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[Jared Norris]

On 14 January 2013 18:34, Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> wrote:

> On 01/13/2013 01:42 PM, Tom Sparks wrote:
>
>> ...
>>>
>>> based on an old thread I asked, Paul replied with:
>>>
>>> "i can vouch for the QNAP TS-219P and the HP
>>> ProLiant Microserver as good options.  The former is a very small, quiet
>>> 2-bay NAS - on mine i wiped the factory firmware on and installed Debian
>>> squeeze.  It's ARM-based, so its CPU power is not great, but it does the
>>> job.  The latter is an x86-64-compatible server with 4 SATA bays and 1
>>> DVD-ROM bay.  It has a dual-core AMD CPU and so packs a pretty good
>>> punch.  It's slightly larger and slightly louder than the QNAP, but is
>>> much cheaper, more powerful, and more expandable." -
>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/**archives/ubuntu-au/2012-**January/007675.html<https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2012-January/007675.html>
>>>
>>
> It's nice to be quoted a year after the fact and find the advice still
> relevant. :-D
>
> I would still say the same, although given what i'm doing with my systems
> nowadays, the 512 MB RAM limitation on the QNAP and the price advantage of
> the HP mean that i'm using the HPs more.  I just deployed one as a backup
> server at a client site last week, with 4 x 3 TB drives in RAID 5.  It's
> still building the RAID set and copying files in from an old system, so
> it's not a speed demon, but it does the job nicely.
>
> Paul
>
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They look like an intriguing piece of hardware. The prices have dropped a
lot since I last looked at them and are making me wonder. I do have three
questions for those who own them though,
* how loud are they in real world applications?
* what sort of network throughput do you see?
* any surprises in the hardware running Ubuntu?

If anyone has any insight I'd be interested, I'm looking for a good balance
between power consumption and enough power to run a couple of other things
that a basic NAS can't do.

-- 
Regards,

Jared Norris
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
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