[Wylug-discuss] Linux NAS advice.

[Rob Speed]

Morning,

You could always try a second hand QNAP, if necessary boot from a USB 
stick on which you've installed the flavour of Linux you fancy using.
Slax is quite neat from a USB stick.

That all said, a Pi with and attached USB drive or two would also work.
I'm working on a solar-powered pi (currently sits in an old ice-cream tub 
with the Mono-cells glued on the outside and a 12v battery I bought from 
Fleabay) - but a quick trip to Maplin would get you all the things you 
need.

HTH

Rob.


On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, borph at gmx.de wrote:

> Hi,
>
> anybody having a NAS with a Linux on it? I'm thinking to replace my
> old setup: an old laptop with Ubuntu and an USB harddrive of 1TB.
>
> There are plenty of NAS around, but I wouldn't like one which does
> just a Samba share or any fixed features and that's it. I mainly look
> for a multi-purpose home server which can be always-on. The USB drive
> didn't spin down, and the Laptop takes also energy compared to an ARM
> processor. What I would like to have:
>
> - Energy efficient
> - Ext4 or similar, need hard links.
> - SSH
> - Samba shares
> - rsync backups
> - EncFS encryption
> - DLNA server to watch movies on TV
> - Full bitcoin client
> - WiFi is a plus, don't have to place it next to the router then.
>
> So to speak a little PC. Best would be if you could just take any
> Ubuntu and put it on the NAS. A Raspberry PI would do it, but is
> 'naked' and still requires an external HD.
>
> If you have a NAS and are happy with it, let me know!
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
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