A1 Webserver & Storage

[asian1]

Hello
I had received replies from several major webhosting companies, and all of them REFUSED to use AmigaOne, because of several reason:

1. WHAT IS AMIGA ONE?
2. Not familiar .
3. Difficult to find components / spare parts.
4. Difficult maintenance.
5. Reliability  
6. Impossible to replace parts without turning off the computer.
7. Storage problem & Disk controller cards.
8. CURSES! (ie: Gateway, Soros, Kouri etc)

The main problem is the storage (multi Terabytes):

A. Is there any Linux PowerPC SCSI or Fiber Channel driver for A1?
B. Does A1 need a special SCSI card with PowerPC BIOS on the card?
C. Is there any Linux PPC support for RAID and Multiple Channels card?
D. What is the maximum hard disk capacity?
E. What is the best hard disk size and number of hard disk for optimal performance?

Thank's

[iamaboringperson]

I had received replies from several major webhosting companies, and all of them REFUSED to use AmigaOne, because of several reason:

:roflmao:  :roflmao: are you serious?
you actually approched web hosting companies?
why?
what kind of reply did you expect?  :-o

i wouldnt be using an amigaone/pegasos for web hosting!

 :-o  :-o  :-o

[mikeymike]

Why the heck would you want an AmigaOne dedicated webserver anyway?  First off, the platform is only just in existence, two, there's no software exclusively for it that would make it a worthwhile exercise, three, there's no webserver software designed for it yet, and four, you would run a platform as a dedicated webserver publicly accessible without any experience of how well it fares on the security front?

[mikeymike]

Also, why or where did your A - F questions come from? Was that what the web hosting companies asked you to see if you knew anything about what you were asking?

asean1 rocks....

[DaveP]

@Asian

What you are recieving is called "fear of the unknown pushback". If these same web hosting companies host customers ATX based Linux boxes then you know they are talking bollards.

1. WHAT IS AMIGA ONE?
2. Not familiar .

Well this is where I figure you have asked the wrong question or gone to the wrong people. If they have their own dedicated servers and do not host other peoples equipment this is a valid response. If not then this is a dumb answer.

3. Difficult to find components / spare parts.

Its an ATX motherboard dammit, if it breaks down you replace it. Off the shelf cards! Off the shelf hard disks!

4. Difficult maintenance.
5. Reliability

(sarcasm) Yes, because it is so difficult to switch off a running board, replace it and switch on. Reliability?!? Where are they sourcing this from? Reliability compared to what?

6. Impossible to replace parts without turning off the computer.

You definately talking to the wrong people :-D This is true of any *ATX derivatives.

7. Storage problem & Disk controller cards.

What storage problem? What disk controller cardS? What are they trying to do get this think to run a Shark array?

8. CURSES! (ie: Gateway, Soros, Kouri etc)

Well that is just silly.

The main problem is the storage (multi Terabytes):

You are asking them to just connect up YOUR hardware to THEIR network arent you? Not asking them to replace their rack mounted WTX based i-series servers?

A. Is there any Linux PowerPC SCSI or Fiber Channel driver for A1?
B. Does A1 need a special SCSI card with PowerPC BIOS on the card?

AFAIK there is a FICON driver and a SCSI over PCI driver in the latest Linux distros, no idea if it has been built into the PPC distros that A1 is using. Otherwise the answer is whatever you can get for an ATX PC you can get for the A1 ( although you might need to source a driver ).  The point about the BIOS is silly.

C. Is there any Linux PPC support for RAID and Multiple Channels card?

Should be, worth looking.

D. What is the maximum hard disk capacity?
E. What is the best hard disk size and number of hard disk for optimal performance?

Who were you talking to??? :-) Clearly you didn't explain you wanted to host your own server. ?-)

[asian1]

Terrasoft

Hello
I found the PERFECT webhosting company for AmigaOne: Terrasoft.

1. They create Yellow Dog Linux for PowerPC.
2. They create Blacklab Linux Cluster software.
3. They also create "almost similar" PowerPC ATX board based on Articia chipset.
4. They also re-selling TotalImpact Briq PowerPC products.

Is it possible to replace their ATX boards (600 MHz G3) on the Linux cluster with Dual G4 AmigaOne boards (1.4 GHz)?

Is it possible to increase their bandwidth to 10 Gbps?

Is it possible to increase their bandwidth to 10 Gbps?

(in one word) NO!

[Karlos]

@Asian1

Hey geezer - I guess we know what happened to Mick Tinker's Boxer then - mustve ran into copyright problems ;-)