On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:26:17PM -0400, Celejar wrote: >> 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: > >> 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. > > I can see going that route if physical space is an issue, however you > may find that a used laptop (e.g. with a broken screen) is cheaper. > Many local computer stores take in old boxes for recycling; perhaps one > of those for $25 would do everything and be chaper than the router. > > One way to reduce the power consumption is to not put a big PSU in the > box: efficiency is quite low in the low-percentage output range. I'd > rather have a 100W PSU running at 50% (still overkill, but I haven't > seen a 50W PSU) than a 500W running at 10%. The former will suck less > juice from the wall. > > Then look at what you put in the box. Instead of a high-end (even if > cheap) video card, use a generic PCI card, assuming that the board > doesn't have integrated graphics (like my 486 has). Of course if your > box will boot without a card at all (once you get the BIOS set up), so > much the better. Set the box to use serial console. > > As for performance, consider if you'll be encrypting the data over the > network or transfering by NFS and compressing on the backup box. My > 486 couldn't keep a 10 MB/s ethernet NFS share saturated if I expected > it to create the tarball. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Hi Can't you compress it on the client machine? Neil -- There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who cannot count ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]