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Slashdot Asks: What's In Your Home Datacenter?

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-and-tell dept.

First time accepted submitter jvschwarz writes There was a time when I had rack-mount systems at home, preferring old Unix boxes, Sun-3 and early SPARC machines, but have moved to low-power machines, Raspberry Pi systems, small NAS boxes, etc. Looks like some are taking it to another level. What do other slashdotters have in their Home Datacenter?

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  1. Not my cup of tea by jones_supa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe as a kid I was fascinated by the idea of having a server or "data center" at home, but these days I would hate to babysit all that trash. Normal networking equipment and a computer or two is enough.

    1. Re:Not my cup of tea by BringsApples · · Score: 3, Insightful

      There's some pride when I show friends my setup

      I'm not trying to be argumentative, but pride in what? If it takes more time to manage it than it should, what's there to be proud of? Computers are supposed to be about efficiency (uptime included).

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  2. Re:Small setup by Hamsterdan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ethernet is faster, more reliable, and less susceptible to interference. Right now I'm picking up about 40 access points (might be more, my card is only 2.4. Besides, transfering stuff is faster with Gigabit ethernet...

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