On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Jeff Latta <engin...@windpumps.ca> wrote: > Francisco Borges wrote: >> >> I am thinking about buying a new NAS box. Not a DIY box, but a ready >> to use NAS (2 to max 4 trays) for home use (it has to be *small* and >> quiet). > > I'm looking for one of those too. I will probably go with the QNAP TS-219P > because of its relatively small size and low power consumption which is 5W > in sleep and 21W in operation. It does have one fan. Sound level is > specified at 36.3 dB in operation.
The only NAS (I know of) without a fan is also from QNAP but IIRC it's a single drive (TS-119). > There was a thread on Debian-ARM about > installation so it will run Debian. I was impressed with the number of > features that the QNAP products had. It comes with embedded Linux and is > expandable with their QPKG Software Package Platform. I haven't owned a > QNAP product before. Any comments from those of you that do? I also never owned a QNAP box, but I do own a ReadyNas Duo which has been giving me some trouble. (BTW, actual owners of QNAP gear: I am also waiting to hear from you!) The ReadyNas Duo (and AFAIK all ReadyNas'es) run a modified version of Debian, so you could just run apt-get but you can't just install "regular" Debian on them (at least not in the Sparc based Duo). In practice it means I have a machine with dead software support. The Debian version on my ReadyNas is Sarge.... so being able to install Debian directly is indeed a major selling point for me as well. Before I had the ReadyNas I wanted a NAS with wake-on-lan (which neither my ReadyNas nor the QNAP TS-219P have). But I found that using scheduled power on/off is sufficient for my needs. Kind regards, -- Francisco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi yf2s3vz1tmt5egtqk8odbhmtkuluh_...@mail.gmail.com
