[dundee] Advice on where to buy... LinkStation!

[Dan Bolser]

Thanks guys! Thats certainly plenty for me to think about! I'm
actually quite tempted by the LinkStation Quad... I wonder if I could
get reasonable MySQL performance on that ;-)

Thanks again,
Dan.

2008/11/26 Simon Wells <swells at computing.dundee.ac.uk>:
> Hi Dan,
>
> I have a linkstation that I got from PC World a couple of years back. I
> think it was the last one they ever had because the box was a bit beat up
> and looked like it had been around for a while. I haven't seem them in stock
> there since. The linkstation is great. On mine there is a usb port for
> sharing a networked printer or attaching an external mirror drive for
> backups.
>
> If you like the linkstation then it is worth looking at the Kurobox (
> http://www.revogear.com/ ) a version of the linkstation developed purely for
> hackers and sold by Revolution, a small spin-out company from Buffalo. There
> you have a choice of CPU, from the 266MHz powerpc version to the 400MHz
> Marvell Arm CPU.
>
> Failing that the Linksys nslu2 is supposed to be great. I haven't played
> with this myself yet but have heard good things. The major downside to this
> though is that the drives are external and connected by USB so your ability
> to get drives to spin down may vary. However the older machine is supposed
> to be better than the newer replacement with the built in drives.
>
> Simon
>
>
> On 24 Nov 2008, at 09:16, Dan Bolser wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Having tried to ressurect my old 'file server' and finding that
>> 'massive' 100Gb disk in a bad state, not to mention loud, I decided to
>> upgrade my network storage solution package... or something.
>>
>> My first thought was to buy a new wireless router with a USB port,
>> then connect some USB disks. However, the slow speed and lack of
>> SMARTD that USB implies, and the need to upgrade my router have put me
>> off this solution. My next thought (after actually doing some reading)
>> was to buy an 'all in one' solution like the  LinkStation (or
>> LinkStation Quad).
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_network-attached_storage_series
>>
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with boxes like these? They seem to be nice
>> and Linux friendly which is good, but I still don't really know what
>> is best for my needs ... I want > 1Tb and > 1 disk for a daily file
>> system mirror (using rsync).
>>
>> Any better suggestions than to go with Buffalo?
>>
>> Finally, where in Dundee would I be able to buy something like this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dan.
>>
>>
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