[GLLUG] Good Tiny Computer

[David Singer]

I had thought of that. I could not confirm that I could use rsync though on
the external drive. The instructions I saw were fat32 and ntfs both of which
I do not like. Do you know if rsync would work

David

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net>wrote:

> If all you're talking is a file server, you might be able to pick up
> one of the OpenWRT compatible devices with USB and use that as your
> router, too.  Many (most?) of those are fanless and completely silent.
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Charles Ulrich<charles at bityard.net>
> wrote:
> > Ha, whoops. I meant Intel Atom.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > David Singer wrote:
> >> Do you mean VIA Nano or Intel Atom?
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:56 PM, <charles at bityard.net
> >> <mailto:charles at bityard.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>     On Tue, August 4, 2009 3:58 pm, David Singer wrote:
> >>      > I currently have a smallish 1Ghz PIII dell computer that I use as
> >>     my home
> >>      > server. I would like to upgrade it to something with a very small
> >>     form
> >>      > factor and ultra low power consumption. I am moving to a tiny
> >>     apartment
> >>      > and
> >>      > there will be no room for my little dell. It also makes a lot of
> >>     noise (3
> >>      > fans) and consumes a lot of power (cheap ATX power supply).
> >>      >
> >>      > Idealy I would like something based on either a laptop chip-set
> >>     or ARM,
> >>      > Atom, Ion etc. Fanless would be great. All the server needs is
> >>     enought
> >>      > room
> >>      > to load a Linux install and maybe run SVN plus a few little apps.
> >>     Storage
> >>      > will be though external USB drive or internal HD if it fits. Most
> >>     of its
> >>      > job
> >>      > will be to serve mp3's. Video streaming to a TV is not needed as
> >>     I don't
> >>      > have a TV. Since it will be on all the time power consumption is
> a
> >>      > consideration as well. I thought about one of those wall warts
> but id
> >>      > rather
> >>      > have something slightly beefer but still in the hotel bible sized
> >>      > category.
> >>      > Cheaper is better. Nothing over $200.
> >>      >
> >>      > Anyone have recommendations? Anyone want a small old dell in a
> >>     week or
> >>      > two?
> >>
> >>     I did this same exact thing just a few months ago. The case is going
> >>     to be
> >>     the hardest part. If you want small _and_ cheap, they all have fans.
> You
> >>     can find a fanless case, but they cost a bit more.
> >>
> >>     That said, I'd highly recommend anything with the Intel Nano 330
> CPU. I
> >>     got one for my file server at home and for such a low-power,
> low-priced
> >>     thing it's pretty capable. Dual-core, 64-bit. Intel Motherboard+CPU
> >>     combos
> >>     sell on newegg for about $80. Ubuntu server runs like a dream on
> mine.
> >>     There is a small fan on the motherboard chipset, but it's fairly
> quiet.
> >>
> >>     Charles
> >>     --
> >>     http://bityard.net
> >>
> >>
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