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I've got a TonidoPlug (a little ARM computer running Ubuntu stuffed into a power brick) on my home network. As the sole computer that runs 24 hours a day (becau
by dangrossman 15y ago
I've got a TonidoPlug (a little ARM computer running Ubuntu stuffed into a power brick) on my home network. As the sole computer that runs 24 hours a day (because I won't spend the electricity cost to run anything bigger), its jobs are:
1) "Off-site" backups of my websites and most critical databases. A nightly cron job updates svn repos, runs mysqldump to make database backups, and deletes backups more than a week old. Just a couple lines of code.
2) Streaming media server. The Tonido software (that runs on Ubuntu) includes a DLNA server to index and make available any media on the attached (2.5" USB-powered) hard drive as well as share the drive on the network. So I copy my music and other media over there and it becomes available on my TV via Google TV, my phone, and any computers on the network.