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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:20:55 +0000 Michael Mortimore wrote: > > I am seriously considering the NSLU2, or something eerily similar. > > Basically any low power consumption box that does NAS and runs Linux > > that is (relatively) easily "extend-able" to do other things as > > well. Oh, and it shouldn't break the bank. Hence my interest in > > the NSLU2. > Does that mean you're going to put debian or unslung or something on > instead of the stock firmware? Be aware that the NSLU2 only has 32Megs > of ram. (or at least it did a year or 2 ago) Yes, I was thinking of Debianising it - might as well make it use an environment I'm familiar with. :D And is 32MB really too low for what is essentially a single-user mail/web/fileserver? > I went for the linkstation pro, partly because it has 128Megs ram and > partly because it has an internal hd and 2 usb ports. Mine runs > bittorrent and the extra ram helps there. it still swaps if i run too > many at once. It costs a bit more than a NSLU2 + USB hard drive but I > thought (and still think) it was worth it. putting debian on was easy > enough. Hmm... not a bad piece of kit. I like the way it already comes with a 320GB drive - no faffing. :) Certainly worth thinking about. Any recommendations of where these can be purchased from? I tend to use eBuyer as my first point of reference - £55.29 for the NSLU2 and £126.04 for the Linkstation (at time of writing). Cheers. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html