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Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Lupin on June 13, 2011, 07:19:27 PM ---An atom cpu will work assuming it will do nothing but make files available on the network. I do think you're better off with a AMD E350 (compared to an atom)
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You oughta give the Atom more credit. Mine's got 4 1.5TB drives in mdadm RAID 5, Ubuntu 10.04, been running my torrents almost constantly for the past nearly two years, and I can still watch 720p stuff directly from it from another computer without having to create a local copy, though I think 1080p stuff gets laggy. It's got Deluge and KTorrent running simultaneously, for completed file moving purposes. It's also available as an SFTP server. On top of that, it handles remote desktop via VNC pretty well.
I do intend to upgrade to a real server soon though. Or, at least, a server made of desktop parts, not nettop.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on June 14, 2011, 06:36:54 AM ---You oughta give the Atom more credit. Mine's got 4 1.5TB drives in mdadm RAID 5, Ubuntu 10.04, been running my torrents almost constantly for the past nearly two years, and I can still watch 720p stuff directly from it from another computer without having to create a local copy, though I think 1080p stuff gets laggy. It's got Deluge and KTorrent running simultaneously, for completed file moving purposes. It's also available as an SFTP server. On top of that, it handles remote desktop via VNC pretty well.
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why should I? between atom and bobcat, bobcat provides more bang for the buck. torrenting is a very light load (unless you count hashing the files). the rest of the tasks you listed is just what I posted: make files available on the network. while it looks like the atom can handle the task, try increasing the number of simultaneous users. it will choke faster than bobcat does.
nettop parts pale in comparison to desktop or server parts. that's a given. but if you know what you want, nettop parts is just as good as desktop ones.
kitamesume:
T> Sempron140 for a E350 :D yea seriously but meh, consider it a joke instead.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Lupin on June 14, 2011, 06:56:36 AM ---why should I? between atom and bobcat, bobcat provides more bang for the buck. torrenting is a very light load (unless you count hashing the files). the rest of the tasks you listed is just what I posted: make files available on the network. while it looks like the atom can handle the task, try increasing the number of simultaneous users. it will choke faster than bobcat does.
nettop parts pale in comparison to desktop or server parts. that's a given. but if you know what you want, nettop parts is just as good as desktop ones.
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It's got about 50 torrents on Deluge and 250 on KTorrent, and it's slowly starting to choke. I don't really have anything to compare to, other than my P4 lagging intensely when running about 100-150 torrents with Vuze, though that was ages ago.
Bobcat is a more recent development, no? Released earlier this year? I would expect it to perform roughly similar to what I have from my Atom, which is a couple years old. What are prices on Bobcat like? I can't find anything on Newegg. My Atom + board cost $90 CAD when I got it.
I'm pretty much the only person who uses it. I make it available for friends to SFTP files to/from, but no one really uses it.
sapsa:
Lupin, thanks for the info about Bobcat CPU (didn't heard of them till now) - will look into it and thanks for link - there is ALOT of builds with all things needed. To bad I can't get more than half of those items in my local/country wide stores - but I like to check them.
Freedom Kira, i know that atoms have a lot of credit :) I really don't need my NAS to play 720p thought - the problem with them is there is alot of atoms with 2 SATAs less with 4 SATAs and almost none with more. Vuze ain't lightweight. And there was a news some time ago about releasing new ATOMs CPUs in near future - would need to look into it
kitamesume, i like the idea of that frame and PCIe Sata cards - but i would prefer to have few SATAs on board at start :). I will definitely go for 2nd hand ;). You call core2duo old ?:) What about still working Celeron 333Mhz ?:). athlon II X2 - I dont think it's ECO Energy compatible ;) the lower power consume the better - so Atom or Bobcat. Sandy Bridge is a little overpriced - mobo + cpu, but probably the good choose for future NAS.
datora, nice thing you found there - the SSD in RAID on PCI-e, little to much ;) but the speed need to be amazing, 3 sec boot ?(joking, 5 :P ). You gave me alot of really useful info there, and I'm thanking you. About SAMSUNG F4 HD204UI, they are nice hdd's but some time ago I posted topic about having problem with them on two different setups - I think it's all depends on SATA controller.
bork, all of my old mobo's are PCI without SATA one ;P - thanks for tip
I read your replays before at work but didn't have time to post them. Thanks a lot, if you have more great ideas please post, I will be happy to read them.
I will look into those page's you recommended me and those cpu's / sata cards you posted guys.
Thanks, Mike
Edit: s@#t I just fallen in love with Rack cases for HDDs - damn you, damn you all
Edit 2: are there RACK Cases for HDDs that ain't SCSI ?:) Not really right? racks are for servers, servers use scsi... // few of them are event for SAS ~ and SATA ~ darn you... but sooo sexy..
Edit 3: I "like" how I see the price at NewEgg, then, at my story, then on newegg, then at my store and I see twice much at my store, It would be cheaper to buy it from newegg and ship it here, but they dont ship here...
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