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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] home NAS

I just found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeNAS
since I was doing my best to understand the initial post (newb on this
subject) and try to research the unknown.
Hope it might be useful
Eric B


Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:02:26 -0500
> From: Martin Hicks <mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org>
> Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS
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> 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 linux (I think I'd prefer flash-based OS, with openWRT or
> something similar)
>
> 2) either slots for two 3.5" disks or external connection ability
> (USB/ESata) for data volumes, as I'd like to RAID-1 my data-holding disks
>
> It could also be a wireless router / gateway / switch, but that isn't
> mandatory since I have an ancient WRT54GS that still does the job quite
> capably.
>
> Thanks,
> mh
>
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> Martin Hicks P.Eng.      |         mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org
> Bork Consulting Inc.     |   +1 (613) 266-2296
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:13:27 -0500
> From: "Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>
> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS
> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca
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> 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 boxes similar to the Koolu out there, possibly even as small as
> a Raspberry Pi if one didn't need too much performance.
>
> JN
>
>
> On 13-01-07 10:02 AM, Martin Hicks wrote:
> > 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 linux (I think I'd prefer flash-based OS, with openWRT
> or
> > something similar)
> >
> > 2) either slots for two 3.5" disks or external connection ability
> > (USB/ESata) for data volumes, as I'd like to RAID-1 my data-holding disks
> >
> > It could also be a wireless router / gateway / switch, but that isn't
> > mandatory since I have an ancient WRT54GS that still does the job quite
> > capably.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > mh
> >
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:55:03 -0500
> From: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan [ at ] highrise [ dot ] ca>
> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS
> To: "Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>
> Cc: linux <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>
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> 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 network
> via NFS and CIFS
>
> Ya, nothing major ;-)
>
> a.
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca
> >wrote:
>
> > on
>
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