Hi: I've also had a Koolu box running for over 4+ years. It continues to work well as a Samba/DHCP/DNS/WINS/DLNA/Squeezebox/Printer server. It has just barely enough capacity when run as a ubuntu server. It is beginning to get a bit "long in the tooth". I am also looking for a separate/combined box can also be a decent reliable/disk redundent low powered file server for a Windoze/Linux/Mac environment. I'd be interested in ideas posted here. I've heard some good things about FreeNas and want to figure out what complementary hardware to assemble for it. JN: Where did you find the bios upgrade to get past the Koolu's 80G disk limit? A disk failure has been my biggest concern with this box. Peter On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Send Linux mailing list submissions to > linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linux-owner [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linux digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Recommendations for home NAS (Martin Hicks) > 2. Re: Recommendations for home NAS (Prof J C Nash (U30A)) > 3. Re: Recommendations for home NAS (Aidan Van Dyk) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Martin Hicks <mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org> > To: OCLUG tech list <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:02:26 -0500 > Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS > 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 > > -- > Martin Hicks P.Eng. | mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org > Bork Consulting Inc. | +1 (613) 266-2296 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> > To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > Cc: > Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:13:27 -0500 > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS > 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 >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan [ at ] highrise [ dot ] ca> > To: "Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> > Cc: linux <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:55:03 -0500 > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for home NAS > 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 > > > > > -- > Aidan Van Dyk Create like a > god, > aidan [ at ] highrise [ dot ] ca command like a > king, > http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a > slave. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > >