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I just got a new dedicated server, mostly for testing and learning how to setup various configurations, etc. It has 3 drives:

Disk /dev/sda: 240 GB (=> 223 GiB) doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000 GB (=> 1863 GiB) doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/sdc: 2000 GB (=> 1863 GiB) doesn't contain a valid partition table
Total capacity 3949 GiB with 3 Disks

SDA is a SSD drive (240GB) and I'd like to have the OS installed to that drive and the other two (SDB/SDC are 2TB drives)for data. What's the best way to set it up...RAID or not? I do have a separate server...

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Chen do you have a Portal for 2.0.17. I had simple portal installed but I removed it and tried to install the beta, don't work.

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Mcrypt has been removed from PHP versions 7.2 and newer. However you can manually install it yourself if you have a dedicated or VPS server.

For Ubuntu/Debian:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-mcrypt-for-php-7-2/

For CentOS 7:

https://whattheserver.com/how-to-install-mcrypt-for-php-7-2-and-php-7-3-on-centos-7cpanel/...

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SMF Database -> Uniform collation, character set & engine type settings utility

This tool will allow you to opt your default database settings for common configurations.
The new settings options will be available in your Admin Maintenance section.
It will adjust all tables & columns to match.

This Simple Machines Forum Database Tool c/o Chen Zhen @ https://web-develop.ca
Copyright 2020 Chen Zhen
SMF DB Uniform Collation & Engine is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License

Please remember to backup your database prior to using this tool.
UTF8 or UTF8MB4 collation and character...