<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:04, Andrew Oakley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Andrew.Oakley@hesa.ac.uk">Andrew.Oakley@hesa.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>I'm looking for a
low power NAS box that supports:</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* Two SATA hard
drives up to 2TB each in RAID1 mirroring</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* 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</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* 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)</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* Is silent or
near-silent (may be situated in spare bedroom that is frequently
occupied)</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* Can operate in a
dusty environment (may be situated in loft with dust and occasional
spiders)</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* Ideally has E-SATA
and USB2 ports for occasionally connecting external drives</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>* Ideally budget of
£50-£100 (without drives, I already have the 2 drives) but up to £150 if
outstanding</span></font></div>
<div><br><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The Netgear ReadyNAS series runs some derivative of Debian internally and works well with both Windows, Ubuntu and PS3 boxes in our house. SSH and root access available for the advanced tinkerer but the default settings allow more than enough tweaking without voiding warranty.</div>
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