On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:13 AM, michael <michael.copel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Clifton Royston wrote: >> >> I'd consider running a Mac Mini (tiny, silent, s/b reliable) if >> it weren't for needing 2+ drives for mirroring. >> > > this would work fine with gmirror using usb/firewire drives. > there is also the droboshare. great little fileserver. > aopen cubes run great. i've had one since 2005, runs quiet with two fans. > they fully support freebsd and it can be more than a fileserver. its about > the size of a two slice toaster. it runs below 25db of noise. > >> I'm comfortable either building my own system, or buying a packaged >> system if it offers better value. >> >> Any advice would be welcomed. >> -- Clifton >> >>
As a heads up, if you do this, do NOT use the Western Digital MyBooks...I tried this...and gave up and got a D-Link NAS. The MyBooks "sleep" after no activity, and I was getting serious corruption. --Brian -- _-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_ Brian McCann "I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me." -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"