linuxdevices.com — A small company in Sweden is shipping a low-power, ultra-quiet Linux file and print server based on Debian Linux. Excito's "Bubba" is based on a 200MHz ARM processor, and comes equipped with 80GB to 500GB drives plus a customizable OS featuring a handy torrent/http/ftp download manager.
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salgatJan 12, 2007
Seems pretty expensive.
Closed AccountJan 12, 2007
"all the effort I put in to being lazy"kinda contradictory, isn't it?
smoken_dcJan 12, 2007
Cool just in time My Cobalt Raq 3 that has been running non stop for like 5 years just died
paperhatJan 12, 2007
@killinger777> Or, if you can deal with not having the coolest looking file server, you can find a cheap old pc and put linux or freenas on it.I already have an old box with freenas on it. Unfortunately it is sitting at home idling and sucking up about 100 watts. That comes out to about 850 kilowatt hours per year which, in my neighborhood, costs about $125. If this thing really idles at 17 watts as advertised, that is only about 150 kilowatt hours per year. It would save me about $100 / year in electricity. Plus my wife wouldn't complain about the big, ugly and loud computer in her office.
Closed AccountJan 12, 2007
Hiring/finding someone who could design a reasonable web interface shouldn't be hard, surely. And it *is* important, people like shiny things, it could have all the features in the world, but if it's a pain to use, people will quite happily use a "lesser" product if it's nice to use..- Ben
johlinJan 12, 2007
I read about this in a magazine a few months ago. Would be pretty handy but I'd rather do something else for the money.
gnutzuJan 13, 2007
With a regular hard drive, a low-power VIA EPIA (~ 500 MHz) system runs at about 27watts.
myuninstalledJan 29, 2007
I’ve done a complete 5-part review and test of the Bubba Miniserver. Check it out at:<a class="user" href="http://www.myuninstalledlife.com/bubbaminiserver-part1">http://www.myuninstalledlife.com/bubbaminiserver-part1</a>