[freeside-users] New setup

Ivan Kohler ivan at freeside.biz
Tue Aug 16 16:19:49 PDT 2016


On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:29:43PM -0400, Blair Davis wrote:
> So, I have a Dell 2850.
> 
> I have Debian 8.4.0 DVD-1
> 
> What do I need to watch out for?

Lots of old Dell servers have awful PERC controllers that degrade to 
terrible write performance when there's a failed battery or disk, 
manifesting as painfully slow web UI performance.


> What options do I need to enable or
> disable in the Debian install for the server to be ready to install Freeside
> on it?

RAID is highly recommended.  Software RAID can be setup in the installer.


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Ivan Kohler
President and Head Geek
Freeside Internet Services, Inc.
http://www.freeside.biz/


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