low power linux PC?

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On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Peter Dobratz <peter at dobratz.us> wrote:
> So I want to setup a linux server at home to do backups from various
>  computers around the house.
>
>  Amanda looks promising ( http://amanda.zmanda.com/ )
>
If you might be contemplating letting the workstations manage their
backups in a push method, you may also want to take a look at "Time
Warp" or "Fly-Back" for linux.  Not sure about a windows method here,
however, some crafty scripting with rsync or rsnapshot can give you
full backups to remote devices and save a lot on space.  Think Apple's
Time-Warp while using hard links to represent files that haven't
changed.  My backups are tiny now without playing the incremental
game.


>  For the backup server, I want to setup a separate box, probably
>  running Debian.  As the primary purpose of this computer is just to
>  store the backups, my primary feature consideration is power
>  requirements.  Is there anything out there that can run Linux, have a
>  few 250 GB or greater hard drives, and run on around 50 Watts or less?
>   It can be a headless box that I ssh into.
>

I've recently fallen in love with the Buffalo line of products for
networked storage.  Healthy drive size to start with, and a couple of
USB 2.0 ports to add more when/if necessary.  The tinkerer in me
doesn't like that it's all prebuilt and shiny, but for plug-in-and-go
it's a good measuring-stick.
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