[Watford] Quest for a cheap low power server..

[David Edmondson]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 01:01:47AM +0100, Toby Deans wrote:
> I'm on the hunt for a low power server with a little bit more 'oomph'
> than the SLUG for my ever expanding music library
> It has to be on a budget, quiet and not power hungry..
> 
> I'm heading towards this one = A lot of the other mini itx systems I
> looked at are getting a bit more expensive.
> 
> Tranquil PC
> http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/T3N_base_server.html
> 
> Anyone know of any other alternatives to consider for a home server?
> I'm thinking the Atom processor offers me the lowest power consumption
> pay-off. I'd like an MSI Wind  Nettop but they seem amazingly hard to
> buy in the UK unless I am really crap at looking.

I have a SheevaPlug that serves as my DNS, torrent, etc. server at
home. It has an 8G USB key for data storage (just a couple of git
repositories for now), though you could easily connect any USB disk.

Low power, capable enough for this use-case and cheap.