I've just built a server based on a ASUS A8VMX motherboard and Clarkconnect 3.2.
The MB has 2 IDE and 4 SATA interfaces and built-in graphics. It uses a VIA8251 Southbridge, which is not well supported in Linux (IIUC it's now in the 2.6.15 kernels), but I managed to build the VIA supplied patches into the CC 2.6.9 kernel without too many dramas. I'm not using RAID (I figure external usb drives are a better music backup appproach anyway), and I'm booting from a PATA drive, but in theory RAID and SATA boot can be made to work. As a barebones, the server cost me £290 complete with 250GB PATA drive, Athlon 64 3200 and 512MB RAM. I've added a couple of 200GB SATA drives that I already had. The case is functional black with plenty of internal space. The PSU fan is not the quietest ever, and the processor fan could probably be quieter too - but they could both be upgraded for not very much money if noise is a issue. Performance with SS6.5/MySQL is lightening fast - it scanned the complete library in less than 15 minutes (928 albums with 13221 songs by 444 artists) and built a playlist of 'All Songs' in just over 2 minutes. Web UI is nice and snappy. It's got to be a better approach than hacking a linkstation or using an underpowered, closed, SS NAS. Using 300GB disks, you could easily build a 1.8TB (5.5K CDs?) server this way. although you would probably need a bigger PSU! -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23716 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
