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    Unraid equivalent?

    I have experienced doing away with the big block device idea on a low-maintenance, low-perf, fault-tolerant linux server. I have used the aufs module in rw mode to stack-up drives. Aufs is normally used to overlay rw (ram) over ro supports (cd-roms, cf cards), but this works fine with 6 hdds in...
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    mid-range server + virtualization articles ?

    Some thoughts After reading the article (seriously this time) I decided to see how VMWare's bare-metal virtualization solution would fare on my PE2900. All looked awfully nice, until the management app told me it wasn't able to make my PERC controller emerge as a native device to a guest VM...
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    mid-range server + virtualization articles ?

    Oops. I should have searched better. I don't remember reading the article. I will, and comment if I think there are other aspects to the story. Thanks.
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    mid-range server + virtualization articles ?

    3 years ago I bought a "huge" poweredge2900 server. I thought it would: - replace 3 half-assed machines that were running as server - provide storage and backup for all the Lan. It did more than this, because I added virtualization to the mix. What I have, roughly, is a big NAS + an...
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    Reviews using open source firmware

    I second that. (I use Tomato from time to time.) I also wonder if Netgear's WGR614L got any review ? I think openvpn is a different issue, since it needs some processing power.
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    How Has SmallNetBuilder Helped You?

    A simple matter of trust In my case, I've followed your site and for years. Occasionally I could realize I was sharing exactly your view on a specific subject I had some knowledge of. This, with the -IMO- consistent yet practical methodology (I'm thinking of wifi, here) used when testing...
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    Fun With Networked Music: Squeezebox Boom and iPeng Reviewed

    To Tim... Tim, I don't know what server you're using for SC and feed your Boom, but I recently built one based on pcengines alix for my brother. Pictures here. Good performance, great power efficiency. And the openvpn maintenance link I included -started from webmin- is really great for...
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    SSL VPN for Macintosh?

    pfSense with OpenVPN + Viscosity or Tunnelblick I think Viscosity (openvpn mac GUI) will cost you 9 bucks or so. The rest is free and gratis. Now you need to find a hardware router with giga and the big CPU able to fill the pipes w/ encrypted data. pfsense.org seems to have listed a few...
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    Has Networking Lost Its Mojo?

    Plastic optic fiber, maybe ? I think it was no mentioned yet, I hope POF will bring back some appeal to wired networking. Non obstrusive, fast enough, can go into electrical wiring conduits.
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    How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 4: Ubuntu Server

    What about a trouble-free NAS? Tim, I guess there are a lot of casual buyers/users out there who do not exactly need the performance edge that RAID is supposed to bring. And merging devices at block-level, like with RAID or LVM, requires -should require- continuous system supervision, that's a...
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    How To Set Up Server NIC Teaming

    Linux bonding options Hello Doug, all, I feel like adding the bond linux module has different possible modes of operation; some may work, some may not, depending on your hardware, so I guess it is good to know there is room for tweaking. On a debian linux 2.6.22 box I have the following...
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