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Recent content by Bill321

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    Let's talk about DIY build it yourself NAS style fileserver

    With these Supermicro 5 in 3s, the fan snaps out easily. Have to change a jumper then to disable the fan alarm, though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405
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    Netgear ReadyNAS Duo Reviewed

    I have a Thecus N5200 (non-Pro) running three 1 tb disks in linear mode (no raid.) I run a wake on lan command and rsync command from the XP box (listed below) and shutdown the NAS automatically when rsync is finished using the shutdown module available for the N5200. The second NAS is a home...
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    Netgear ReadyNAS Duo Reviewed

    Just my two cents: I would never rely on any Raid - even Raid 1 - as the only storage for important data. I've been burned too often. If the hardware fails, it can easily corrupt both disks (no matter what filesystem is used on the disks.) Plus, even if only one disk is gone, it is very easy for...
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    Build Your Own Atom-based NAS

    I installed using an external DVD/CD drive - comes in quite handy for installing OS's in machines when I won't need an optical drive permanantly installed. Of course, an external CDROM would work too - the normal Ubuntu Server installation download is an ISO that fits on a CD. Billl
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    Build Your Own Atom-based NAS

    Forgot to mention: I had installed 2 GB of ram in the Wind - probably overkill, but ram is so cheap now... Also - the Wind is very quiet. Finally, I installed Squeezecenter (music server) on the Wind (Ubuntu server and Webmin). Installed using "apt-get install squeezecenter" perfectly...
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