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Koozali SME Server 10.x / Re: Disk partions for a server with an SSD and HDDs

« Last post by ReetP on September 08, 2025, 04:40:55 PM »

Need something like this to mount the array which I used to mount v9 data to a v10 server - modify as appropriate:

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# Bind mount /dev/vdb3
UUID=85d40fa6-8e7b-41b4-be8c-566813997c82 /mnt/vdb3 ext4 def
aults 0 0

# Fully mount /dev/vdb3
/mnt/vdb3/home/e-smith/files/ibays /home/e-smith/files/ibays
 ext4 bind,uquota,gquota,noatime 0 0
/mnt/vdb3/home/e-smith/files/users /home/e-smith/files/users
 ext4 bind,uquota,gquota,noatime 0 0


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Koozali SME Server 11.x Contribs / Re: SME11 mailstats contrib

« Last post by ReetP on September 08, 2025, 04:33:52 PM »

It reads the logs

How do the logs get the geoip info? Must be a lookup system to setup.somehow?

It reads/writes the relevant DB entries, which I presume is what wbl and Geoip do, so there is no conflict, just duplication of function.

Oh. Bit confused there.

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Koozali SME Server 10.x / Re: Disk partions for a server with an SSD and HDDs

« Last post by edform on September 08, 2025, 02:04:20 PM »

Thanks bunkobugsy,

As I understand your reply, rather than trying to place the /home partition on the big mirror at install time, I should install on the SSD alone and then use the add-a-disk instructions to connect the big hardware mirror and mount it into the /home partition on the SSD.

Ed Form

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Koozali SME Server 10.x / Re: Disk partions for a server with an SSD and HDDs

« Last post by bunkobugsy on September 08, 2025, 01:40:52 PM »

Also thinking about this, but it won't work out of the box in 1 step install.
Setting up SME 11 (beta for now!) with only 2 x HDD present should get you the RAID1 array.
This could be later mounted on the standalone SSD install to /home.
This could be a quick way to migrate SME10 to 11 without massive data moving.

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Koozali SME Server 10.x / Disk partions for a server with an SSD and HDDs

« Last post by edform on September 08, 2025, 01:23:56 PM »

After years away from setting up and supporting SME server installations, I want to set up an SME home server for email and file storage on a fanless PC with an SSD and a mirrored pair of spinning disks. Having searched repeatedly for several days now, both in the Wiki and the forums, and more generally in Google, I have been unable to find answers to a couple of questions and would be grateful for some help.

When installing the system, will it recognise the disk arrangement and partition accordingly, or will I need to use the partitioning tools in the install to force my desired layout of all OS stuff on the SSD and all data storage on the big HDDs?

If the answer is that I must ignore the default setup and partion the disks to suit, what are the required partitions, where should each be placed and how big should each be?

The disk arrangement is 1x256GB SSD + 2x6TB HDDs mirrored by backplane hardware.

For quick repair in the event of boot failure, I intended to duplicate the SSD once the server has been configured and store the copy.

Ed Form

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Koozali SME Server 11.x Contribs / Re: SME11 mailstats contrib

« Last post by brianr on September 07, 2025, 05:14:12 AM »

How does mailstats now do geoip?

It reads the logs

Xt-geoip contrib does more than just mail though so how will that work?
And what happens with wbl if functions are duplicated - one my most used contribs.

It reads/writes the relevant DB entries, which I presume is what wbl and Geoip do, so there is no conflict, just duplication of function.

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Koozali SME Server 11.x Contribs / Re: SME11 mailstats contrib

« Last post by ReetP on September 06, 2025, 02:45:01 PM »

How does mailstats now do geoip?

Xt-geoip contrib does more than just mail though so how will that work?

And what happens with wbl if functions are duplicated - one my most used contribs.

Just concerned about conflicts.

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Koozali SME Server 11.x Contribs / Re: SME11 mailstats contrib

« Last post by Jean-Philippe Pialasse on September 06, 2025, 01:32:16 PM »

i do not say it is not better.
i just say it might be good to move it to the right contrib

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Koozali SME Server 11.x Contribs / Re: SME11 mailstats contrib

« Last post by brianr on September 06, 2025, 09:31:39 AM »

sounds like you are doing also what was done by wbl and geoip contribs.

also i may suggest not to display the field for db password etc.

Actually that has changed. I'll take those entries out.

oh - and my approach to setting RBLs and country blocks is much easier than either wbl or geoip I think!!

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Koozali SME Server 11.x Contribs / Re: SME11 mailstats contrib

« Last post by Jean-Philippe Pialasse on September 06, 2025, 02:52:06 AM »

sounds like you are doing also what was done by wbl and geoip contribs.

also i may suggest not to display the field for db password etc.