something simil= ar, feel free to contact me with any questions.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><= div>--Dale</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> <p></p> -- <br /> <br /> --- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;ACLUG Discussion" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]">ac= lug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]</a>.<br /> For more options, visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/optout">http= s://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<br /> <p></p> -- <br /> <br /> --- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;ACLUG Discussion" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]">ac= lug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]</a>.<br /> For more options, visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/optout">http= s://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<br /> ----_com.android.email_14058072473900--