At Wed, 13 May 2020 19:22:06 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:37 PM david <david@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > At 01:25 PM 5/13/2020, James Szinger wrote:
> > >On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:42:25 -0700 david <david@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Folks
> > > >
> > > > I've been trying to convert my systems to Centos 8, seeing the EOL on
> > > > the horizon a few years away. One of my systems is a Mac-Mini, and
> > > > support for that has been discontinued. I'm wondering what the
> > > > community suggests among these alternatives:
> > >
> > >I can't be specific since you didn't say how you're using the
> > >Mini. You don't even say if the Mini is PPC, i386, or x86_64.
> > >
> > > > 1) Stay with Centos 7 even after EOL hoping market pressures will
> > > > add Mac-Mini support
> > >
> > >My guess is that RH will focus on the server market.
> > >
> > > > 2) Spend a few hundred dollars on a small, **quiet** replacement
> > > > (ugh)
> > >
> > >2a) Stay on C7 until EOL (in 4 years). Then re-evaluate your hardware
> > >needs and availablilty.
> > >
> > > > 3) Convert to the Debian/Ubuntu distro.
> > > >
> > > > 4) Hope someone figures out a solution.
> > >
> > >Beware. This might end up being very fragile.
> > >
> > >5) Switch to Fedora which has better hardware support and more software.
> > >
> > >Jim
> > >___________
> >
> >
> > Jim
> > Sorry that I omitted those details, so...
> > Intended use: Gateway to my in-house network, providing DNS
> > (internal only), DHCP, Mail server, and web server, backup storage
> > for some systems
> >
> > As a web server, the load is low, so large USB-connected disk works just fine.
> > As a backup device, I am using ZFS and it works well.
> > As a mail server, it's my personal mail primarily, likely running
> > sendmail or postfix.
> >
> Two thoughts:
>
> 1) Have you considered moving the storage business to another host so
> not to have a single point of failure?
> 2) Would a $60 Raspberry Pi 4GB be a good replacement? 2 USB3 ports
> and 1 GB ether port. My Synology storage appliance thingie is much
> dumber than that and has not missed a beat in years.
There are some Chinese 64-bit ARM boards (Cubitruck, Banana Pi) that include
SATA interfaces. There also various Allwinner A64 boards out there. There
are some people in Bulgaria that have an ARM-based (Allwinner A64) "laptop"
kit, and sells the parts separately, so one can build a custom "box" with a
64-bit ARM that is not specificly a laptop.
Some of the Chinese 64-bit ARM boards have multiple network ports, mini-PCI,
built in Ethernet switches -- these are intended as the guts for a router
(some can also be used as WiFi access points). And some of these also have
SATA ports.
I don't know if *CentOS* is supported, but there are Debian, Ubuntu, and
Fedora images available for these.
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>
> > Mac-mini is an x86_64.
> >
> > For use as a gateway, I use the Ethernet connect as a link to a
> > gigabyte switch and WiFi access point, and use a usb-connected dongle
> > for the ethernet connect to the modem/internet.
> >
> > David
> >
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