Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
Clive Woodfine wrote: > On 17 April 2010 17:46, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > >> At the next Southampton meet (sometime in May and TBC) I'd be willing >> to give a talk about it and present some uses for it. There's a thread >> right now about OpenDNS and someone mentioned running your own >> resolver for speed and (geek bragging rights ;-), the 'plug is ideal >> for this. If your home LAN has several machines on it then you could >> also manage your own DNS with it. In my home it is "imran.local", so I >> can always get at things with desktop.imran.local, router.imran.local, >> debian1-xen.imran.local etc >> > Thanks Imran for the interesting info. I look forward to your talk, hopefully. > > Clive Woodfine > Me too. -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
On 17 April 2010 17:46, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > At the next Southampton meet (sometime in May and TBC) I'd be willing > to give a talk about it and present some uses for it. There's a thread > right now about OpenDNS and someone mentioned running your own > resolver for speed and (geek bragging rights ;-), the 'plug is ideal > for this. If your home LAN has several machines on it then you could > also manage your own DNS with it. In my home it is "imran.local", so I > can always get at things with desktop.imran.local, router.imran.local, > debian1-xen.imran.local etc > Thanks Imran for the interesting info. I look forward to your talk, hopefully. Clive Woodfine -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
> There has been some discussion lately about SheevaPlugs. Does anyone > have any comments on using this device or their derivatives? Or better > still willing to give a talk at the next Southampton BaB. I have been > looking at the TonidoPlug which is reasonably priced and can be used > for storage on the LAN which would probably be my main use. Has anyone > bought on of these? I have a SheevaPlug which I bought from New-IT [1]. I think it's an excellent choice for an always-on Linux server for the home. It came with Debian Lenny pre-installed. I use it for various things but primarily it's a fileserver (Samba, NFS) and backup server (rsnapshot) with an attached 1TB USB HDD. It's very stable and "just works". It has about 10 times the power of the NSLU2 [2] so you can generally do more stuff quicker with it. Whats neat is the in-built USB serial port so if there is a problem, or you want to re-install with Ubuntu or you want to mess with the bootloader it is very easy - it's like having a mini-VGA port on it. That is a useful advantage over the NSLU2. At the next Southampton meet (sometime in May and TBC) I'd be willing to give a talk about it and present some uses for it. There's a thread right now about OpenDNS and someone mentioned running your own resolver for speed and (geek bragging rights ;-), the 'plug is ideal for this. If your home LAN has several machines on it then you could also manage your own DNS with it. In my home it is "imran.local", so I can always get at things with desktop.imran.local, router.imran.local, debian1-xen.imran.local etc I've toyed with the idea of turning it into a firewall/router but the single Gigabit port is rather limiting and I didn't want to mess with USB ethernet adaptors. Since I bought it though, they have released models with two ports and wireless so I'm sure someone somewhere has done this kind of thing. [1] http://www.newit.co.uk/ -- GPG Key fingerprint = B323 477E F6AB 4181 9C65 F637 BC5F 7FCC 9CC9 CC7F -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
On 17 April 2010 09:02, Stuart Winter > Next I'm likely to buy a GuruPlug Plus and will use it to replace my PC > NAT router/storage server. > http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-guruplugdetails.aspx > > If you want to use one as a storage server (to run SAMBA or NFS for > example), I'd wait until the Guruplug Plus is released (or you can > pre-order it) -- the speed increase from using eSATA instead of USB is > well worth it. > Thanks for that tip Stuart. I think I will wait also. Clive Woodfine -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
> > still willing to give a talk at the next Southampton BaB. I have been > > looking at the TonidoPlug which is reasonably priced and can be used > > for storage on the LAN which would probably be my main use. Has anyone > > bought on of these? > > I'd like to hear about these too? I have a few of these SheevaPlugs and an OpenRD client which I use as workhorses to build Slackware ARM. Next I'm likely to buy a GuruPlug Plus and will use it to replace my PC NAT router/storage server. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-guruplugdetails.aspx If you want to use one as a storage server (to run SAMBA or NFS for example), I'd wait until the Guruplug Plus is released (or you can pre-order it) -- the speed increase from using eSATA instead of USB is well worth it. Essentially they are headless PCs with an ARM CPU (although the OpenRD Client & one of the newer "Plugs" do have a VGA port), and they're fast enough for many applications. One of the Slackware ARM users is using his SheevaPlug to stream video off a USB-attached TV card. -- Stuart Winter Slackware ARM: www.armedslack.org -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
Hi, On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 at 10:30:50AM +0100, Clive Woodfine wrote: > There has been some discussion lately about SheevaPlugs. Does anyone > have any comments on using this device or their derivatives? Or better > still willing to give a talk at the next Southampton BaB. I have been > looking at the TonidoPlug which is reasonably priced and can be used > for storage on the LAN which would probably be my main use. Has anyone > bought on of these? I'd like to hear about these too? -- Adam Trickett In a new house in Overton, Hampshire, UK, The Earth, The Solar System... -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] SheevaPlugs and offshoots.
There has been some discussion lately about SheevaPlugs. Does anyone have any comments on using this device or their derivatives? Or better still willing to give a talk at the next Southampton BaB. I have been looking at the TonidoPlug which is reasonably priced and can be used for storage on the LAN which would probably be my main use. Has anyone bought on of these? Thanks in advance for any replies. -- Clive Woodfine -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
