What's performance on the web interface using a Fit-PC? I used to run SlimServer on a dual-processor 533MHz Power Mac G4 and thought the performance was abysmal. It improved significantly moving the installation over to a 1.5GHz dual-core Mac mini. Obviously this system could be put to use as a client/workstation rather than a server. It would be great to have something lower priced and more efficient to run SlimServer as long as the performance wasn't terrible.
Someone mentioned that the Thecus N5200 NAS was very similar to the other small system mentioned, the Windows Home Server from Ripcaster. They're nothing alike. The Thecus uses only a 600MHz processor where that Home Server has a 1.5GHz chip. The Linutop seems like not much more than a more expensive and feature-light Fit-PC. It has no hard drive. I'd love to see something at this price point with multiple cores and gigabit ethernet. The Thecus looks pretty nice as a NAS which could also be capable of running SlimServer, but all reports mention its configuration software is the pits. I can't say I'm terribly excited about its speed either, though it's head and shoulders above any other consumer NAS such as the terribly slow Infrant products. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39269 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
