Topic: New Install - 6.5 or 7 alpha

[laurie_lewis]

I have been using 6.01 for a little while now for a home server and it does most things I want but I am about to rebuild a server and start from scratch again.....So

What do I install 6.5RC1  or   Mitel 7 alpha

I am going to run my server on a mini itx computer with up to 8 hard drives. My intention was to run hda & hdb as a raid 0 setup (software - 200 gig drives need backup as has valuable data being changed all the time) and then hdc & hdd as drives containing all my videos/music etc.  I then wanted to add at a later stage hde/f/g/h with either a SATA card or another PATA card.

My other question is can I connect a USB - ADSL modem up to either system and have it recognised as the appropriate network connection for sharing as it does for a network card during setup ?????


The server will not be accessible from the internet and is for local use only.  Will be used to obviously share files - share printers (USB connections) - mail server (spam filtering) - virus protection - music/video server (twonkyvision) and internet content filtering.

Comments appreciated.

Laurie

[CharlieBrady]

What do I install 6.5RC1  or   Mitel 7 alpha

That depends on what you want to test. Both releases are test releases, and only exist so that you can try them and report any malfunctions you find.

I am going to run my server on a mini itx computer with up to 8 hard drives.

The only two supported configurations are a single drive, or a two drive RAID1 mirrored pair.

My other question is can I connect a USB - ADSL modem up to either system and have it recognised as the appropriate network connection for sharing as it does for a network card during setup ?????

No. Nobody has developed support for USB DSL modems (AFAIK).

[psoren]

No. Nobody has developed support for USB DSL modems (AFAIK).

There is somthing here: http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/tgros/
There used to be an english howto, but the link is dead and its for 5.6

Per

[CharlieBrady]

No. Nobody has developed support for USB DSL modems (AFAIK).

There is somthing here: http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/tgros/

Thanks. It's still true that neither 6.5rc1 nor 7.0alpha has any support for USB DSL. Last I researched it various parts of the Speedtouch software weren't redistributable, so the base distribution can't legally support them. If that's still the case, complain to Alcatel.

[laurie_lewis]

Hi Charlie,

Sorry I made a typo - I meant RAID1.

I have got a 3 hard drives on my current setup, system on one and two others each one running as an i-bay.  I am using the How to by Michiel Blotwijk (http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/mblotwijk/HowToGuides/AddExtraHardDisk.htm ) As you are probably aware it uses symbolic links (new to linux so hope I have got that right)to achieve this.  Must be simple if I can follow the directions and get it to work.

To be honest I have not looked to see if SME supports additional drives through a PATA card but imagine it would.  I have seen some threads about SATA being supported so I imagine that a SATA card would work - thinking that 7 alpha more likely to have that support - then you would just have to edit the config files to add the extra devices ???

I suppose the bottom line is which will be the easier upgrade path for the future?

Thanks for the work you are doing I will just continue to tinker in the background and learn while you experts get it going.

Laurie