On 9/22/20 2:14 PM, Gregory Sloop via samba wrote> As an old sage (curmudgeon if you like) I'd encourage people to really consider if the Pi is really what you want. > For me, it's not - even though it's a totally cool device conceptually. They're a ton of fun to tinker with too.I am also an old guy and didn't want to use the Rpi for this purpose. However, many years ago I turned off our land lines and had a Sprint femtocell in the house serving as the base station for our cell phones. My wife and I just used our cell phones as our main phones. For that to work a good GPS antenna was necessary (the little antenna which came with the femtocell just didn't work given the femtocell location and GPS signal). I chose an active Trimble Bullet III GPS Antenna requiring a 5V supply that was compatible with the femtocell and could be roof mounted. Once WiFi calling became available, Sprint dropped support for the femtocell. So I added a Trimble RES 360 Carrier Board and Rpi2 and created a Strata I time server. In July of 2017 a lightening strike took everything out (despite the lightening arrestor) so I migrated to RPI3 with a GPS Networking L1GPSA-N L1 Roof Antenna. I split the GPS signal and have two RPI3s each with a Trimble RES 360 Carrier Board. Since I already have this hardware providing approximately 1uS time accuracy (wouldn't want to be late for dinner), I thought I might try using them for ADs too.> For something like a MAME I'd say go for it. > Samba/ADDC? Probably not.I agree with you but circumstances (such as I retired) made me change my mind. I have Dell R710s one of which functions as my AD as well as performing other server tasks. I prefer to run CentOS 7 but given RHEL's refusal to support Samba AD functionality I have been using the Sernet packages. I thought if I used the RPI3s for the AD I could use the Samba source directly. I only use the AD for my home network and and a non-profit Alaskan malamute rescue website I support so running Samba is somewhat a hobby. Since I presently have only 1 AD using the two RPI3s would allow me to run two ADs so given that I presently only have one AD that might mitigate some of the potential issues should one of the RPI3s fail. A better idea, which I had not thought of until your message, would be to run a Debian or Ubuntu virtual machine on the Dell R710 and install the AD there. Then I could directly use Louis's packages. This option is very agreeable. -- Paul (ganci at nurdog.com) Cell: (303)257-5208
Ha! You're the exception to every rule! That's a sweet setup though! Way cheaper sacrificing a Pi to the god Zeus. LOL. Do go look at XCP-NG, if you're not familiar. Really nice. Open source and free. Cheers! -Greg PRGvs> On 9/22/20 2:14 PM, Gregory Sloop via samba wrote>> As an old sage (curmudgeon if you like) I'd encourage people to really consider if the Pi is really what you want. >> For me, it's not - even though it's a totally cool device conceptually. They're a ton of fun to tinker with too.PRGvs> I am also an old guy and didn't want to use the Rpi for this purpose. PRGvs> However, many years ago I turned off our land lines and had a Sprint PRGvs> femtocell in the house serving as the base station for our cell phones. PRGvs> My wife and I just used our cell phones as our main phones. For that to PRGvs> work a good GPS antenna was necessary (the little antenna which came PRGvs> with the femtocell just didn't work given the femtocell location and GPS PRGvs> signal). I chose an active Trimble Bullet III GPS Antenna requiring a 5V PRGvs> supply that was compatible with the femtocell and could be roof mounted. PRGvs> Once WiFi calling became available, Sprint dropped support for the PRGvs> femtocell. So I added a Trimble RES 360 Carrier Board and Rpi2 and PRGvs> created a Strata I time server. In July of 2017 a lightening strike took PRGvs> everything out (despite the lightening arrestor) so I migrated to RPI3 PRGvs> with a GPS Networking L1GPSA-N L1 Roof Antenna. I split the GPS signal PRGvs> and have two RPI3s each with a Trimble RES 360 Carrier Board. Since I PRGvs> already have this hardware providing approximately 1uS time accuracy PRGvs> (wouldn't want to be late for dinner), I thought I might try using them PRGvs> for ADs too.>> For something like a MAME I'd say go for it. >> Samba/ADDC? Probably not.PRGvs> I agree with you but circumstances (such as I retired) made me change my PRGvs> mind. I have Dell R710s one of which functions as my AD as well as PRGvs> performing other server tasks. I prefer to run CentOS 7 but given RHEL's PRGvs> refusal to support Samba AD functionality I have been using the Sernet PRGvs> packages. I thought if I used the RPI3s for the AD I could use the Samba PRGvs> source directly. I only use the AD for my home network and and a PRGvs> non-profit Alaskan malamute rescue website I support so running Samba is PRGvs> somewhat a hobby. Since I presently have only 1 AD using the two RPI3s PRGvs> would allow me to run two ADs so given that I presently only have one AD PRGvs> that might mitigate some of the potential issues should one of the RPI3s PRGvs> fail. PRGvs> A better idea, which I had not thought of until your message, would be PRGvs> to run a Debian or Ubuntu virtual machine on the Dell R710 and install PRGvs> the AD there. Then I could directly use Louis's packages. This option is PRGvs> very agreeable. PRGvs> -- PRGvs> Paul (ganci at nurdog.com) PRGvs> Cell: (303)257-5208
Everybody, In my case I used a RPi as an additional DC for a month or so while making some Samba4 AD improvements to the main DC's. My main DC's run on some nanopc Intel J1800 (cpu) based fanless (about 5" x 5" x 2") box's that by spec sheet draws a maximum of 15W to run on full load. As a DC they never run on full load. These boxes are actually designed to be run 24/7 as firewall device, PfSense, OPNsense, Untangle, etc. I found a manufacturer that I could buy these devices without wifi radio (in my case) but, it is an available option if you think you need it. Sorry, not going to advertise the manufacturer name but if you search enough you'll find them online. That RPi was demoted and reconfigured to a different job on the network and has been running for over a year with the same microsd card. No device failure as yet. Any device running as a DC seldom spikes the cpu while maintaining the network doing their Samba 4 job. I did not use the RPi as a permanent DC because, like you, I was sceptical of the reliability of the hardware. I don't think it was designed or intended to be run 24/7 like these nanopc's are. I have two nanopc that are coming up on five years running 24/7 without any hardware failure, as yet. On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 8:21 PM Gregory Sloop via samba < samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> Ha! You're the exception to every rule! > That's a sweet setup though! > Way cheaper sacrificing a Pi to the god Zeus. LOL. > > Do go look at XCP-NG, if you're not familiar. > Really nice. > Open source and free. > > Cheers! > -Greg > > > PRGvs> On 9/22/20 2:14 PM, Gregory Sloop via samba wrote > >> As an old sage (curmudgeon if you like) I'd encourage people to really > consider if the Pi is really what you want. > >> For me, it's not - even though it's a totally cool device conceptually. > They're a ton of fun to tinker with too. > PRGvs> I am also an old guy and didn't want to use the Rpi for this > purpose. > PRGvs> However, many years ago I turned off our land lines and had a > Sprint > PRGvs> femtocell in the house serving as the base station for our cell > phones. > PRGvs> My wife and I just used our cell phones as our main phones. For > that to > PRGvs> work a good GPS antenna was necessary (the little antenna which > came > PRGvs> with the femtocell just didn't work given the femtocell location > and GPS > PRGvs> signal). I chose an active Trimble Bullet III GPS Antenna requiring > a 5V > PRGvs> supply that was compatible with the femtocell and could be roof > mounted. > PRGvs> Once WiFi calling became available, Sprint dropped support for the > PRGvs> femtocell. So I added a Trimble RES 360 Carrier Board and Rpi2 and > PRGvs> created a Strata I time server. In July of 2017 a lightening strike > took > PRGvs> everything out (despite the lightening arrestor) so I migrated to > RPI3 > PRGvs> with a GPS Networking L1GPSA-N L1 Roof Antenna. I split the GPS > signal > PRGvs> and have two RPI3s each with a Trimble RES 360 Carrier Board. Since > I > PRGvs> already have this hardware providing approximately 1uS time > accuracy > PRGvs> (wouldn't want to be late for dinner), I thought I might try using > them > PRGvs> for ADs too. > >> For something like a MAME I'd say go for it. > >> Samba/ADDC? Probably not. > > PRGvs> I agree with you but circumstances (such as I retired) made me > change my > PRGvs> mind. I have Dell R710s one of which functions as my AD as well as > PRGvs> performing other server tasks. I prefer to run CentOS 7 but given > RHEL's > PRGvs> refusal to support Samba AD functionality I have been using the > Sernet > PRGvs> packages. I thought if I used the RPI3s for the AD I could use the > Samba > PRGvs> source directly. I only use the AD for my home network and and a > PRGvs> non-profit Alaskan malamute rescue website I support so running > Samba is > PRGvs> somewhat a hobby. Since I presently have only 1 AD using the two > RPI3s > PRGvs> would allow me to run two ADs so given that I presently only have > one AD > PRGvs> that might mitigate some of the potential issues should one of the > RPI3s > PRGvs> fail. > > PRGvs> A better idea, which I had not thought of until your message, would > be > PRGvs> to run a Debian or Ubuntu virtual machine on the Dell R710 and > install > PRGvs> the AD there. Then I could directly use Louis's packages. This > option is > PRGvs> very agreeable. > > PRGvs> -- > PRGvs> Paul (ganci at nurdog.com) > PRGvs> Cell: (303)257-5208 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >