This QNAP server is not much more than the HP, but has very good software. Saves a lot of your valuable time setting up. A co-worker has 3 of them.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Kelly Leveille <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kel@kelweb.ca">kel@kelweb.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>I haven't used one myself but recently listened to a favorable review of the unit on the latest episode of the Ubuntu UK podcast: <a href="http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/" target="_blank">http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/</a>. Additionally, the fellow from the podcast has written up a fairly detailed blog about his use of the unit, complete with photos from the in & outside of the unit:</div>
<div><a href="http://barrenfrozenwasteland.com/?q=taxonomy/term/9/0" target="_blank">http://barrenfrozenwasteland.com/?q=taxonomy/term/9/0</a> </div><div> </div><div>Maybe you could do a demo at a MUUG meeting if you get one.</div>
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<div>Kelly<br><br></div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Sean Cody <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean@tinfoilhat.ca" target="_blank">sean@tinfoilhat.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Anyone have any experience with these? Kinda seem too good to be true.<br>
Looking for a small appliance (low power, no/low hassle) like replacement for my Dlink DNS-323.<br>
The 323 is great but I need more disk and better performance (currently 12-15MB/s on Gig-E,jumbo frames).<br>
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An HP MicroServer with 4x2TB in 2xRAID-1 (and booting FreeNAS from a decent USB stick) seems<br>
like it might fit the bill.<br>
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Comments, recommendations?<br>
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I'll still use the 323 (i have lots of junk on it and the UPnP/DNLA, iTunes server etc work great) but some<br>
bulkier storage to hold ISOs of all my DVDs are why I'm heading down this road.<br>
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Sean (mobile)<br>
P.S. The Patriot Box and the WD-Live HD will play ISOs of DVDs _WITH_ menus.<br>
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