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I use a B3 Linux-based personal server from Excito (1TB Wi-Fi model) and backup the photos stored on it to rsync.net and an external hard drive using rsync. Simple and effective. Disclaimer: I work for Excito.

I ended up doing as most in this thread did. Networking.

I bought a BubbaII from http://www.excito.com/ its a small fan less linux box with 2x usb, 2x ethernet, and 2x extSata.

NB: NICs are gigEthernet, but they perform substantially slower than one expects. This according to the manufacturer, is by design to keen the temperature at a resonable level to accommodate the fan less design.

I'm very pleased with my Bubba server. I do look forward to an OS update to Debian "lenny". I also would like to see Excito add NFS and OpenVPN support to the web interface.

I went from an old 300W system down to a 7W Bubba II from Excito. Runs debian and all that entails. Also has a nice WebUI interface for most services (which I've never used). Comes in a few HD configurations. Other than the HD it is completely silent. It's also nice looking, if that matters.

Probably the only thing I wish it had was a sound-card.

I've been using this for a year and have loved it. Perfect for my needs.

I have a couple of these: http://www.excito.com/ and they are excellent. However, after reading these posts, i'm also going to buy some of those plug servers. Never have too many servers!

Check out the Bubba|Two Server. Its a PowerPC-based NAS running Debian Etch with with 2 x 1Gb ethernet ports, 2 x USB and 2 x eSATA ports.

I found and tested the predecessor of the following device (which I can recommend on basis of a year-long test of a sample with N=1): Bubba (see http://excito.com/bubba/about-bubba.html ). A Swedish NAS device. I have to note that it's certainly not "distributed" in the sense that it's easy to mirror data across multiple devices (I didn't try and wouldn't know an easy way of doing that). It's basically a server, so you'd still need to take care of backups yourself.

It's a metal box the size of a lunch-box, contains a HDD, a PowerPC processor, two ethernet interfaces, and comes pre-loaded with Linux 2.6 (Debian Etch), and has a web-based control interface for adding users (see http://excito.com/bubba/about-bubba.html ). It can act as a server (Samba), torrent and email downloader, and router (if you want). It's got decent tech support through this forum (see http://forum.excito.net/). You can buy the box with or without HDD.

Nevermind the website (they brought in a consultant who made something I really dislike), the box and its applications are solid. Have a look and see if it's what you need.

I found and tested the predecessor of the following device (which I can recommend on basis of a year-long test of a sample with N=1): Bubba (see http://excito.com/bubba/about-bubba.html ). A Swedish NAS device. I have to note that it's certainly not "distributed" in the sense that it's easy to mirror data across multiple devices (I didn't try and wouldn't know an easy way of doing that). It's basically a server, so you'd still need to take care of backups yourself.

It's a metal box the size of a lunch-box, contains a HDD, a PowerPC processor, two ethernet interfaces, and comes pre-loaded with Linux 2.6 (Debian Etch), and has a web-based control interface for adding users (see http://excito.com/bubba/about-bubba.html ). It can act as a server (Samba), torrent and email downloader, and router (if you want). It's got decent tech support through this forum (see http://forum.excito.net/). You can buy the box with or without HDD.

Nevermind the website (they brought in a consultant who made something I really dislike), the box and its applications are solid. Have a look and see if it's what you need.

I'm programming the ARM7 Eagle dev board at work right now.
It's great for quick prototyping - has flash, RS232s, network and all.
They sell it for ~$400.

When the prototype is done, I just hand it over to my hardware collegues;
they trim it down to matchbox size.