Re: Anyone short on storage?

[David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It won't take that man drives. But it was an absolute bargain if you
needed a server type box. And Paul's right; it's very quiet indeed.

My only downers with it so far have been the cost of the RAM and the
fact that I can't control the auto-power-on BIOS feature from linux.

David

Paul Gale wrote:

> Yes - I bought one of the Dell's ! :) Using it as an Asterisk server.
> Mmmm - wonder if I can fit many drives in - must investigate - hadn't
> thought of that - and it's VERY quiet.
>
> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> > Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)
> > Sent: 17 August 2005 13:35
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Anyone short on storage?
> >
> > The Del £99-special must come close - didn't that work out at
about £170
> > delivered?
> >
> > The Dell is bigger, uses more power but has more expansion
> possibilities.
> > I can't remember if it came with a NIC though.
> > The Synology unit (at least the non-gigabit version) does have a
few
> nice
> > ready-set-up features, and it's fan-less. The gigabit version is
> £195, the
> > standard version £159, plus drives.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Gale
> > >
> > > http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=310536&cks=PRL
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> > >
> > > I guess the question is - how cheaply can you build your own
> > > file server PC to rival the main functions of this?
> > >
> > > Paul.
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