Posts by Skyrider

Was unable to edit my message, here are the results for the older server (RS 4000 G8E)

https://serverscope.io/trials/AZZM

Quite the difference between G8 and G9.

So definitely worth upgrading.

As of today, I ordered the RS 4000 G9 server. Maybe people would find it interesting what the benchmark results are:

https://serverscope.io/trials/NYYy

Ran on a clean minimal Ubuntu 18.04 installation as 20.04 didn't work with this script due to python.

Regards,

Skyrider

Valkyrie wrote:

It just depends on your needs. If you don't need 1TB of storage I would always choose SSD. Mainly because the system feels way more responsive and faster IMO.

In case you actually need the storage, sure, switch to SAS. I guess your sites aren't big enough that some databases absolutely have to sit on an SSD.

What do you define as not big enough? 10+GB or below?, I currently do have space left. But I feel it's always nice to have more.

Yea, I'm familiar with ZFS's ARC. Which though, memory can be set in its config. But I also noticed this:

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Do not use ZFS on top of hardware controller which has its own cache management. ZFS needs to directly communicate with disks. An HBA adapter is the way to go, or something like LSI controller flashed in “IT” mode.

Which means it's not a good idea to use ZFS with compression to start with as netcup uses hardware raid.

Nice how you split the volume, I'll look into that!

What does your script exactly do by the way? port forwarding what exactly?

I've been looking into proxmox and wanting to use it for my RS 4000 G8SE server.

Just wanted to know if I should know something before I install it. Should I use the entire partition for ZFS or EXT4? Any experiences? Issues? Seeing I can only install prox with RAID0 seeing I only have a single "disk" so to speak.

I've been looking into docker as well, but I am not sure yet if I wish to use that. Seeing docker likes to mess with the firewall and is mostly only compatible with iptables, and is incompatible with ufw. Plus, the hassle of removing entire templates just for reinstallation while separating the data sounds like a pain to me.

As such I've been looking into Proxmox. And wanted to know if anyone can share me some experiences with it, and issues. And how they are storing their templates (no VM's). Thus far, I only have 1 ZFS container on LXD (no prox yet) while the main partition is using EXT4.

Regards,

Skyrider

G9 RS? I can't find any information regarding that. And will it be at the same costs as the current RS 4000 G8?

Regards,

Skyrider

Please erase this thread, created a new one ^^. Seeing this one still needs to be validated by a moderator and I recently linked my account properly.

I currently have a RS 4000 G8SE with 140GB SSD.

My question if I should switch from SSD to SAS and I'd like to know some people who have experience in this department.

I currently use the server for multiple forums and websites, IRC bouncer, Discord bots. What do you guys use from SSD and for SAS? And why? Should I switch to SAS instead?

Only reason why I'm considering it because with SAS I'd be almost getting 1TB, rather than 140GB SSD.

Regards,

Skyrider

I currently have a RS 4000 G8SE with 140GB SSD.

My question if I should switch from SSD to SAS and I'd like to know some people who have experience in this department.

I currently use the server for multiple forums and websites, IRC bouncer, Discord bots. What do you guys use from SSD and for SAS? And why? Should I switch to SAS instead?

Only reason why I'm considering it because with SAS I'd be almost getting 1TB, rather than 140GB SSD.

Regards,

Skyrider