[GLLUG] Low-power Home Server

[Tom Schouten]

I bought the N300.  Let's see if I can scale down requirements a bit..

Next is "debootstrap --foreign --arch mipsel squeeze squeeze" on a USB 2.5"
Looking for more info I ran into this page: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWRT

I used OpenWRT + chrooted Debian system a couple of years ago on an old 
SimpleTech SimpleShare NAS.  Worked well only for very basic stuff since 
the disk was very slow and the machine was a bit low on memory (32M).  
The Belkin has 64M so should be a little better, but still seems quite 
tight.  I'm curious if it will run asterisk.


On 06/19/2012 12:38 AM, Charles Ulrich wrote:
> Not a bad price for a hackable router, even if the stock firmware is a 
> bit crap. I might grab one to be a wifi bridge.
>
> Also, what OpenWRT class? :)
>
> Charles
>
> On 06/18/2012 11:56 PM, Tom Schouten wrote:
>> Thanks a bunch for all the answers.
>>
>> In the OpenWRT class I ran into this one today, currently $19.97 on 
>> amazon
>> Belkin Share Max N300
>> http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Share-N300-Wireless-Router/dp/B004B1Z6EE
>> There are patches for OpenWRT
>> http://manojpi.blogspot.com/2012/05/openwrt-on-belkin-share-max-n300.html 
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/18/2012 08:23 AM, Tom Schouten wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> Recently I've been doing some math and found out that running a 100W
>>> machine 24/7 at my parent's back home cost me about 150 Euros/year
>>> (Belgian electricity is quite expensive, about 20 Eurocents/kWh more
>>> than double of what it is here). The 100W was measured with power
>>> meter over period of 24h so is probably quite accurate. Includes PC,
>>> GB ethernet switch + wireless router.
>>>
>>> Anyone have an idea of how to replace this with something more
>>> power-efficient?
>>> I recently ran into [1] which seems like a nice solution. Not sure
>>> about the power though.
>>> It probably can go lower still. This[2] might be nice too.
>>>
>>> The main purpose for the server is backup, VPN, asterisk, email with
>>> spamassassin+clamav, apache and to serve as print server and gateway
>>> for the home network, maybe also PLEX but that can also run on a
>>> "real" PC if necessary.
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://mocko.org.uk/b/2012/06/17/how-i-store-my-1s-and-0s-zfs-bargain-hp-microserver-joy/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> [2] 
>>> http://www.androidauthority.com/via-android-pc-arm-49-dollars-88209/
>>>
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