JohnSwenson;563954 Wrote: > I was going to recommend a vortexbox micro appliance, its about the size > of your hand, no fans, a 500G disk and a very nice atom processor and > plenty of memory. It comes with linux and SBS preinstalled. It uses 5 > watts. Its actually smaller than many USB drives. Its the easiest way > in the universe to get an external server up and running. > > But unfortunately they seemed to have stopped making it! They just have > its big brother, the regular vortexbox appliance with a 1TB disk and > optical drive for ripping. That one DOES have a fan. Its designed to be > used in away from the listening position connected over a network. > > Now you CAN build your own micro appliance, its built on the FitPC2 > which you can buy from Amazon. But that only comes with a 160G disk (or > no disk) so if you want more than 160G you would have to put in a larger > capacity disk. (installing a disk is quite easy). The other part is > loading the vortexbox software (which includes SBS). Right now the only > way to install it is with a CD, but the fitPC2 is tool small to have a > CD, so you have to use a USB CD drive. You don't need it for operation, > just installation. > > Other than that its a piece of cake! > > Anyway its a thought if you want something small, low power and > fanless. > > John S.
That small Votexbox sounds good, ill keep an eye out on ebay. -- Dave (Northumberland) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
