The genealogy library of the LDS church (FamilySearch.org), one of the world's largest users of microfilm, with over 2.4 million rolls stored in its Granite Mountain facility (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Digitizing_the_Records_in_the_Granite_Mountain), has decided to stop making microfilm available for loan, due to cost and scarcity of film as well as the cost of maintaining the readers. They are currently digitizing the existing films and plan to have the project completed by 2020.
I use the Netgear ReadyNAS DUO (http://netgear.com/Products/Storage/ReadyNASDuo/RND2000.aspx), which is discounted to about USD$270 for a single 1TB drive configuration. I added a second 1TB drive in a RAID 10 configuration, bringing the total to about $320.
The unit draws about 35W, but can be put into disk spindown mode or powered up at specific times.
It is a Sparc-based CPU and includes a slightly modified version of Debian Sarge. There is a supported add-on that gives SSH access to the box. I've fully enabled FTP & HTTPS access. Squeezebox and other standards are supported.
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The genealogy library of the LDS church (FamilySearch.org), one of the world's largest users of microfilm, with over 2.4 million rolls stored in its Granite Mountain facility (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Digitizing_the_Records_in_the_Granite_Mountain), has decided to stop making microfilm available for loan, due to cost and scarcity of film as well as the cost of maintaining the readers. They are currently digitizing the existing films and plan to have the project completed by 2020.
I used to teach programming to Jr High students in the '70s using CARDIAC. I still have one in my collection in "good working order".
Goodbye old friend! Enjoy your retirement.
I use the Netgear ReadyNAS DUO (http://netgear.com/Products/Storage/ReadyNASDuo/RND2000.aspx), which is discounted to about USD$270 for a single 1TB drive configuration. I added a second 1TB drive in a RAID 10 configuration, bringing the total to about $320. The unit draws about 35W, but can be put into disk spindown mode or powered up at specific times. It is a Sparc-based CPU and includes a slightly modified version of Debian Sarge. There is a supported add-on that gives SSH access to the box. I've fully enabled FTP & HTTPS access. Squeezebox and other standards are supported.