[ZendTo] Recommended Ubuntu setup for zend.to server

[Ken Etter]

32 GB is way overkill unless you have something going on that we aren't
aware of.  The employee count at my office is similar to yours and I run
my ZendTo server with 4 GB and it doesn't break a sweat.  :-)
>>> Marlon Deerr via ZendTo <zendto at zend.to> 7/12/2020 2:12 PM >>>
Thanks Jules,
 
I appreciate the response.  I’ll rebuild using Ubuntu 20.04 instead. 
 
What about sizing out memory? We have roughly 90+ employees but of
that, I would say roughly 40+ of those will be actively using the
service. I was thinking of assigning 32GB to it but is that overkill?
 
 
 
From: Jules [mailto:Jules at Zend.To] 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2020 4:49 AM
To: ZendTo Users <zendto at zend.to>
Cc: Marlon Deerr <MDeerr at hshlawyers.com>
Subject: Re: [ZendTo] Recommended Ubuntu setup for zend.to server
 
Marlon,

Considering the timescales you work on, I would advise using the latest
LTS release of Ubuntu. It may well save you time in the long run.

For the storage, you might want to let Ubuntu do its default behaviour,
but put /var/zendto in a volume of its own at the end of the disk.
Everything in /var/zendto needs to be in the same volume/partition.

But if it's only a "throwaway" demo server for The Management(tm), then
it won't matter much as you'll almost certainly rebuild it before making
it a production service anyway.

When installing Ubuntu, just do a minimal install. You might want to
install the openssh-server package to give yourself remote ssh access to
it, but beyond that the ZendTo Installer will add everything it needs.

Hope that helps,
Jules.
On 11/07/2020 02:57, Marlon Deerr via ZendTo wrote:


Hello All,
 
It’s been roughly 5+ years since I have used Zend.to and roughly the
same amount of time since managing one from a Citrix XenServer host with
Ubuntu as the Linux server hosting Zend.to.  I would like to eventually
put zend.to services into production.  I have access to HP ProLiant
server that is now out of official production so I thought I would use
it to demo to upper management what zend.to can do for our environment.
 
I was wondering if someone can provide a bit of advice on best way to
set things up.
 
1.	  I have roughly 800GB of storage
2.	  I’ll be installing Ubuntu 19.10 (fresh install)
1.	  How should I allocate storage? I’m assuming either of these
are my choices
1.One large partition for OS as well as drop-offs ?
2.One partition for OS and one partition for drop-offs?
2.	  When I install Ubuntu, should I leave it fresh without any
additional software/services installed during installation?
 
Any help on best setup would be greatly appreciated.
 
Many thanks,
Marlon
 
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