Low power low end cheap server

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:17:01PM -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
> How about a wireless router, with built-in USB?  Then add SB hard drives
> to the capacity you require?
> 
> An ASUS WL-500g Premium comes with 2 USB ports, and a 12.5 power brick.
> Turn off the wireless if you don't need it to reduce power consumption.
> The USB hard drives will spin down to save power when not in use.  Have
> the VPN endpoint at your firewall, or on another device in your network.
> Or, replace the default firmware with OpenWRT, and add OpenVPN to the
> router.  

The USB harddrive also has a power brick and uses another 10W or so.

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Len Sorensen
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