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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] home NAS

OK found this
http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi/blog/2012/12/14/raspberry-pi-nas-with-openmediavault

Looks like it works with ssh to but needs to be started.

Eric B

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Dmitriy Korovkin <korovkin [ at ] sympatico [ dot ] ca>wrote:

> How about Raspberry Pi? It has USB ports.
>
> Dmitriy
>
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013, Eric Brackenbury wrote:
>
>  Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:43:27 -0500
>> From: Eric Brackenbury <eric [ dot ] brackenbury [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca
>> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] home NAS
>>
>>
>> I just found this:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**FreeNAS<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
>>> To: OCLUG tech list <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>         <
>>> CAJUS3Xn294sUDebTW6WjYaM0E4fpG**6Kft+h-KzvAyCyQzKJ6dg@mail.**gmail.com<CAJUS3Xn294sUDebTW6WjYaM0E4fpG6Kft%2Bh-KzvAyCyQzKJ6dg [ at ] mail [ dot ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>>> >
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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
>>> Message-ID: <50EAE617 [ dot ] 2040605 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>         <CAC_2qU_UkcrK6FHLxLJv+**5FgczSG68=
>>> GJktxuPEaDEVdGNCv_w@mail.**gmail.com<GJktxuPEaDEVdGNCv_w [ at ] mail [ dot ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>>> >
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>>
>>> 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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