Hi Jim, You're absolutely right, an storageserver with just 4GB with OS included wouldn't make sense. Therefor, I use USB attached storage.
I will attach an USB harddisk to the device to start with, and upgrade later on to a mirrored system (first start small and with hardware I got, until I'm statisfied enough to pump in money). So simply put, yes it's a real lean setup from a hardware perspective... But I won't build something completely unrealistic (I think). Too bad I can't get SmartOS running with ease though, it's 64-bit :D Any ideas on how to get packages on OpenIndiana through a USB stick? (Currently downloading complete repository since you can't download single packages... bit of a bummer)... Regards, Michael Op 21 Aug 2012, om 2:51 PM heeft Jim Klimov het volgende geschreven: > 2012-08-21 12:12, Michael Zandstra пишет: >> Hi all, >> >> Recently I decided I want a simple storage server at home. Looking at >> several options I decided to use an OpenSolaris-derative and OpenIndiana was >> an easy pick from there on. >> >> I had an old EeePC 701 4G (would be perfect to place hidden far away) laying >> around and tried the Desktop version. Though it's too bloated for my use (a >> gui was far too hard for the little fellow), it worked perfectly over WiFi. >> Then I installed the server version, since this is of course a lot less in >> resources. But for some reason the wifi-drivers are not included in the >> server version. Is there any way to copy them over and configure them >> correctly? (Probably need additional tooling for WPA2 and iwconfig or >> something like that). > > Well, these are the same OS with different sets of packages, you > have a couple of options: > > 1) Use the GUI version which includes the drivers, and just disable > the interactive graphical services from booting (or even uninstall > them, reducing the on-disk footprint - though I wouldn't recommend > that because some software you might want to add later might rely > on generic graphical libraries that go with the GUI software); > > 2) Use the "server" (text-installer) version and add the wifi > packages as you originally intended. You'd likely need a wired > LAN connection for this to happen. I don't have wifi on my boxes > so can't recommend a precise working package set; the default > installation does include some driver packages for specific chips > and the management software: > pkg://openindiana.org/system/network/wificonfig > pkg://openindiana.org/service/network/wpa > > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/rtw > realtek 8180L 802.11b driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/urtw > RealTek RTL8187L/B USB 802.11b/g Wireless Driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/mwl > Marvell 88W8363 IEEE802.11b/g Wireless Network Device Driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/ipw > Intel Pro. Wirless 802.11b IPW2100B Driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/iwh > Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100/5300 driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/iwi > Intel Pro. Wirless 802.11a/b/g IPW2200B/G IPW2915A/B/G Driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/iwk > Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/iwp > Intel(R) WiFi Link 6000 series driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/atu > Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device Driver > pkg://openindiana.org/driver/network/ath > Atheros AR52xx 802.11b/g Wireless NIC Driver > > There is likely more that I've missed, so to be on the safe side I'd > go with the GUI install and disable the GUI so as not to spend RAM. > > On a side note, WiFi might not be the best connectivity option for > a storage server - unless you want it hidden in some wall cavity ;) > > Also, the EeePC's are notably compatible with OpenSolaris since the > dawn of times, but the CPU and RAM are reportedly weak for ZFS, at > least don't expect any high performance. Lack of ECC RAM may also > be a risk to data integrity. > > Overall, laptops I've seen used as 24/7 servers tended to overheat, > which may increase the risks related to uncaught noise in RAM/CPU > and faster aging of the HDD components. In particular such life > left unremovable churn marks (imprints of keyboard keys if the > laptop was left closed, or leaked bubbles of LCD fluid) on their > display panels. Also the overheated batteries tend to wear out > really fast and without any real power-backup use - so don't > expect that your fileserver of a laptop would have an integrated > UPS for long. You've been warned, good luck ;) > > HTH, > //Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
