Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS

2013-01-07 Thread Aidan Van Dyk
I've also got a bunch of servers turned off, only one left on... I'ld love to replace it with somehting small and lower power... My requirements are: 1) at least 2 eSATA ports 2) Sata controller supports PM on eSATA 3) Gbit NIC 4) Enough horsepower to process close 100MB/s between eSATA and the ne

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS

2013-01-07 Thread Prof J C Nash (U30A)
I've run a Koolu box for about 4 years. Claim is 15w only. Had a built-in 80g IDE drive, now replaced with 320G. 4 USBs, Ethernet, video, and sound. I run Lucid-server on it. Unfortunately, I don't think available. I'd also be interested in results Martin finds, and suspect there must be some bo

[OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS

2013-01-07 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi, I've been running a full-sized PC in a 2U rackmount case in my basement for years and years and am finding that I no longer use it except as a file server for movies and music and as a place to copy files for backup purposes. Can someone recommend a small machine that has: 1) ability to run