On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:59:12 +0000 Neil Ronketti neil@ronketti.org allegedly wrote:
By a strange quirk of fate, I was looking for a low power system, and have ended up ordering one of these:
http://www.trustedgoods.com/product_p/nslu2.htm
Mix it with this:
and a USB drive or two of your choice (I ended up with some Western Digital wotsit) and I'm hoping I should have a cheap linux server. If it turns out to be beyond me I can just use the drive & NSLU2 as a NAS, or for holding up the tank on the K100RS while I fix the chuffin' fule pump connector again.
That's a good price. The NSLU2 has been EOL'd by Cisco and they are apearing on ebay at more than that.
I have two, both running Debian Lenny with 500 Gig disks attached and can vouch for their usability (and silence). Just don't expect them to run database driven web servers...
Mick
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