On Sat, 2012-08-04 at 13:18 +0200, Spitz, Richard wrote: > > I love my orion based QNAP TS-109, and currently would upgrade to > > QNAP > > TS-119 if I would have the need, but QNAP isn't cheap. So maybe the > > Plug variants mentioned on the page instead. > > I've been following this discussion with great interest, since I am in > a similar > situation. > > What is the real advantage of running Debian on a NAS? I'm presently > using a > NSLU2 under Debian for collecting and graphing energy data in my home. > Now I > need a NAS, whose primary purpose is central data storage and backup, > while > using a minimal amount of energy. I am concerned that running Debian on > the > NAS and make it take over the NSLU2's tasks might counteract the energy > saving features of the NAS, such as disk spindown. > > Any ideas or experience on this? >
I'm currently using Debian Squeeze on a QNAP TS-119 (The old fan-less model) for over a year now. My experiences are very good. The system is officially supported by Debian. Installing went very smooth, and most remarkably: I never had any serious problem even though i have a very weird configuration (I'm running several Wordpress blogs inside Linux Containers (LXC)). For me, converting my QNAP TS-119 from a dedicated NAS device into a general purpose computer was definitively worth the trouble. Here's a link to my hardware: http://freedomboxblog.nl/about/hardware/ Just like you, i too am interested in energy consumption. My setup uses about 11 Watt when idle. This could be reduced to 9 Watt if a more energy efficient hard-disk is used. My current hard-disk uses 4.5 Watt when idle. A few months ago i built a 23 Watt Intel desktop system for which i used a wd5000azdx hard-disk that only consumes 2.1 Watt when idle. I think that spinning down the hard-disk in a full Debian system is challenging (impossible for my system that hosts several websites). Advice: buy a hard-disk with low (idle) power consumption. Best regards, Rob. http://freedomboxblog.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1344085684.3161.62.ca...@pentium.freedom.box