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Re: [LUG] Small low power server

 

I use a linkstation pro and put debian on it. Works well enough. It's
a bit underpowered for bittorrent if you happen to be considering that
sort of thing.

On Nov 30, 2007 5:37 PM, Kelly Jones <kellyjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You might want to consider a Buffalo Link station, i don't have any personal
> experience of  them but i hear very good things from associates.
>
>  http://www.nas-central.org/index.php?title=FAQ
>
>
>
> On 30/11/2007, Samuel Toogood < sam_toogood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Greetings! It's my first post for a bit, but have been lurking all the
> > while. I'm thinking about making some purchases and I wanted to ask for
> > suggestions or advice as to whether this is sensible.
> >
> > Briefly, the situation is this. We live in a 2 bedroom flat and have a 6
> > month old daughter. At the moment, she sleeps in the same room as us,
> > but we are preparing to move her to her own room. The room that she is
> > to move into is currently a study/spare room, and has my desktop pc in
> > it, plus various other bits of equipment/junk. We are going to have to
> > get rid (via eBay, freecycle etc) of the stuff we don't use, but we're
> > not sure where to put the desktop. As we barely use the desktop as a
> > desktop (we have two laptops as well) I was wondering about getting rid
> > of that too, and replacing it with a small box that can be left on all
> > the time, and can sit in a child proof enclosure (which we need anyway
> > for the wireless router). I quite fancy the idea of having a box I can
> > ssh (if ssh is a verb) back to whilst out and have access to data.
> >
> > Ideally, the box would have low power consumption and be silent, or as
> > near as possible. We already have a 500Gb USB external hard-drive to
> > use. Having done a bit of research, I've come up with a few options, but
> > would welcome any other suggestions. The options I've come up with are:
> >
> > 1. Buying a linutop box.
> > 2. Buying something like this:
> > http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=27#build-m61g
> > 3. (Bit more wacky) Buying an ASUS eeePC, and using the battery as a
> > poor-man's UPS, although as the hard drive needs a power supply, this is
> > a moot point.
> >
> > Does any of this sound sensible?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Sam
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