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Data Center In a Shoe Box

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the size-matters dept.

eldavojohn writes "How would you like to have a data center that uses just 14.5 watts and weighs 255g? It's also only as big as a shoe box! The Register looks at a few solutions to network area storage that make buying a dedicated data server on a rack look like a relic of the past. Yes, it runs Linux."

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  1. Even smaller servers by miller60 · · Score: 4, Informative
    Those are pretty compact. A little while ago the Tzywen blog featured a number of novelty micro-servers that make the Plat'Home servers look like heavyweights.


    Then there's an oldie but goodie: the World's Lowest Power Web Server, running on a single AAA battery and a bank of potatoes.

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    RichM
    Data Center Knowledge
  2. YOU CAN'T BUY THEM. by Caspian · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm sick of people Slashvertising these devices. You cannot buy them. Quoted from their own goddamned page: "We do not sell the MicroServer series directly to consumers.". Period, full stop, end of sentence. You can't buy them. Maybe the company you work for can buy them... presumably, if they want to buy many of them. But you, the consumer, the individual geek hobbyist, can't buy one to mess around with.

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    With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
  3. Re:Smart boxes by Nursie · · Score: 3, Informative

    Funny mod? Oh well.

    May I recommend a Linksys NSLU2?

    266 MHz Arm chip. Not the fastest thing in the world, but you can install a full debian system onto it. I have one running torrentflux-b4rt over lighttpd. It also runs ushare so that the Xbox 360 (or other UPnP device) can stream the media. It also runs samba, which I expose via SSH so I can listen to my music from work.

    Downsides -
    It's slow. Real slow. Install and update of packages through the debian system, takes AGES.
    If you're unlucky you'll get one that runs at 133 MHz and have to de-solder or cut through a resistor to get it up to full speed (quite easy really)

    Upsides -
    The only noise is the hard disk caddy and disk you choose.
    You can leave it on all the time and it won't bump up your electricity bill by much.