Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-08-20 Thread wirelessduck
On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 at 04:52, Clarke Sideroad wrote: > > On 2018-07-10 11:41 AM, John Franklin wrote: > >> On Jun 25, 2018, at 6:14 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > >> > >> I have to say your current computer is more than powerful enough for > >> your current uses and I would advise saving your money

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-10 Thread Clarke Sideroad
On 2018-07-10 11:41 AM, John Franklin wrote: On Jun 25, 2018, at 6:14 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: I have to say your current computer is more than powerful enough for your current uses and I would advise saving your money instead, perhaps instead just buy a SSD for the primary drive and some

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-10 Thread John Franklin
> On Jun 25, 2018, at 6:14 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > I have to say your current computer is more than powerful enough for > your current uses and I would advise saving your money instead, perhaps > instead just buy a SSD for the primary drive and some storage disks for > storage. > Your

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-10 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 13:13:00 -0400 Clarke Sideroad wrote: > On 2018-06-25 08:03 AM, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have an old desktop at home running Devuan ascii for some basic > > server/file storage functions. Unfortunately the disk sounds like > > it's almost dead so I took a

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-09 Thread Clarke Sideroad
On 2018-06-25 08:03 AM, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: I have an old desktop at home running Devuan ascii for some basic server/file storage functions. Unfortunately the disk sounds like it's almost dead so I took a clonezilla backup and now want to find some replacement hardware. Looking to

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-08 Thread Simon Hobson
Just to add that I run a couple of HP Microservers (one for general home server, one for MythTV) that I picked up when they had some tasty cashback offers. At my last place, we put a few of them in for customers where we needed a small basic server for something. Not exactly the highest speck

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-07 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Adam Borowski (kilob...@angband.pl): > On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 07:36:55AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote: > > As they have USB 3 you can use an adapter or external bay for your > > drive. > > Do not use the words "USB" and "disk" together, please -- in any context > that involves basic

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 07:36:55AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote: > As they have USB 3 you can use an adapter or external bay for your > drive. Do not use the words "USB" and "disk" together, please -- in any context that involves basic reliability, and, especially, not corrupting data. -- // If

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-07-07 Thread spiralofhope
CCed as I think the list is unhappy with my IP address. On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 22:03:35 +1000 wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions on what to get or where to look? > Intel vs AMD? You could get a cheap Dell laptop. Even the cheapest will be completely overpowered as

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-06-25 Thread taii...@gmx.com
I have to say your current computer is more than powerful enough for your current uses and I would advise saving your money instead, perhaps instead just buy a SSD for the primary drive and some storage disks for storage. Your current system is also pre-PSP so it lacks AMD's version of the evil ME

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-06-25 Thread aitor_czr
Hi, El 25/06/18 a las 14:03, wirelessd...@gmail.com escribió: I'm hoping I can just build/buy a replacement of some sort and load the clonezilla backup directly onto the new disk and just boot up, reinstalling the grub boot loader from livecd? Your clonezilla backup will work on the new

[DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

2018-06-25 Thread wirelessduck
I have an old desktop at home running Devuan ascii for some basic server/file storage functions. Unfortunately the disk sounds like it's almost dead so I took a clonezilla backup and now want to find some replacement hardware. Looking to get something a bit more power conservative than this old