[GRLUG] Net-top as server?

[Steve Romanow]

Benjamin Flanders wrote:
> My server at home exploded this morning.  Pretty sure it was the power
> supply, but I just unplugged it and went to work so I'll know more
> when I get a chance to look at it.  Exploded is a bit of an
> exaggeration. It went pop, loud enough for me to hear it from one
> floor away, and died.
>
> Anyway the question is would a net-top be powerful enough to setup as
> a file and media server.  I had plans on setting up Apache as well,
> but I hadn't around to it yet.  I used sockso, but I might setup a
> more powerful media server in the future when/if I setup an
> entertainment PC next to the tv.
>
> Those small, power sippin' little boxes really look appealing as
> compared to what I did have, which was a full mini-tower scrapped
> together with the remains of past desktops.  I would put ubuntu server
> on it, I wouldn't need X.  How powerful are those little atom chips?
>
>   
I personally think it is worth it.  There is one web mention on a blog I 
frequent that someone mentioned doing the same.  Let me see, umm.  The 
byobu dev mentioned setting up a dell mini9 at his parents as a little 
server.

I think the machine would be fine for serving up existing files, but I 
would draw the line at any transcoding. 

The Radio Shack on 28th has a couple of models for ~350 and abc 
warehouse had the HP model in their sale paper last month for 200 I 
think.  Worth a shot.