Building my mini-itx, raid 5, dual (bonded load balanced) gbit nics server

My new MINI ITX server with Openvz virtualisation and 20x debian 6 containers. Every CT gets its own job/services like samba http ftp radius imap pop3 smtp mysql etc. The 2 onboard nics are bonded together voor doubling the bandwidth. Together with the RAID 5 setup its super schnell ..!

After the hardware assembling was finisched I installed Debian 6 and OpenVZ. Then I copied al the debian containers from my old server and switched them on on my new server with lots of more processing power. This way al my servers were offline for only few seconds thanks to the flexibility of OpenVZ.

- Board: Jetway JNF99-525 Long Life Fanless Dual Core Atom Mini-ITX Board with Dual LAN, 6x SATA and Daughterboard Expansion
- 2x 2GB DDR3 1333 SODIMM for JNF99-525
- Case: CFI-A7879 Hotswap 4-Bay NAS Chassis
- 2.5in HDD Drive Bay Mounting Compact Flash to SATA Adapter for HN system

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• MINI-ITX
• miniitx
• itx
• JNC9C-550
• Openvz server
• Debian
• OpenVZ
• Linux virtualisation
• virtualisation

[GuidoKostons]

@mourningwouldcome86 Freenas is a very nice system I used it for years. Freenas is Freebsd based. OpenVZ is Linux based it can't run Freebsd. You should use a kernel based virtualisation to be able to run Freenas on the system along side lets say Windows and Linux systems.

I have Samba instead of Freenas. Since I use vlans on my network I can give each VM access to the lan(s) I want it to be on. This way I can broadcast Samba on my normal lan and on my wlan and the other services are on my dmz.

[GuidoKostons]

@mourningwouldcome86 I bought the board and case at mini-itx.com in the UK and payed 250,70 Euro (327,34 Dollar) for it. It is not cheap i know but before i used 2 desktop computers as servers that were running 24/7 wich was expensive too on my energie bill. This small system runs all my servers on one small system.

[mourningwouldcome86]

I really like both the board and the case you are using, only problem is that it's darn expensive in America (>$200). I am looking to move from Ubuntu Server to FreeNAS, but would like to put the FreeNAS in a VM and run Ubuntu Server in another. Is this feasible?

[GuidoKostons]

@pa3fat With the Lan adapters switched off and WOL disabled: Running system: 0,25 amp 55 watts

System switched off: 0,09 amp 19,8 watts

With 3x 160gb drives and 1 CF card, wake on lan switched on in the bios.

Switched on maximum measured 0,27 amps at 220v AC (59 watts)

Switched off (with WOL enabled) 0,11 amps at 220v AC (24 watts)

[GuidoKostons]

@devan12100 Hi Devan, thanks for your compliment. I put all the hardware information in the text that goes with the video you have to click on a button for the extra text to see it. The case type is Case: CFI-A7879.

[devan12100]

Great vid! What is the case model number? :)

[pa3fat]

What is the power it uses in idle/operation?