grrman;299388 Wrote: > I'd be interested in seeing your specs for the ones you've built. I've > been struggling to find the right server solution myself. I do have > expansion and flexibility in mind. Would like a server with a DVD so I > can eventually rip DVDs to stream as well as music. Currently have two > TB SATA drives that I can use.
I built my server out of OLD Pentium III (766) machine with 512M of memory. I took everything out of the box that was not necessary (floppy, sound card, etc.). Then I download Ubuntu 7.10 server and have been using Putty to run it headless (it's in the basement). I do all of my ripping on my normal desktop and the FTP it to the server. (I instantly have a backup plus when I back up the desktop I have a third level backup of my library.) I have NO performance issues but I also have only a couple of plug-ins installed. I only spent money buying a larger disk drive to handle my library. I'm going to pick up a wattage measurement device to see the energy draw, but I love my server and it was basically free. YMMV, SS PS I have another of the same machine coming out of service if anyone is interested. -- Secret Squirrel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Secret Squirrel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4984 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47243 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
