Home server

Paul Gear paul at libertysys.com.au
Mon Jan 14 08:34:32 UTC 2013


On 01/13/2013 01:42 PM, Tom Sparks wrote:
>> ...
>> based on an old thread I asked, Paul replied with:
>>
>> "i can vouch for the QNAP TS-219P and the HP
>> ProLiant Microserver as good options.  The former is a very small, quiet
>> 2-bay NAS - on mine i wiped the factory firmware on and installed Debian
>> squeeze.  It's ARM-based, so its CPU power is not great, but it does the
>> job.  The latter is an x86-64-compatible server with 4 SATA bays and 1
>> DVD-ROM bay.  It has a dual-core AMD CPU and so packs a pretty good
>> punch.  It's slightly larger and slightly louder than the QNAP, but is
>> much cheaper, more powerful, and more expandable." -https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2012-January/007675.html

It's nice to be quoted a year after the fact and find the advice still 
relevant. :-D

I would still say the same, although given what i'm doing with my 
systems nowadays, the 512 MB RAM limitation on the QNAP and the price 
advantage of the HP mean that i'm using the HPs more.  I just deployed 
one as a backup server at a client site last week, with 4 x 3 TB drives 
in RAID 5.  It's still building the RAID set and copying files in from 
an old system, so it's not a speed demon, but it does the job nicely.

Paul

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