Proliant gen8 does NOT have UEFI. So I think this means I better move up to the gen10... On 1/4/23 09:44, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > After a lot of hours searching, here is what I am coming to.... > > 3.5" 2-bay standard built just does not exist these days. Pretty much > everything is at least 4-bay. > > the HP Proliant gen8 looks like a good deal, and only use 2 bays. Some > models have RAID1. > > 9x9x10 case, not too bad. > > The 1U setups end up being more as they expect them to be used for big > servers. > > Or I head over to Microcenter tomorrow (have to go anyway for a few > items, 8mi away) and see what we can build. They have a few 2-bay boxes. > > One "enticing" aspect of the gen8 is one pair of drives, 1Gb, for the > OS and another pair for the mail. > > On 1/3/23 17:42, Robert Heller wrote: >> Just search for a 2-disk 1U x86_64 (Intel or AMD) system that has >> room for 2 >> SATA drives (probably a pair 2.5" SSDs). Don't bother to search for >> RAID. >> >> Probably something like these: >> >> https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=1u+server+&iax=shopping&ia=shopping >> >> >> At Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:22:13 -0500 Robert Moskowitz >> <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: >> >>> And I am just coming up empty on my searches. >>> >>> My search foo has been really off, it seems. >>> >>> On 1/3/23 17:13, Robert Heller wrote: >>>> At Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:55:40 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Help? >>>>> >>>>> I am looking for a box I can drop Centos or one of the spinoffs that: >>>>> >>>>> Has RAID1 internal (not an external USB RAID thing) >>>>>    Can be >>>>> software or hardware >>>> All modern Linux kernels include software RAID out-of-the-box. >>>> This means any >>>> system that supports more than one disk that you can install Linux on >>>> (including CentOS) can be set up with Linux software RAID. If you want >>>> hot-swap, there are various SATA hot-swap units than can be mounted >>>> in a ATX >>>> case with front 5" or 3" spaces. A modern ATX motherboard with a >>>> AHA SATA >>>> controller will support Linux, including hot-swap SATA disks, >>>> including SATA >>>> connected SSDs. >>>> >>>>> small (4TB/drive fine) and low power >>>>> >>>>> I plan to use it ONLY for email server. perhaps >>>>> iRedMail >>>>> >>>>> I have spent a lot of time looking and not finding any such piece >>>>> of metal. >>>>> >>>>> All I find are NAS boxes with their own OS. >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> Bob (frustrated) >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos