On 04/04/2013, at 6:24 PM, Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Nigel Roberts wrote: > >> >> >> As above, the iomega ix2-200 meets these requirements, and I only paid about >> AUD$280 for mine including 2x1TB disks 2 years ago. You can probably get >> them even cheaper these days. They were much cheaper than equivalent QNap or >> Synology boxes at the time. I'm experimenting with BTRFS on mine at the >> moment, which seems to work at least as well as EXT4+RAID 1 for my work >> loads. >> >> Nigel > > Thanks! Nigel, > > That sound about like what I'm looking for. > > Amazon has the Iomega 35550 StorCenter IX2 2 bay 4TB (2x2TB) for US$333. > This seems to be a newer model of the one you have. Some of the reviews > sound pretty good. Though, there were a few reviews complaining about DOAs.
You don't want this one (ix2). This is based on the older Orion chipset and I can't say how fast it will be. > Are there instructions for putting Debian on it, assuming there's nothing > about the 35550 that might cause problems? Funny you should ask ;) I blogged about it here: Installing Debian to disk on an ix2-200. > They also have the Iomega 35427 StorCenter ix2-200 2 TB (2 x 1TB) for US$289. > Is this the model you have? That's it. It's a pity the 6TB/4TB versions of the ix2-200 are so much more expensive. Regards, Nigel
