Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-12 Thread Tim Brocklehurst
For really low power, how about one of these: http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/arm-matrix.php I got a TS-7550 in January and from the little I've played with it so far it's a lovely piece of kit. They all run Debian as standard, so you can mix services to your preference. Tim B. On Saturda

Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-12 Thread Simon Reap
On 11/03/2011 21:33, Pierre Cazenave wrote: I've found the Fit-PC range [0] to be quite well suited to this. The original had an AMD Geode processor clocked at 500MHz with half a gig of RAM. 275 pounds minimum for the a new non wi-fi one? For the same CPU and memory as your old one,with an 8

Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-12 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 12/03/11 17:54, Andy Smith wrote: > I've bought one of these too (but it's still in its box). It sounds > much more suitable for the task at hand; while you *can* attach USB > storage to little things like GuruPlugs, I can't really think of > that as a file server. > > I prefer my data to be on

Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 08:00:05AM +, Michael Pavling wrote: > For about the same price as the Guruplug, you can get an HP > Microserver. Apples and oranges though, so just really an idea as a > comparison: > > £200 with £100 cash-back > http://www.serversplus.com/servers/tower_servers

Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-12 Thread Michael Pavling
On 11 March 2011 20:11, Robin Wilson wrote: > I've heard good things about the GuruPlug - would that be appropriate for > this situation? Would it have enough power to send video across the network > for streaming? Are there other alternatives to the GuruPlug which are larger > (size doesn't re