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Having run a similar setup (self-configured) on a Raspberry Pi I see one major issue - the Pi has an ability to damage your file system after prolonged use. I'v

by zapt02 13y ago

Having run a similar setup (self-configured) on a Raspberry Pi I see one major issue - the Pi has an ability to damage your file system after prolonged use. I've had this consistently happen every 60-90 days of use. There are hundreds of reports of it in the forums. (Search for Raspberry Pi corrupt filesystem on Google) My question is - how do you plan to account for this?

jcook818 13y ago
Several ways - arkOS already has a tool (https://github.com/jacook/logrunner https://github.com/jacook/logrunner) for buffering logs in RAM before they are written to disk, thus reducing probably the top cause for SD card wear on webserver Pis. Its RAM footprint is lightweight, and it makes a huge difference over time. Secondly, with a successful crowdfund campaign the project will be able to install both to SD card AND to a USB-connected drive. Meaning that boot gets written to SD and data is stored on an external device, something more hardy than a cheap SD card. :) Finally, backup services (plural because there will be a couple different options for people to choose from) will be made a part of the core framework, making regular backups easy and data loss less of a nightmare.
- zapt02 13y ago
  Logrunner seems very useful, will try it out. With a powered USB drive it would be a nice setup! But I feel that Drydock and arkOS CONNECT do not fit your model. Setting up central backup and a VPN for your Pi is essentially just another service. The point of this was to get rid of the middleman, yet you conveniently introduce yourself as one?
  - jcook818 13y ago
    I totally understand the impression. But the goal with arkOS is to help people securely self-host with as much stability as possible. Since self-hosting is a complex and occasionally troublesome thing, some people may need help in getting properly connected. So the only reason we consider hosting those services is to help with these ends. If someone needs the services in order to self-host, I think it is better that they use them, rather than not being able to self-host at all. Any services will be 100% optional and up to the end user.
    - zapt02 13y ago
      I appreciate you taking the time to write informed answers!
gwu78 13y ago
mfs or tmpfs, and multilog Also, I like to dd the OS to the card as an image (1 write). I have no desire to untar 100's or 1000's of files (100's or 1000's of writes) to install an OS on a card.

by zapt02 13y ago

jcook818 13y ago

Several ways - arkOS already has a tool (https://github.com/jacook/logrunner https://github.com/jacook/logrunner) for buffering logs in RAM before they are written to disk, thus reducing probably the top cause for SD card wear on webserver Pis. Its RAM footprint is lightweight, and it makes a huge difference over time. Secondly, with a successful crowdfund campaign the project will be able to install both to SD card AND to a USB-connected drive. Meaning that boot gets written to SD and data is stored on an external device, something more hardy than a cheap SD card. :) Finally, backup services (plural because there will be a couple different options for people to choose from) will be made a part of the core framework, making regular backups easy and data loss less of a nightmare.

zapt02 13y ago
Logrunner seems very useful, will try it out. With a powered USB drive it would be a nice setup! But I feel that Drydock and arkOS CONNECT do not fit your model. Setting up central backup and a VPN for your Pi is essentially just another service. The point of this was to get rid of the middleman, yet you conveniently introduce yourself as one?
- jcook818 13y ago
  I totally understand the impression. But the goal with arkOS is to help people securely self-host with as much stability as possible. Since self-hosting is a complex and occasionally troublesome thing, some people may need help in getting properly connected. So the only reason we consider hosting those services is to help with these ends. If someone needs the services in order to self-host, I think it is better that they use them, rather than not being able to self-host at all. Any services will be 100% optional and up to the end user.
  - zapt02 13y ago
    I appreciate you taking the time to write informed answers!

gwu78 13y ago

mfs or tmpfs, and multilog Also, I like to dd the OS to the card as an image (1 write). I have no desire to untar 100's or 1000's of files (100's or 1000's of writes) to install an OS on a card.