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On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 09:22:29AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: > Back in May, that was Federico's topic. I looked at the Synology DS409 > and RS409 and Thecus 4100Pro systems. They were both highly rated and > the only significant con in the reviews was the fan noise from the > Thecus, but in our case it would sit in the rack in the computer room we > share with others and would certainly be more quiet than our current > Intel whitebox systems. Essentially for $600 including the 2-4TB drives > with the WD MyBook II vs the $900+ prices of the Synology and Thecus > systems (including the drives), the WD wins. I don't know what kind of > budget my boss has, but I know the WD fits and will work in our situation. Have you looked at the qnap systems? Some are ARM based, and these can run Debian if you're so inclined: http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/ The only thing to look out for is that the newest models (TS-219, for instance) are much much faster than the older TS-209). The TS-219 shares a lot of its guts with the sheevaplug. Thanks, Ward. -- Pong.be -( "Bloat is not about being big. Bloat is about being )- Virtual hosting -( slow and stupid and not realizing that it's because of )- http://pong.be -( design mistakes." -- Linus )- GnuPG public key: http://pgp.mit.edu
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