Topic: SME Server 7.0 release status (see thread in SME 7.x forum)

[CharlieBrady]

I just did an install on an unmodified 6.5rc1 which worked fine.

In the next days i will be testing it with some contribs (clamav, spamassassin, mrtg, etc)

clamav and spamassassin are standard components of 7.0beta. It makes no sense to install them as contribs. You will almost certainly have problems if you do try to install them.

[rexgaylord]

TREYH - Did you have any luck with the Dell?  I'm thinking about picking up a Dell SC1425 with the SATA drives and I understand this problaby won't work in 6 or 6.5, but it would be nice to know that it works in 7Beta2 or above.  Thanks, anybody?

[edwardo]

   
PostPosted: 02 Sep 2005 01:28    Post subject:
TREYH - Did you have any luck with the Dell? I'm thinking about picking up a Dell SC1425 with the SATA drives and I understand this problaby won't work in 6 or 6.5, but it would be nice to know that it works in 7Beta2 or above. Thanks, anybody?

I think it will work fine with SME 7 as it is based on centos. I installed centos 4 on my SC1425 and its working fine. It detected the drives.

[smeghead]

Hi all

Just a heads up on some hardware.

Just installed 7b2 on a Compaq DL380G1; Dual PIII 1GHZ, 1GB ECC SDRAM, Serverworks chipset, Embedded SmartArray, 3 * 9GB H/S drives as a hardware RAID5, Compaq dual NIC (Intel chipset).

SME installed without a glitch with initial install taking 8 minutes and the post install taking a minute.  On reboot the 2nd part of the post install took another minute; server-gateway mode used.

Swap file is double the installed RAM.

Boots by default using the SMP kernel.

So far it runs great.

Kudos to the dev team and all those involved in bring this to fruition, looking good people.

Cheers

[Janm]

Just a heads up on some hardware to
I installed SME-7B2 Today no truble at all
Everything went fine and very quick install at all.
Diverse information.
Server only mode 1 nic

Produktspecifikation
 Produkt   IBM eserver xSeries 226 8648 - Xeon 3.2 GHz
 Type   Server
 Model   Tower - 4 U
 Dimensioner (B x D x H)   16.5 cm x 66 cm x 46.7 cm
 Vægt   25.8 kg
 Locale   Danish / Denmark
 Processor   1 x Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz - 64 bit extra 1 for dual processor
 Processor   Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
 Cachehukommelse   2 MB L2
 Cache pr. processor   2 MB
 RAM   512 MB (installet) / 16 GB (maks.) - DDR II SDRAM - 400 MHz - PC2-3200
 Controller   SCSI ( Ultra320 SCSI ) - PCI-X / 100 MHz ( Adaptec AIC-7902 )
 Diskdrev   3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
 Harddisk   1 10Gb for testing only
 Optisk   CD-ROM
 Monitor   1 for testing only
 Grafik controller   PCI - ATI RADEON 7000M - 16 MB
 Sound   Soundcard
 Network   Networkadapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
 Effect   AC 110/230 V 530 watt output

Ekspansion / Konnektivitet
 Expansion Bays Total (Fri)   2 ( 1 ) x frontadgang - 5.25" x 1/2H
1 ( 0 ) x frontadgang - 3.5" x 1/3H
6 ( 6 ) x hot-swap - 3.5" x 1/3H
 Antal Expansion Åbninger Total (Fri)   6 ( 4 ) x Hukommelse - DIMM 240-pin
2 ( 1 ) x Processor - Socket 604
1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x16
2 ( 2 ) x PCI
1 ( 1 ) x PCI-X / 133 MHz
2 ( 1 ) x PCI-X / 100 MHz
 Interface   1 x netværk - RJ-45
4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4-PIN USB type A
1 x skærm/video - VGA - 15-pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
2 x seriel - RS-232 - 9-pin D-Sub (DB-9)
1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25-pin D-Sub (DB-25)
1 x mus - generisk - 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 Style)
1 x tastatur - generisk - 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 Style)
1 x lyd - Udgang - 3,5 mm stereo-ministik
1 x lyd - Indgang - 3,5 mm stereo-ministik
1 x mikrofon - indgang - 3,5 mm mono-ministik
1 x lager - Ultra320 SCSI

The IBM eserver xSeries 226 provides superb availability at a price that small and midsize businesses can afford. New support for 64-bit extensions through Intel EM64T as well as up to 16GB DDR2 memory provides outstanding performance and helps protect investments for future growth.

PCI-Express provides high-speed I/O enhancements to support 64-bit applications you may implement now or in the future.

New, integrated IBM ServeRAID-7e (RAID-0 and -1) provides additional flexibility as a standard feature on the x226. In addition, support for new simple-swap Serial ATA models provide affordable storage that is easy to manage without needing to open the server.

ASF 2.0 - along with IBM Director - provides a new level of systems management functionality, helping you save administrative time and lower expenses. Its remote power on/off capability uses rich security to enable administrators to power clients on or off remotely - often even if the operating system is not responding. The optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II simplifies management with support for out-of-band management, monitoring and alerting to manage your server at virtually any time, from virtually any place.

Janm

[gordonr]

SME Server 7.0beta4 is on its way to the mirrors

Pretty please, with sugar on top, if it helps:

=> All bug reports to the SourceForge tracker, and only there, please:
   https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772

Planetmirror is up-to-date and the other mirrors should be there soonish.

Changelog:

7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4
====================
- Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger
- French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau
- MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor
- Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk
- PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett
- Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell
- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772

7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3
====================
- Bug fixes - not released

[pfloor]

Thanks for the kudos Gordon but I couldn't have done it without Charlie's help, a lot of help!

Most people here don't understand how much work is involved in the development of SME.  Charlie and the rest of the dev team have a plethora of knowledge that they have chosen to share with this community.  The dev team puts up with all kinds of requests (some quite redicules) and helps people like me with very limited knowledge get involved.  I would have never figured out the problem without Charlies help.

The entire dev team has treated with me total respect even when I made mistakes and asked even the dumbest of questions.  I am not even close to being a developer but they made me feel like part of the team.

I have gained a MUCH larger appreciation for all of those that have helped with the development of SME and just want to take a moment to say:

THANKS!!!

Paul

[gordonr]

Thanks for the kudos Gordon but I couldn't have done it without Charlie's help, a lot of help!

The relevant bug is here, so everyone can see how much effort Paul and Charlie put into it as a co-operative effort:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1273797&group_id=96750&atid=615772

The entire dev team has treated with me total respect even when I made mistakes and asked even the dumbest of questions. I am not even close to being a developer but they made me feel like part of the team.

You raised a bug, and followed it through many tests until it was resolved. You even told us what to change to make it work. What more can we ask? Thank you!

[stephen]

Hi guys,

Just a quick question on hardware requirements. I have tried to install SME7B1 onto a Pentium 200 - 256 MB ram but the install stalls. I can install it onto a more powerfull machine Pii350 without trouble.

I use the Pentium 200 in my IPCop DMZ as essentially a mail server and a web server. Have done this for years with SME 5.x and 6.

It may be that with the upgrade the minimum hardware requirements are just greater.

Comments anyone?

Cheers

[marsa_matruh]

RedHat only support Pentium III and higher for RHEL 4. But CentOs reintroduced all i686 and i586. So all pentium (and K6) should be supported. It should be the same for SME 7.0. Report it as a bug in the bugtracker.

[hanscees]

A fast mirror for europe is here:

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/iso/

Hans-Cees

[wellsi]

SME 7 Beta 4 Changelog and RPM List have been updated in the wiki.

As usual these are available from the Development and Upcoming Releases  pages.


Details on all RPMs in the ISO, including RPM changelog:
http://wellsi.com/sme/info/smebase.php?v=s7b4

Information on all recent releases can be found here.
http://wellsi.com/sme/info/releases.html

[Franco]

Is it me or the "Test Disk" always fail? Both b2 and now b4 fail on me. Although continuing installaion is fine.

[pfloor]

Is it me or the "Test Disk" always fail? Both b2 and now b4 fail on me. Although continuing installaion is fine.

It must be you.  "Test Disk" alway works for me and the one time it failed, I had a bad downloaded iso.

Does the md5sum match the iso that you downloaded?
If it does, you might have something wrong with your burning software.

Paul

[Franco]

Thanks pfloor,
It must be me then, I'm using wget and burning using a Mac.