Drew schrieb: > Hey, > > The recent discussion on NAS/SAN and the Thecus N8800 got me to thinking. > > Bit of background. I have an old Dual Athlon MP2800+ that I'm using > for a home web/file server. It runs fine but between the noise of the > various fans and it's location in the living room, I've been asked by > my spouse to find a replacement for it that's smaller & quieter. > Looking at the Thecus, and based on experience with Atom based > Mini-ITX systems at work, I was thinking about rolling my own. > > My questions is, for a small home server that runs apache/php/mysql > and Samba, how well do the Mini-ITX boards like the VIA C3/7 & Intel > Atoms handle this sort of task? I've used VIA systems as MythTV > frontends but never as file/web servers. I'd expect they'd do fine for > home use but I've never tried. > > You could buy one of those new MacMini servers ;-) SCNR ;-) The question I ask myself is: do I really need a home-server? How much shared data do I have anyway? And is it really "data" or just pictures, movies, MP3s? What exactly does the home-server do that couldn't be done on the clients connected to it, once they are running? cheers, Rainer