On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:46:30 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:35:17PM -0400, Celejar wrote: ... > > But IIUC, the power draw, especially of an old and probably energy > > inefficient computer, is much higher than that of a dedicated external > > disk enclosure. I currently use an old computer, but I'm planning to > > try some sort of home built NAS (openwrt on a router and an attached > > external drive), and I'll see how that goes. > > My 486 only uses about 20 watts with one 6 GB drive going but it won't > see a some 6 GB drives and anything larger. My P-II takes about 40 > watts with a 6 GB drive. I haven't measured my dual-P-133 Tyan. Hm, that's lower than I expected. > Remember, for just file storage, especially for backup, you don't need a > lot of processing power unless you are moving a whole lot of data over > e.g. a gigabit ethernet to a raid array and want to keep both at full > throughput. But if that's the case, a simple external disk enclosure > can't match that speed either. I understand that I don't need much processing power; that's why I was thinking of an embedded solution, i.e. openwrt on a router. > Doug. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]