I think you'll have at least a bit of trouble doing this with current-ish kit, the big killer will be the "silent" requirement.
I suspect, though, that putting together osmething like one of those Shuttle mini things with an Atom or C3 processor will do what you need. Alternatively, a netbook and a couple of external USB boxes for your drives. Also, finding an old-ish machine and underclocking the CPU might work-- I'm thinking centrino-era solos. Or why not put the drives in your mid-tower? If you're running it most of the time anyway. The best you'll get will be about 12-15w consumption, so maybe doing the math will see if it makes sense to just have a single box vs. the additional capital expense/carbon/energy/etc. of having a separate box. Best of luck, Glen On 02/09/2010 10:04, Andrew Oakley wrote: > I'm looking for a low power NAS box that supports: > * Two SATA hard drives up to 2TB each in RAID1 mirroring > * Runs Ubuntu Server or can be flashed/reinstalled to run a variant of > Ubuntu (or failing that, Debian) - in particular, must be able to run > cron/at jobs, must be able to do overnight large file transfers and > torrents > * Is low power (I already have an miditower Linux server... it uses > too much power and does too little to warrant 24/7 ATX PSU power > consumption) > * Is silent or near-silent (may be situated in spare bedroom that is > frequently occupied) > * Can operate in a dusty environment (may be situated in loft with > dust and occasional spiders) > * Ideally has E-SATA and USB2 ports for occasionally connecting > external drives > * Ideally budget of £50-£100 (without drives, I already have the 2 > drives) but up to £150 if outstanding > Any suggestions gratefully received please, thanks all. > *Andrew Oakley > Head of Software Development* > Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) > 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HZ > T 01242 211460 F 01242 211122 W www.hesa.ac.uk <http://www.hesa.ac.uk/> > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Try our free UK HE Stats iPhone app - http://www.hesa.ac.uk/iapp1 > No iPhone? Use our mobile website - http://m.hesa.ac.uk/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd (HESA) is a company limited by > guarantee, registered in England at 95 Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1HZ. > Registered No. 2766993. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE. > Registered Charity No. 1039709. Certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. > > HESA Services Ltd (HSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HESA, > registered in England at the same address. Registered No. 3109219. > > This email is private and confidential. If you have reason to believe > that you have received this message in error, please contact the > sender immediately and remove it from your system. > > No employee or agent is authorised to conclude any agreement binding > on HESA/HSL without express written confirmation by the Chief > Executive or an employee of HESA/HSL with director in their title. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This outgoing email was virus scanned for HESA by MessageLabs. > _____________________________________________________________________ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
