On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 03:53:42PM +1000, Dave Oxley wrote:
On 18/04/12 14:06, Russell Coker wrote:
http://etbe.coker.com.au/2012/04/17/zfs-btrfs-cheap-servers/ Interesting read. It was actually the T410 that I had spec'ed from Dell. Why do you want a redundant PSU and hot-plug disks? If it's a home server then why not just take some downtime if a PSU fails and schedule downtime for disk replacement? A few years ago, downtime of the server wouldn't have been an issue. These days the server is used for all phones, TV, Internet connection,
I strongly recommend you get a little netbook computer like an eeepc to handle the internet connection, iptables, dns cache, dhcp server, asterisk and similar relatively light tasks. maybe even squid proxy. can also act as a wireless AP if you install and configure hostapd. that way, even if a power outage or dead PSU takes out the storage server for a day or two, you wont lose internet or phones. low power usage, and as it's a laptop it effectively has a 6+ hour UPS built-in (but you'll need a separate UPS for the ADSL modem anyway unless you have a USB and USB-powered ADSL modem - if any exist, that is). also, do you really want your file server to be your internet gateway and firewall? that's a completely hypocritical question, btw :)
Lighting control (CBus).
dunno anything about CBus but a netbook may be able to handle that too, if the interface is USB or ethernet. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #310: asynchronous inode failure