Otaking 2.0
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Plans for otaking 2.0
Hardware
New hardware will utilize most of my old gaming rig.
Pre-existing hardware
Motherboard: MSI Neo-FIS2R K8T800
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (2.0 GHz)
RAM: 2 GB
Planned purchases
2x 160-320 GB SATA HDDs; For use as system disks in a RAID 1 array
Fan controller for 3.5" drive bay to replace current 5.25" fan controller
Drive bay, 4 in 3 (four 3.5" internal bays in three 5.25" external slots, maybe the Cooler Master 4 in 3 module at komplett.se)
Software
Host OS: CentOS 5 (based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
VMware Server for Linux
Concept
Minimal host OS running multiple guest OSes with VMware Server.
Virtual Machines
| Description | Guest OS | Service(s) | Resources | Main storage | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM 1 | Firewall/
port forward | FreeBSD | (?) | ~64-192 MB RAM | Configuration saved within VMfs | |
| VM 2 | DB server | FreeBSD | MySQL 5.x | ~192-256 MB RAM | DB saved within VMfs | Current database size ~100 MB |
| VM 3 | NAS | FreeBSD | FreeNAS(?) | ~128 MB RAM(?) | Files saved within VMfs(?) | |
| VM 4 | HTTP server | FreeBSD | Apache 2.x | ~256 MB RAM | Files accessed via NAS(?) | |
| VM 5 | Mail server | FreeBSD | Courier-IMAP and Postfix
with SpamAssassin | ~128-256 MB RAM | Mailboxes accessed via NAS or local(?) | |
| VM 6 | FTP server | FreeBSD | PureFTPd(?) | ~128-256 MB RAM | Files accessed via NAS(?) | |
| Summary | ~896-1344 MB RAM
/ 2048 MB |
More services
Some form of user database connection with mail, FTP and NAS. Candidates: LDAP?
