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None of the above Really, all the tasks you are listing will be well served by the cheaper 210j. The difference is a bit of a faster CPU on the 209 (for $70 more). The CPU intensive tasks would show up more if you served php driven web pages, hosted windows share for a large number of...

Ubuntu 8.10 on a USB stick Hi Tim. How was your experience setting up ubuntu OS on a USB stick for your NAS tests. Could you elaborate on how you did this setup, any gotchas and pitfalls? Maybe even URLs to the on-line doc that helped you set things up. So far, I've used a partition...

Boot drive and using FreeNAS vs Ubuntu Hi Tim. To answer your question, I currently run the OS from an old 5Gig 2.5" laptop ATA hard drive. I figured, I have the unused ATA connectors so I might as well use that instead of wasting a valuable SATA connector. The ASUS P5B-E has 4...

some suggestions Hello Tim. Thanks for the article. You asked for some suggestions concerning a silent PSU. I built a home NAS which I wanted to be whisper silent. As a matter of fact, I built a few mostly silent pcs and here is what I used: PSU: Antec Earthwatt 380 (came with a case...