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Grant Sewell wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: >> I've been mulling over this for a while now, and I'd appreciate some >> input from you lot on it. >> r >> Basically I'm looking to replace the box I've had running as an >> all-purpose 1-user homeserver. I've pretty much boiled it down to >> either a Debianised Buffalo HS-DH320GL 320GB Linkstation Live (ebuyer >> code: 139061) or one of those Viglen MPC-L boxes with an external USB >> harddrive. >> >> My thoughts on this so far as that the Buffalo, although it has a larger >> capacity it is harder to make it fully useful (ie Debianising it) and if >> there are problems with it, it is likely to be harder to troubleshoot, >> whereas the Viglen has less storage but can easily be expanded and it >> should be relatively trivial to Debianise it, since it can be used >> locally too it should be easier to troubleshoot if things do go wrong. >> >> I'd appreciate your input and experiences. >> >> Cheers. >> Grant. > Anyone got any thoughts? I'm still leaning towards a Viglen with bigger > harddrive. > > Grant. > Well it's probably one of the most low powered devices you can get that will run standard x86 code, other option I guess would be maybe a Via based MiniITX board or even an Intel Atom based motherboard (although IIRC it uses about 20 odd watts due to the power hungry chipset). Rob -- 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