On Thu, 22 May 2008 08:38:34 +0100 Chris G cl@isbd.net allegedly wrote:
£105 for a machine with 1Gb memory, 160Gb hard disk, gigabit ethernet and space for expansion seems pretty good to me.
Yes it is cheap - if you can get them.
But if all you want from the server is something like file backup or FTP/SAMBA/NFS whatever shared store, then I'd recommend going for a Linksys NSLU2 reflashed to run the OS of your choice. Stick a large USB disk on it and Bob's your relative.
I personally run two with Debian Lenny. One is my internal DNS/DHCP server, rsync backup and apt-mirror for Ubuntu, the other runs my NTP service, proxy, and Debian apt-mirror (plus some other stuff). The beasts are fanless, quiet and consumer bugger all power. Besides. they are fun to play with. Cost around 50 quid new or less on ebay etc - plus of course the cost of a USB disk.
Take a look at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ and http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/WhatPeopleAreReallyUsingTheirSlugsFor
Mick
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