[aklug] Re: aklug Digest V12 #84

RE low power server (Still cannot figure out Gmail web interfae).

I ended up with a Rasberry Pi, and I love it. I was going to write up a
Trials and Tribulations of setting up a netwrkserver with a Pi, but there
are not. Plug it in, turn it on, update the o/s, then plug in an external
USB drive. I spent more on the drive than the box, and it has been "just
wrking" since March

Jim

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:29 PM, <aklug@aklug.org> wrote:

> aklug Digest Tue, 16 Jul 2013 Volume: 12 Issue: 084
>
> In This Issue:
> [aklug] Re: Begich response concerning NSA overreach.
> [aklug] low-power, bare bones Linux-based drive cage
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org>
> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:42:30 -0800
> Subject: [aklug] Re: Begich response concerning NSA overreach.
>
> Sounds sane.
> Also, I'm totally calling you "Mr. Howa" from now on.
>
> Royce
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Christopher Howard <
> christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> wrote:
>
> > FYI. And a reminder: Most of these senators and congressmen have contact
> > forms, if any of you get the urge to layer on the constituency-style
> > pressure regarding any important issues.
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Responding to your message
> Date:
> > Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:06:06 -0400 From: <noreply@begich.senate.gov><
> noreply@begich.senate.gov> To:
> > <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>
> >
> > Dear Mr. Howa:
> >
> >
> > Thank you for contacting me about the National Security Administration
> > (NSA). I share your concerns about the recent reports the government has
> > collected information about millions of Americans. I strongly believe in
> > the Constitutional right to privacy, and I am proud to have cosponsored
> > several pieces of legislation on this issue.
> >
> >
> > [snip]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: "Joshua J. Kugler" <joshua@eeinternet.com>
> Subject: [aklug] low-power, bare bones Linux-based drive cage
> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:28:49 -0800
>
> So, this is partly because I haven't been able to find what I want so far,
> and
> partly "dear lazyweb."
>
> I'm looking for a device to site on a network as a backup device.
> Basically,
> a NAS box with three or four drives bays and a low-power motherboard.
> Maybe
> even RaspberryPi-ish in a case with drives attached.
>
> I know I could get a micro (or nano) ATX case, motherboard and CPU, but
> even
> an Intel atom, or the cheapest Core i3 would be more power than we need.
>
> It doesn't need major speed: it will be rsync'ed to, and probably run
> rsnapshot jobs. Something along the lines of an ARM box running Linux
> would
> be great.
>
> It seems all the NAS boxes I find are either 1) enclosed CPU with some
> "blackbox" OS on top, so I have to use another job to run the backups, then
> copy the files over (i.e. they only export via NFS, SMB, etc), or 2) it's
> just
> a drive bay with a eSATA/USB, which means I still need another box to do
> that
> actual backing-up.
>
> So, basically, what I'm looking for is something like this:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/RAID-Enclosure-Subsystems/SubCategory/ID-509
>
> But with:
> 1) a Motherboard
> 2) a network port
> 3) a way to install an arbitrary linux distro
> 4) low-power (ARM or dead-cheap x86)
> 5) cheap (as possible)
>
> Something like this is cheap:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859324024
>
> But then, no drive bays.
>
> Something like this looks fun:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165223
>
> But, it has some built-in OS, so not the level of tinkering I'm looking
> for. I
> suppose if someone could point me to a cheap NAS device I could then flash
> with
> OpenWRT, that would work quite well.
>
> j
>
> --
> Joshua Kugler
> Part-Time System Admin/Programmer
> http://www.eeinternet.com - Fairbanks, AK
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