Matthew Daubney wrote:
>
> Ok lads and ladies, I've been giving this some thought now. I can't
> afford a new server machine, and probably shouldn't be running this
> monster 24/7. Digging around, in my price range is a Linksys NSLU2
> (about £60..) which can be reflashed with Debian.
I run a
Daniel Lamb wrote:
> Why not ask around family and friends?
>
> Surely someone will have an old laptop or even old pc which is less power
> hungry.
>
> To be honest I wouldn’t be over bothered about the energy (I say that as
> someone who provides IT support to an energy company) as there is plenty
On 03/10/2007, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Harrison wrote:
> >
> > I have a number of mates who install "home automation" stuff (web
> > control of lights, multi-room audio and so on.)
> >
> > Quite a few of them have moved to laptops for the "home control servers"
> > because
ew Daubney
Sent: 03 October 2007 23:51
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers
Mark Harrison wrote:
>
> I have a number of mates who install "home automation" stuff (web
> control of lights, multi-room audio and so on.)
>
> Quite a few of them
Mark Harrison wrote:
>
> I have a number of mates who install "home automation" stuff (web
> control of lights, multi-room audio and so on.)
>
> Quite a few of them have moved to laptops for the "home control servers"
> because of their ability to handle short power outages gracefully!
>
> For
LeeGroups wrote:
>>
>> Just something to consider;
>>
>> If you can find a lower spec PC, (1 Ghz era is plenty) it would be
>> better; your specs are very high for the occasional bit of traffic. That
>> kind of PC will idle around 180 watts, running that 24/7 will add £32.25
>> [1] a year to yo
>
> Just something to consider;
>
> If you can find a lower spec PC, (1 Ghz era is plenty) it would be
> better; your specs are very high for the occasional bit of traffic. That
> kind of PC will idle around 180 watts, running that 24/7 will add £32.25
> [1] a year to your electricity bill.
>
Tom Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* British Ubuntu Talk
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:11 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers
>
> We use old laptops as servers for some tasks, mostly IBM ThinkPads because
> they're very well supported in Ubuntu and b
-uk] Home Servers
We use old laptops as servers for some tasks, mostly IBM ThinkPads because
they're very well supported in Ubuntu and because they last for years. You
don't get the performance you'd expect from a full-size unit and
expansion/redundancy options are limited, but
We use old laptops as servers for some tasks, mostly IBM ThinkPads
because they're very well supported in Ubuntu and because they last for
years. You don't get the performance you'd expect from a full-size unit
and expansion/redundancy options are limited, but in this context (home
networks) th
On 03/10/2007, Philip Newborough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 03/10/2007, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for
> > > free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its go
On 03/10/2007, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for
> > free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its got
> > 80GB storage, integrated UPS, (very) low power consumption and w
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for
> free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its got
> 80GB storage, integrated UPS, (very) low power consumption and with
> speedstep enabled on the CPU and laptop-mode enabled on th
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ubuntu-uk-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Daubney
> Sent: 02 October 2007 20:19
> To: British Ubuntu Talk
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers
>
> James Grabham wrote:
> > If its an int
James Grabham wrote:
> If its an internet connection it will be Mb (mega bits) not MB (mega
> bytes) 8 bits in a byte ergo 8 megabits in a megabyte. :]
>
> Oh, and your server - whats the power consumption on that thing!?
>
>
Unfortunatley at the moment I'm stuck with the boxes I have and this on
John McCourt wrote:
> Hi, the servers section on http://ubuntuforums.com is
> pretty good for those sort of questions. I also run a
> file/webserver off virgin and it works pretty well.
> Ubuntu has a built in firewall but if you want to make
> any configurations to it then firestarter is a good
>
If its an internet connection it will be Mb (mega bits) not MB (mega bytes)
8 bits in a byte ergo 8 megabits in a megabyte. :]
Oh, and your server - whats the power consumption on that thing!?
On 10/1/07, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I've had a machine running as a
Hi, the servers section on http://ubuntuforums.com is
pretty good for those sort of questions. I also run a
file/webserver off virgin and it works pretty well.
Ubuntu has a built in firewall but if you want to make
any configurations to it then firestarter is a good
gui for your firewall. I use pos
Original message
From: Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 1 Oct 2007 1:24pm -07:00
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers
Hey all,
I've had a machine running as an ad-hoc web/file servery thing across my
home internet connection (shared 20Mb Virgin M
Hey all,
I've had a machine running as an ad-hoc web/file servery thing across my
home internet connection (shared 20Mb Virgin Media stuffs (MB? I always
get the upper/lower case B's confused)) and have considered turning the
machine solely over to this after getting my nice shiny new dell lapt
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