[NBLUG/talk] Mouse Server

[Troy Arnold]

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:14:49PM -0700, Nat W. wrote:
> I have three hard drives, the main reason I want to keep using them is
> because it's cheaper than buying a new 750gb :p Shuttle and the mac mini
> both look like good choices, my only question then is if I do need to go
> with an external inclosure, do you guys have any questions?

You aren't going to be able to run three drives in a small case and be
fanless.  It sounds like this machine will have a lot of hours, so if you
do go with external enclosures you'll probably want one with a fan.  Look
at the reviews from a place like newegg.com, as some are quieter than
others.

If you try to run a fanless enclosure 24/7, you'll likely be purchasing
that new 750gb drive a lot sooner than you think :)

I personally like the Shuttle stuff also.  The mac-mini's suffer from the
smae problem as the 1st gen 20" iMac's -- too much form over function --
they both overheat and fail too easily.  

One last word of advice: living in a college dorm, you better epoxy
that machine to your desk, or wrap it in chains...

-t

> 
> /Nat
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at nblug.org [mailto:talk-bounces at nblug.org] On Behalf Of
> David
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:46 PM
> To: General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions,etc.
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Mouse Server
> 
> For small cases and motherboards, I recommend shuttle, as they have really
> good
> stuff in general.  they have boards with onboard ethernet (doesn't everyone
> these days) and a PCI slot, however, fitting 4 hard drives in any small case
> is
> going to be very tricky at best.
> 
> If you really don't have the room for a full tower, you might have to make
> do
> with 1 or 2 internal hard drives, and then maybe 1 or 2 external (usb or
> firewire) hard drives.  As an aside, how much space do you need?  The newest
> harddrives are 750 gigs.
> 
> ~David~
> 
> Nat W. wrote:
> > So I am going away next year, and I will be living in an area with very
> > little physical space (ie college dorm :p ) but what I am hoping to do is
> > scrounge around and build a small, hopefully fan-less, server to store my
> > files on. 
> > 
> > So, does anyone have any suggestions hardware wise for building a small
> > server? The biggest requirement is that it have either two pci slots or 1
> > pci slot and onboard Ethernet. The only suggestions I have gotten so far
> is
> > to look at soekris, but they don't seem to be what I am looking for.
> > 
> > So once again, any suggestions for an affordable small form-factor server
> > setup?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > /Nat W. 
> > PseudoWeb.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
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