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I used to have an old computer and a NAS, but they were too noisy. I used the progress in CPUs in a different way: bought one of the fanless ITX sized computer
by mynegation 8y ago
I used to have an old computer and a NAS, but they were too noisy.
I used the progress in CPUs in a different way: bought one of the fanless ITX sized computers and attached reasonably sized WD passport to it which is spun down most of the time (things are mostly served from an internal SSD)
- ChuckMcM 8y agoI have similarly evolved my setup, initially a couple of 'midsize' towers and a StoreVault NAS, then the computers were replaced with a couple of Shuttle XPC type 'box' computers, then the NAS was replaced with a much quieter FreeNAS box from iXSystems, then the 'services' system (DNS, NTP, LDAP, Nagios, etc) was replaced with a couple of small ARM machines (initially Raspberry Pis but migrated to Odroids for performance reasons). And then the last XPC was swapped out for a fanless 'third height' ITX type system that is designed for home entertainment systems. Realistically all of this could be built into a single hybrid of disk shelf and blade server box. That is something I've contemplated as the 'next generation' of the technology.