[PLUG] Small/cheap PCs for home server/storage

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

After PLUG N, we were also talking about small/cheap PCs to use for a 
home server/storage box.  I suggested the http://www.system76.com/ 
Meerkat, of which I have two, one for a backup server and one for a 
MythTV front-end.  Unfortunately, they don't sell it anymore and nothing 
they do have looks appropriate.  Details here though 
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/products/review-system-76-meerkat-nettop-pc/495.

The other company I couldn't think of was http://zareason.com/, and they 
might have something sort-of in the range in the 
http://zareason.com/shop/Invenire-1220.html.

I don't think you can go wrong with anything from either company, though 
I'm not really sure they have anything that quite meets what we were 
talking about.  The mix-n-match your own from Newegg or whoever could 
work, but that also requires that you know what to match or spend the 
time on the research.  Or ask the list... :-)


Relate, here is my bug "Guided partitioner with LVM leaves no free space 
for snapshots" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/240813.

Enjoy,
JP
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