[CentOS] OT: headless fanless silent 2 HDs micro server/pc...

Tue Aug 9 14:57:44 UTC 2011
John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com>

Hey,

A bit out of topic but I am looking for a micro server/pc if anyone knows a descent one...
I found many nice NAS but I would like to have full access to the OS (install CentOS, etc).

Dream one would be

- Very quiet (fanless) since it will sit in my bedroom.
- Headless
- Small.
- 2/3 HDs (2.5" are ok) for RAID1 (hardware RAID would be nice, and with BBC even more).- 1 or 2 GB NICs
- USB3 or ESATA would be nice...
- Price would not be much of a problem (maybe no more than $1000 though).


Random thoughts:
- a shuttle PC with 2 HDs and a real RAID card (if it fits inside), but maybe too noisy, no headless.
- a mac mini server looks very nice (but max budget, need another Mac to install, not sure if easy/possible to install CentOS).
- some NAS were I could easily replace the OS (not on a flash chip).


So if you know a nice one...


Thx,
JD