From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-8EDF2761-CA3C-4BC7-B711-155D766AC1C8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) From: California Electric In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:31:48 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] What does your fileserver consist of? Topicbox-Message-UUID: a4d9424e-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --Apple-Mail-8EDF2761-CA3C-4BC7-B711-155D766AC1C8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim, There are other low cost alternatives than an rpi. Higher kilowatt-hour cost= for sure than an rpi, but cheap... My current 32bit bell labs distro file server is a Lenovo (IBM) m58p small f= orm factor. It has a 3.33 ghz intel core2 duo cpu, upgraded from it's stock 3= .0ghz core2 duo. I have also tested it with a 3.0ghz core2 quad cpu, and tha= t works. With AHCI set to native everything works, including multiple cores a= nd built in gigabit ethernet. I boot off a USB stick, and it runs a 512GB fo= ssil from SSD. I bought mine for 60 $US on eBay. I just checked and they are= as low as half that now. Tilted on its side it doesn't take up much shelf s= pace at all. The fossil is backed by a very large venti running under plan9port on a mac t= hat does other things, too.=20 My auth server is an rpi though, the original, and it sits on top and gets i= ts power from one of the USB ports on the fs, so it's all pretty compact and= a single switch. Greg Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2016, at 5:33 PM, James A. Robinson wr= ote: >=20 > Folks, >=20 > One of the things I'm thinking about is setting up a full Plan 9 > cluster, meaning one of the components would be a stand-alone > fileserver hooked up to a decent amount of storage. >=20 > I was wondering what experience people have had with slower or faster > machines in this role? >=20 > I was wondering whether or not it'd be feasible to hook up something > like http://tinyurl.com/jgov5gc (Amazon.com) to something small like a > Raspberry Pi 3, or if the I/O would be too much for that kind of > computer to handle. >=20 > Does anyone here run a fileserver on a small computer like a > raspberry pi 3, or perhaps something like an Intel nuc? >=20 > I wouldn't be supporting multiple users, just myself moving between > a couple of devices. >=20 > Jim --Apple-Mail-8EDF2761-CA3C-4BC7-B711-155D766AC1C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Jim,

There are other low cost alte= rnatives than an rpi. Higher kilowatt-hour cost for sure than an rpi, but ch= eap...

My current 32bit bell labs distro file server is a= Lenovo (IBM) m58p small form factor. It has a 3.33 ghz intel core2 duo cpu,= upgraded from it's stock 3.0ghz core2 duo. I have also tested it with a 3.0= ghz core2 quad cpu, and that works. With AHCI set to native everything works= , including multiple cores and built in gigabit ethernet. I boot off a USB s= tick, and it runs a 512GB fossil from SSD. I bought mine for 60 $US on eBay.= I just checked and they are as low as half that now. Tilted on its side it d= oesn't take up much shelf space at all.

The fossil is bac= ked by a very large venti running under plan9port on a mac that does other t= hings, too.

My auth server is an rpi though, the origina= l, and it sits on top and gets its power from one of the USB ports on the fs= , so it's all pretty compact and a single switch.

Greg

Sent from my i= Phone

On Oct 11, 2016, at 5:33 PM, James A. Robinson <jim.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:

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Folks,

One of the things I'm thinking ab= out is setting up a full Plan 9
cluster, meaning one of the compon= ents would be a stand-alone
fileserver hooked up to a decent amoun= t of storage.

I was wondering what experience peopl= e have had with slower or faster
machines in this role?
=
I was wondering whether or not it'd be feasible to hook up so= mething
like http://tinyurl= .com/jgov5gc (Amazon.com) to something= small like a
Raspberry Pi 3, or if the I/O would be too much for t= hat kind of
computer to handle.

Does anyo= ne here run a fileserver on a small computer like a
raspberry pi 3= , or perhaps something like an Intel nuc?

I wouldn'= t be supporting multiple users, just myself moving between
a coupl= e of devices.

Jim

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