On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 10:55:49PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 10:16:17PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > Home server is slowly dying. CMOS battery died, has trouble booting > > > (though I always manage to get it to boot because I have two > > > independent ways to do it), USB died, and so forth. > > > > > > I am in process of replacing it. > > > > I have no idea what you need your server to be able to do, so it's hard > > to give good recommendations, but FWIW: > > > > - I use a BananaPi as home server. I use the USB-OTG port as a second > > network interface (i.e. the ethernet port is connected to my > > dsl-modem, and I have a desktop connected via the USB-OTG port). > > > > - You might like to take a look at the GnuBee > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1 > > That case is too small for my disk drives. They're more than 2 > and a half inches. They do say though that someday they may consider > making one for larger drives. Otherwise it's excellent. > > Come to think of it, with two gigabit ethernet ports, this could be my > network front end even if it isn't the file server. > > And I'd have to find a power supply. It doesn't seem to be built in. > Or am I misinterpretig?
Ah. They do provide a power supply for $19. Except for the size of the disk drives, this looks pretty good. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
