I just use old thinkpads from the scrapyard. schrotti is an old x20 with broken screen, connected is one sata hdd via pcmcia. The main file server is an x60 with docking station and pcmcia sata card, together this gives me 4 sata ports. You just need the right cables (ebay china). In terms of webscale there is no power shortage or anything as I have more thinkpad power converters than light switches. batteries hold longer than 1 hour, so i don't need special gear. You just have to plug-in more thinkpads, enable pxe-boot in bios and off you go. 12TB is easy with 4*3TB drives Some friends have my backups in their living rooms so they can listen to my music or watch my films. Of course there is no need for enterprise-class magnets or jet engines. Redundancy gets created by creating more demand for my data.
On 6/6/13, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >> For something low power you can use an external power brick and a >> "picoPSU" DC-DC converter with 12V in and 5V + 12V out with appropriate >> connectors. > > Yes - I use picoPSU with both atom and core i5 (low-power 2500T model), > and find them very reliable. Besides being fanless they take up hardly > any space in a small case. > > >
