Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:17:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: best upgrade process for server Message-ID: <275658242.155675013.1587705464202.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <618aed37-a64b-9471-4353-366460d057d7@holgerdanske.com> References: <1810714722.149383351.1587616694832.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <618aed37-a64b-9471-4353-366460d057d7@holgerdanske.com>
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> From: "David Christensen" <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> > To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:25:17 PM > Subject: Re: best upgrade process for server > On 2020-04-22 21:38, Dale Scott wrote: > I have a SOHO LAN with one server for Samba and CVS. I do not host any > public services, so as not to saturate my residential WAN connection. I > use VPS's for public services. I'm doing the same thing but with public facing services. Until I have the problem of too many users, getting my server connection essentially for free is too good a deal. A VPS on Digital Ocean with similar performance would be ~$20/month. > When it was time to retire my previous desktop/ Linux SOHO server with > an up-to-date FreeBSD server, I bought a lightly used Dell PowerEdge T30 > with one Xeon E3-1225 v5 processor, one 8 GB ECC memory module, one 1 TB > SATA HDD, and one DVD+/-RW drive. I have been watching for a Dell or HP chassis designed for four 2.5" SSDs. > My advice would be to keep your existing server and disaster > preparedness infrastructure fully functional while you build an > end-to-end replacement. Excellent advice!
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