On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:26:45AM -0700, Ginja_Ninja wrote:
> Firstly thanks for everyone thought on this.
>
> As i say, i am in new waters with this, so getting my head around it all
> will take to reading and re-reading.
>
> For reference though, i intend to run a nano-itx system with a SATA drive.
> I have taken serious consideration to you suggestion of a multidisk setup,
> but i would like the smallest unit possible. It also means that noise and
> power usage wont be an issue. I know they dont draw much but i intend on
> living in a house that runs purely on solar panels in the near future.
>
> I also intend to run the OS off a Compact Flash Card / Secure Digital car or
> something similar, with the "/" directory on a 500 / 750 HDD.
Why the CF? It's slow, and relatively expensive. It's good for embedded
systems, but if you already have a huge disk, use that.
> Then i suppose that i setup up my users from there ie "/home/user1" and
> "/home/user2" then i suppose its the job of the laptop OS to look at the
> file server for its files.
>
> Hmmm...there is still lots to think about, but i will keep this one brief
> for now and will reply again soon.
>
> The laptop itself (i am hopeing) will run Gentoo linux. The computer will
> run a flavour of Windows (sorry but its not mine, i have to, lol)
Also consider a backup strategy somewhere. I use tape, which works well,
but tape drives are expensive. Using multiple disks also works, to some
extent, but you didn't want to do that.
Joachim
