If you don't care that much about hardware raid, then I'd suggest the NSLU2 or the Sheevaplug.
I use the NSLU2 myself, and run debian on it. Its a mite slow, but it doesn't draw much power, nor does it generate a ton of heat. Mike On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com>wrote: > So I need to replace my dying NAS/Print server and was contemplating a > low power web server (5-10 watts) so I could stop leaving a > workstation/server on all the time. > > Aside from the massive question of what to get, there's the tricky part > of should this be 1 device or 2? > > It seems like a NAS with hardware RAID and 2-4 drives and 2-4 usb ports > would do the trick nicely, but I'm having a hard time finding out how > much power these things take and many of them seem to have custom linux > setups with oddities that would prevent me from saying running > apache/mod_wsgi/trac or plone (the 2 things I use for my websites). > > Is the trade-off of a less flexible linux install for a simpler > printer/network share config worth it? (I've done a samba printer share > before but it took me several days to figure out) > > Anyone have any suggestions about devices? > > I've been poking at: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822122022 > http://www.amazon.com/fit-PC-Slim-Diskless/dp/B001L4I9HK > and some other similar stuff... > > > Thanks, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Michael Wenk mjw...@ucdavis.edu
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