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DIY NAS high performance vs. Vendor NAS low power consumption
I tried to install ubuntu server about 4-6 times, eventually gave up on it. The distro is just poorly maintained. If I recall, first problem was the memory stick distro insist that I put a CD in the CDROM. so I tried to mount an image as an ISO device separately to get installation working. Then... -
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DIY NAS high performance vs. Vendor NAS low power consumption
I want to comment on one observation: After both drives spun down for a while, it suddenly started to spin one of the two (mirrored) drives. I'm unable to tell why, but I figure it might be a read only op that only requires one of the two mirrors. -
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DIY NAS high performance vs. Vendor NAS low power consumption
My setup Hi First, thanks for this thread. I read it before buying my set up, after returning the Synology ds200+. I just plugged in the kill-a-watt and I'm pleased with the boot up results: My setup: three hard drives: - Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s -...