I agree with an earlier poster - why run INTO a burning room/building to get a hard drive? Spend your money on some sort of cloud back strategy and run OUT of the burning building! ;) Mark On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Anon Anon wrote: > 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 >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >