Hi, Andrew Oakley on Thu Sep 02 10:04:39 2010 did scribble :-
> I'm looking for a low power NAS box that supports: > > * Two SATA hard drives up to 2TB each in RAID1 mirroring > > * Runs Ubuntu Server or can be flashed/reinstalled to run a variant > of Ubuntu (or failing that, Debian) - in particular, must be able to > run cron/at jobs, must be able to do overnight large file transfers > and torrents > > * Is low power (I already have an miditower Linux server... it uses too > much power and does too little to warrant 24/7 ATX PSU power consumption) > > * Is silent or near-silent (may be situated in spare bedroom that is > frequently occupied) > > * Can operate in a dusty environment (may be situated in loft with dust > and occasional spiders) > > * Ideally has E-SATA and USB2 ports for occasionally connecting > external drives > > * Ideally budget of £50-£100 (without drives, I already have the 2 > drives) but up to £150 if outstanding Might blow the budget a bit but I've just ordered QNAP TS210 (£168 inc VAT & Delivery from www.cclonline.com <http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=41794>. It's just been delivered and I'll be sorting it over the weekend. It has an external PSU and runs ~14W. Will take 2TB drives and provides loads of other stuff. The installed OS is Linux - don't know what flavour but I suppose it will be replaceable with Ubuntu. I bought it as recommended by a friendly Sun engineer who came to site yesterday :) Long story but I bought two 2TB drives to replace two ageing 330GB drives in my shuttle only to find the MB doesn't support SATA II so I ended up spending more wonga on a barebones box then discovered the TS210. My son's dead chuffed - he's getting the old shuttle :) I've currently got two 1TB drives hanging off a slug (NSLU2) running debian but it's very unreliable so I'm hoping this solution will work. I'll let you know what it's really like when I get it built. TTFN D ubuntu/uk-2010-09-02.tx andrew.oak...@hesa.ac.uk ubuntu-uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Restall, Computer Nerd, Cyclist, Radio Amateur G4FCU, Bodger | | Mob +44 (0) 7973 831245 Skype: dave.restall Radio: G4FCU | | email : d...@restall.net Web : Not Ready Yet :-( | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced | | in it. People in disguise speak freely. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Any suggestions gratefully received please, thanks all. > > Andrew Oakley > Head of Software Development > Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) > 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HZ > T 01242 211460 F 01242 211122 W www.hesa.ac.uk <http://www.hesa.ac.uk/> > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Try our free UK HE Stats iPhone app - http://www.hesa.ac.uk/iapp1 > No iPhone? Use our mobile website - http://m.hesa.ac.uk/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd (HESA) is a company limited by > guarantee, registered in England at 95 Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1HZ. > Registered No. 2766993. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE. > Registered Charity No. 1039709. Certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. > > HESA Services Ltd (HSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HESA, > registered in England at the same address. Registered No. 3109219. > > This email is private and confidential. If you have reason to believe > that you have received this message in error, please contact the > sender immediately and remove it from your system. > > No employee or agent is authorised to conclude any agreement binding > on HESA/HSL without express written confirmation by the Chief > Executive or an employee of HESA/HSL with director in their title. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This outgoing email was virus scanned for HESA by MessageLabs. > _____________________________________________________________________ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
