My main PC is an Intel Nuc. I love it. On Sep 6, 2016 13:38, "Steve Phariss" wrote: > Depending on your requirements, and price point. how about an INTEL NUC. > I just got an I3 model for about $500 from amazon. You might be able to > find the older model on sale and save about $100. > > The nice thing about this system is VERY quiet, small enough to just grab > and go, don't need to worry about multiple boxes. It will run Ubuntu with > no issues, I have Scientific Linux running for my media server (PLEX) with > minimal issues. > > 1 of: *Samsung 850 EVO - 250GB - M.2 SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-N5E250BW)* > $99.54 > > 1 of: *Kingston Technology HyperX Impact 16GB RAM DDR4 2133 > HX421S13IBK2/16* > $75.99 > > 1 of: *Intel NUC Kit NUC6i3SYH BOXNUC6I3SYH Silver/Black* > $289.00 > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> Ubuntu does just fine as a nas >> >> On Sep 5, 2016 5:14 PM, "Mike Bushroe" wrote: >> >>> What about NAS backups? Everything I have seen so far is either very >>> expensive (tape drives), or very tedious (recordable DVD or BlRay) I >>> started building a FreeNas, but the BSD that it runs on would not read the >>> extra SATA card I bought, so I had to buy more and more expensive. Then the >>> motherboard wouldn't boot off the USB. I still have a tall box small pile >>> of drives that I never got to NAS for me. I understand that the latest >>> Ubuntu will do ZFS, perhaps I should put all the pieces back together and >>> see if I can configure an Ubuntu system to act as a NAS server. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On 09/01/2016 07:58 AM, Anon Anon wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Get a nas from Fry's electronics. Well worth the money. Also, buy a >>>> fire proof safe and mount the nas in the safe. >>>> >>>> Will save your life if you have a fire. They make electronics safes. >>>> Don't rush into a burning house for hard drives. Pets and wives only bruh. >>>> >>>> -- >>> "Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >