Thanks Andy. Helps me see slots for both approaches.
Back to the code development small network. Since code is not really much data a small NAS would be fine for that. Do you think that the Buffalo would have enough horsepower to handle say Subversion or Git? BobLQ On 5/27/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob La Quey wrote: > What is the advantage of using the Buffalo over just > putting together something with a generic x86 PC > to do the same thing? Price, size and noise, generally. Unless you have the x86 parts sitting around, it's pretty hard to match the equivalent price. The low-end Linkstation Live is sitting near the $200 mark. The Linkstation is very quiet and sits next to my main wireless router. Any x86 PC I could put together is going to be louder. Presumably, this also means lower power, but I haven't proven that. Size-wise, it's going to be *very* hard to beat it. The box is about 1/2 the size of even a Via EPIA case. And, unsually, it *doesn't* use a wall wart; the power supply is integrated into the case (yay!). Downsides: Fixed amount of RAM-128MB A bit underpowered (Marvell integrated ARM9 system) If you venture too far away from it's native config, you'll have to install a full Linux kernel build rather than the default one. -a -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
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