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Michael wrote: |
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> On Sunday, 1 March 2020 10:46:17 GMT Dale wrote: |
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>> Could you share some links to some of these things? As I mentioned |
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>> earlier, I'm thinking about building a NAS system. Later, I may build a |
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>> mythTV system. Then I can access the NAS from it or my desktop, or cell |
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>> phone now that I am somewhat more updated, past the Motorola Razr stage. |
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>> Thanks much. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Android has its optimal use cases for sure, but I have found embedded x86 APUs |
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> to be more capable for network and server tasks. As an example: |
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> https://pcengines.ch/ |
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Interesting. I was thinking at first about just buying a really small |
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computer MB, like a micro ATX or something, but reading this thread made |
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think more about something like this. For one, it pulls a very small |
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amount of power. The 'computer' and hard drives would likely pull well |
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under 50 watts. Also generate very little heat, more like warmth. ;-) |
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Basically, I'm looking for something that I can build a NAS with. I'd |
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need a way to hook 4, 6 maybe 8 hard drives and maybe a couple ethernet |
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ports. It seems to be easy to find them with ethernet ports. It's the |
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SATA ports that are harder to find. I found one for the Raspberry thing |
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that had four ports. So far, it is the only one I found. I'm not sure |
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if it can expand past that either. It seems the cards are stackable |
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based on some pics but I'm not sure on that. |
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This is interesting info tho. The link you shared lead me to a tiny |
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board, maybe a little more powerful than the Raspberry but still low |
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powered. Still, the SATA ports is a bit difficult to find. Maybe I'm |
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looking for the wrong thing??? |
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Either way, I left a map light, tiny light that's up there with the dome |
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light, on a few weeks ago in my car. I pulled out my hydrometer battery |
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tester. It's almost always accurate. I got a few week cells in my |
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car's battery. After someone else posted about those AGM batteries, I'm |
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thinking of going down that route even for my car. They ain't cheap by |
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no stretch. That said, those Raspberry things are almost disposable if |
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you get a Chinese model. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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