Hello all,
I would like to thank you all for your kind replies and
feedback in regards to migrating from a smaller hdd to a
bigger one (namely from 72gb to 146gb).
I finally found a painless way of doing this.
Since I believe that this is still an off-topic post, if
anyone is interested in the s
On 9/24/2012 7:42 PM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:
Hello all,
I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot horde,
Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts.
The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it.
However, I am running out of disk space.
It has tw
On 9/25/2012 12:29 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:
> My clients don't invest in hardware. I live in Greece. Things are really
> bad right now. Not that if they were better they (the client) would invest
> in their infrastructure.
...
> Thank you very much Stan for you kind reply.
>
> I reply to you in
t; > Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:06
> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
> >
> > Am 24.09.2012 19:42, schrieb Spyros Tsiolis:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> > %<%<%<%<%<%<%<%<
> >
> &g
Spyros Tsiolis schreef:
Hello all,
I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot horde,
Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts.
The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it.
However, I am running out of disk space.
It has two times 76Gb Drives
Am 24.09.2012 21:24, schrieb Spyros Tsiolis:
>
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
>> From: Robert Schetterer
>> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
>> Cc:
>> Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:06
>> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
>>
>> Am
On 09/24/2012 10:59 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>
> We've done this on the same hardware. You can pick up these servers for
> cheap; just buy an extra one. Take the new machine, throw two big disks
> in it, and install Gentoo.
I seem to have gone insane, I thought this was on gentoo-user for some
On 09/24/2012 01:42 PM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot horde,
> Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts.
>
> The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it.
> However, I am running out of disk sp
On 9/24/2012 1:42 PM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:
> Having said that, would it be possible to take
> away on 72Gb drive (say Drive1 the second drive)
> and shove in one of the two 146Gb ones ?
It's always best to manually take a drive off line before pulling it.
> Shouldn't the array be rebuilt ?
Dep
Spyros Tsiolis skrev den 24-09-2012 20:42:
Having said that, would it be possible to take
away on 72Gb drive (say Drive1 the second drive)
and shove in one of the two 146Gb ones ?
this can be done yes, but you will have to do more steps :)
first step, remove one drive
add the 146 drive
wait
Spyros Tsiolis skrev den 24-09-2012 19:42:
Any help would be appreciated or any ideas you might have.
try google "centos cloud server"
if you would like to do it local, use all 4 drives with 2 raid1 in the
same controller if possible, then use sysrescue cd to tar it all over to
the other ra
- Original Message -
> From: Robert Schetterer
> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:06
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
>
> Am 24.09.2012 19:42, schrieb Spyros T
- Original Message -
> From: Ed W
> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:55
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
>
> On 24/09/2012 19:07, Ed W wrote:
>> This is one of those questions which is almost too easy if you are fami
On 24/09/2012 19:07, Ed W wrote:
This is one of those questions which is almost too easy if you are
familiar with Linux. Trying not to sound like a d*ck, but is it an
option to rent someone to help with admin jobs? For example, were it
me then I would probably have setup some partitioning sch
- Original Message -
> From: Michescu Andrei
> To: Dovecot Mailing List
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:07
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
>
> Hello Spyros,
>
> Oupss... the DL360 G4 has only 2 bays and no external SCSI/SATA
> connector
Am 24.09.2012 20:07, schrieb Michescu Andrei:
> Hello Spyros,
>
> Oupss... the DL360 G4 has only 2 bays and no external SCSI/SATA
> connector... so the solution below does not really apply to you :(
>
> Andrei
depends how long downtime is acceptable
i.e go rsync tmp over usb storage, or simple
t
Hello Spyros,
Oupss... the DL360 G4 has only 2 bays and no external SCSI/SATA
connector... so the solution below does not really apply to you :(
Andrei
> Hello Spyros,
>
> As "best practice" you never have the OS and the data/logs/user homes on
> the same partition or set of disks.
>
> If this i
This is one of those questions which is almost too easy if you are
familiar with Linux. Trying not to sound like a d*ck, but is it an
option to rent someone to help with admin jobs? For example, were it me
then I would probably have setup some partitioning scheme with separate
partitions for
Am 24.09.2012 19:42, schrieb Spyros Tsiolis:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot horde,
> Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts.
>
> The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it.
> However, I am running out of disk spa
Hello Spyros,
As "best practice" you never have the OS and the data/logs/user homes on
the same partition or set of disks.
If this is the case then your life is pretty easy:
-simply create the new set of partitions
-mount the new ones in a temporary location
-rsync (or copy everything from old
Hello all,
I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot horde,
Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts.
The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it.
However, I am running out of disk space.
It has two times 76Gb Drives in RAID1 (disk mirroring)
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