24 Mar
2007
24 Mar
'07
6:01 a.m.
david wrote:
carmen wrote:
Thanks everyone, for your helpful replies. I'm definitely considering
getting an NSLU2 in the near future. Does anyone know what RAID options
are available - I hope that the OpenSLUG firmware would let me run a
software mirror across a couple of USB drives? I think that's all I can
hope for. I'll go try to look it up.
I would still end up with a pile of boxes and cables on the shelf (which
is something I was hoping to avoid), but if it's reliable and affordable
then it might be an acceptable compromise.
Thanks,
Michael
On Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 12:15:12PM -1000, david
wrote:
Yup, that's why I've considered replacing my box with such a thing.
But when I needed to add storage to the box, a 200GB HD was only about
$70. I get around the electric consumption by not having the server on
all the time. carmen wrote:
my shuttle adds $15 a month to my electric bill. all it really does
is hold 2 drives and do some light services which the 266 MHz XScale
would be able to handle. i should buy an NSLU2 right now, it will pay
for itself in 4 months.. On Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 06:33:39PM +0000, Michael
TD Nelson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an idea in mind for a product which I'd like to own.
> Basically, I'd like to be able to buy an enclosure that takes two
> off-the-shelf hard discs (IDE, SCSI, SATA, SAS, whatever...) and
> connects to my LAN with an ethernet cable (gigabit preferred, but
> 10/100 is acceptable).
the most popular route seems to be a network attached linux device
like NSLU2 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
afaik it doesnt have internal storage of your own, and youre
expected to plug in firewire devices, each with their own
enclosure. but its chaep, and runs linux fast enough to handle
rtorrent, NFS, smb, daapd and the like
theres similar devicse from netgear/belkin/etc. most can be made to
run linux
I do just fine using an old midtower system. Upgrading storage is
easier than many of the proprietary NAS devices.