Re: file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, cor...@free.fr wrote: > In linux systems, are file descriptor and file handle meaning the same > stuff? In the programming language C on Linux (more generally: on POSIX systems) "File descriptor" is an integer number handed out by system calls like open(2), pipe(2), socket(2), and others. It

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread jeremy ardley
On 13/7/23 11:15, Charles Curley wrote: I'm not sure that this is correct. I have several SSDs around here, all several years old, all with swap partitions and all in daily use. None has failed me yet. Most modern SBC images for Debian and Armbian don't have a swap partition. It's not usual

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread jeremy ardley
On 13/7/23 10:15, Dan Ritter wrote: M.2 is an interface format, a micro card edge. M.2 has a set of key cutouts that specify what exact interfaces are allowed to connect. It can be used to connect PCIe, SATA, or USB devices. There are enough possibilities that it's best to reference the wikipe

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread jeremy ardley
On 13/7/23 10:49, Carl Fink wrote: Really? I have never owned a computer where I couldn't replace the SSD. Low end laptops and notebooks come with the SSD soldered to the board, usually eMMC

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:45:27 +0800 jeremy ardley wrote: > [I]t's preferable to not put a swap partition on them for wear > reasons. I'm not sure that this is correct. I have several SSDs around here, all several years old, all with swap partitions and all in daily use. None has failed me yet. A

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread David Christensen
On 7/12/23 02:44, lina wrote: Dear all, My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them into one volume? or get a file server? What is the best option for me, and wha

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread Carl Fink
On 7/12/23 22:23, Default User wrote: Now you tell me . . . In February, I transferred an existing Debian 11 setup to a new 64-bit x86 computer with an nvme ssd. I have a 1 Gb swap partition. What do to avoid wearing the ssd out? Very important these days, since you can't just open up a comput

Re: file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
cor...@free.fr wrote: > In linux systems, are file descriptor and file handle meaning the same > stuff? Almost. A file handle is a variable that can hold a file descriptor. You might reuse the file handle to hold a different file descriptor later. -dsr-

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 13/7/23 08:31, mick.crane wrote: > > I was wondering what these Nvme M2 things are and if can plug into > > motherboard or need an adaptor, are they like a RAM disk or something. > > mick > > > Depending on your motherboard you can plug them in directly. With an olde

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread Default User
On Thu, 2023-07-13 at 08:45 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 13/7/23 08:31, mick.crane wrote: > > I was wondering what these Nvme M2 things are and if can plug into > > motherboard or need an adaptor, are they like a RAM disk or > > something. > > mick > > > Depending on your motherboard you

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread jeremy ardley
On 13/7/23 08:31, mick.crane wrote: I was wondering what these Nvme M2 things are and if can plug into motherboard or need an adaptor, are they like a RAM disk or something. mick Depending on your motherboard you can plug them in directly. With an older motherboard you need a PCiE adaptor

file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-12 Thread coreyh
Hello, In linux systems, are file descriptor and file handle meaning the same stuff? Thanks.

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-07-12 17:14, gene heskett wrote: On 7/12/23 10:28, Jeffrey Walton wrote: It seems like it should be a new thread, but I want to make sure I am not missing something obvious. Jeff . My bad Jeff, get out the wet noodles & give me 30 lashes, I neglected to update the subject. But it is

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:00:30AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:07 AM jeremy ardley wrote: > > > > On 12/7/23 17:44, lina wrote: > > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > > > > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > > > On this scal

Re: latest upgrade to systemd 252.12-1 error about invalid attributes /var/log/journal and slow sshd connections

2023-07-12 Thread Gareth Evans
> On 12 Jul 2023, at 15:12, David Mehler wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm running Debian 12 on a vps. I just upgraded it and am now > apparently running the latest systemd version 252.12-1. I saw an error > about invalid attributes on /var/log/journal then it said ignoring. > I've seen others with t

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread debian-user
lina wrote: > I need to extract the data for downstream analysis. after that, these > data can be removed. Do you need all the data present at the same time to extract it? Obviously you won't need as much storage if you can analyse/extract it in sections. > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 2:24 PM Jerome

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 01:48:28PM +0200, lina wrote: > Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished > analyzing, I can just remove it. > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > > lina wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > My computer only has 2 TB data s

Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/12/23 10:28, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:40 AM gene heskett wrote: [ ...] One of the things apparently missing in today's support for the arm64 boards such as the bananapi-m5, is the lack of support for the nvme memory on some of these devices. I have quite a few of the

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
lina wrote: > Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished > analyzing, I can just remove it. OK. If your computer has sufficient physical space and SATA interfaces, you can install 5 x 18TB or 5 x 20TB or however many disks that you like, and use mdadm in linear or s

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:07 AM jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 12/7/23 17:44, lina wrote: > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > On this scale it's almost certainly easier and cheaper to use a cloud > provider who can pro

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

2023-07-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:40 AM gene heskett wrote: > [ ...] > One of the things apparently missing in today's support for the arm64 > boards such as the bananapi-m5, is the lack of support for the nvme > memory on some of these devices. I have quite a few of them, all booting > and running from 6

latest upgrade to systemd 252.12-1 error about invalid attributes /var/log/journal and slow sshd connections

2023-07-12 Thread David Mehler
Hello, I'm running Debian 12 on a vps. I just upgraded it and am now apparently running the latest systemd version 252.12-1. I saw an error about invalid attributes on /var/log/journal then it said ignoring. I've seen others with this error but only in reference as far as I can tell to the btrfs f

xrdp and KDE Plasma desktop

2023-07-12 Thread Petric Frank
Hello, i'm not sure where to look for this problem. Entering here because the Debian Bookworm is used. Installed Debian with Plasma desktop. The installed xrdp anf tigervnc- standalone-server to allow RDP connections. If i connect to this machine using xfreerdp the desktop is correctly shown. Bu

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread lina
I need to extract the data for downstream analysis. after that, these data can be removed. On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 2:24 PM Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello, > > On 12/07/2023 13:48, lina wrote: > > Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished > analyzing, I can just remove

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 12/07/2023 13:48, lina wrote: Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished analyzing, I can just remove it. Do you want a `scratch space` [1] ? What can be also interesting to know is whether you can compress your data. Best wishes, Jerome [1] https://en

Re: Firefox on wrong desktop

2023-07-12 Thread paulf
On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:17:47 +0200 didier gaumet wrote: > Le 12/07/2023 à 04:53, Manphiz a écrit : > > writes: > > > >> Folks: > >> > >> This is Bookworm, XFCE4. Using claws-mail, when I click on a web > >> link, it opens a tab for that URL on Firefox. As expected. I run > >> Firefox on desktop

Clock Icon

2023-07-12 Thread Mick Ab
I have a clock icon on my desktop PC which opens on reboot and then remains on the top right of the screen all the time. However, for some reason it has moved (not sure how this happened) and is now in the middle of the screen under my browser windows (so not visible). I would like to move the cl

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/12/23 06:52, Dan Purgert wrote: On Jul 12, 2023, gene heskett wrote: On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : [...] 2 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) Unfortunately, I'm getting wikipedia's fancy 403 at that li

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread lina
Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished analyzing, I can just remove it. On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > lina wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jul 12, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > > ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : > > [...] > > 2 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) > Unfortunately, I'm getting wikipedia's fancy 403 at that link? Seems it was doubled-

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Carl Fink
On 7/12/23 06:49, gene heskett wrote: On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd?

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd? and then merge them into one volume? I

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
lina wrote: > Dear all, > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them > into one volume? > or get a file server? > What is the best option for me, and wh

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/11/23 21:39, David Christensen wrote: On 7/11/23 13:18, Mick Ab wrote: I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive conta

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 7/12/23, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : >> I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. >> I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, > > Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd? > >> and then merge them into one volume

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread jeremy ardley
On 12/7/23 17:44, lina wrote: My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. On this scale it's almost certainly easier and cheaper to use a cloud provider who can provide a good CPU and a large attached storage. I use AWS as a prov

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd? > and then merge them into one volume? If your hardware supports 6 hard drives (5*

file server

2023-07-12 Thread lina
Dear all, My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them into one volume? or get a file server? What is the best option for me, and what is the budget? Thanks so much