[ILUG] Re: [OT] selecting home file server hardware (Darragh Bailey)

[luker_luker]

 VIA  C7 EPIA EN  seems is a alternative solution.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM, keith <keith at iol.ie> wrote:

> Darragh
>
> having built several home servers on a variety of h/ware and with various
> lini my current thinking is thus.
>
> old server = power hungry, noisy, large
> new servers = massive overkill for home
> old desktops re-configured as server = slightly less power hungry, slightly
> less noisy, still ugly & large
> NAS = wont quite do all you want it to.
>
> having used an old Toshiba brick (PII, 266mhz, 64MB, 6GB) very successfuly
> for over 2 years as a f/wall (ipcop)  im now actively considering using a
> slightly more powerful DELL L400 (PIII, 700mhz, 256MB, 20GB) as both file
> server and firewall, adding a second ethernet and a 2 port USB-2 card for
> 2x500GB disks in either RAID-1 or rsync.
>
> its neat, its small, its practically silent, it will be wall mounted in a
> cupboard, and its damn all use for anything else! i dont think it does WOL,
> at least not with the current ethernet card but our usage here is nearly 20
> hours out of 24
>
> if i was buying new hardware, i'd look at anything with an Atom chip.
> price/performance/power seems unbeatable.
>
> my 2c..  as they say, YMMV.
>
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