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Re: NAS suggestions

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: NAS suggestions
Date 2015-03-05 12:54 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-03-05, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 11:12:44 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <cljgfsF7fubU1@mid.individual.net>):
>
> [snip]>
>
>> A Mac mini would be cheaper to purchase, and way cheaper to run due to
>> much lower energy requirements and less heat output. I have a Drobo S
>> with 17 TB of hard drives installed connected to a dual 2.5 Ghz Core i5
>> Mac mini (Late 2012) server that sits in my office closet without a
>> monitor - I can connect to it with screen sharing, but rarely have the
>> need. That Mac mini runs Yosemite with Mac OS X Server installed ($19
>> from the App Store), which provides most of the following services,
>> though some I provide myself: file sharing, DNS, VPN, Apache, MySQL,
>> Mail, Time Machine network backups for all Macs in the house, a caching
>> server, Xcode git repositories, iTunes Home Sharing serving digital
>> movies and television shows for all devices in the house (computers,
>> iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs connected to wide screen televisions, etc), my
>> own custom home surveillance system, and just about anything else I
>> need. I used to compile and configure all of the above by hand from open
>> source packages and so on; but OS X Server is stable and robust enough
>> now that I no longer need to do that, which saves me tons of time and
>> sweat. The Mac mini is connected to an Airport Extreme dual band router
>> and a Motorola SURFboard SB6121 cable modem (also in the closet) as well
>> as an APC Back-UPS Pro BR1500 uninterruptible power supply that ensures
>> a little over an hour of run time for all of the above so that I never
>> lose my network connection during power outages. It's stable and just
>> works the majority of the time. It's a pretty sweet setup in a small
>> package. I love it. 
>
> I have a similar setup with a Nobro :)  I just buy external desktop 
> drives in pairs and back them up periodically with CCC.

What the heck is a "Nobro"?

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NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-01 15:48 -0500
  Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 21:07 +0000
    Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 01:13 -0500
      Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-02 16:12 +0000
        Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 12:47 -0500
          Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-02 18:06 +0000
            Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 13:47 -0500
              Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-02 14:03 -0500
        Re: NAS suggestions Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-03-05 06:34 -0500
          Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 12:54 +0000
            Re: NAS suggestions Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-03-05 07:59 -0500
              Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 13:22 +0000
                Re: NAS suggestions Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-03-05 08:33 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 14:38 +0000
            Re: NAS suggestions Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 19:00 +0000
        Re: NAS suggestions Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-03-05 07:57 -0500
          Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-05 09:01 -0500
            Re: NAS suggestions Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-03-05 11:58 -0500
              Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-05 12:18 -0500
              Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 17:48 +0000
          Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 14:06 +0000
            Re: NAS suggestions Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-03-05 11:55 -0500
              Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 17:46 +0000
      Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-02 11:35 -0500
        Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 12:50 -0500
        Re: NAS suggestions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-02 14:11 -0500
          Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-02 19:13 +0000
            Re: NAS suggestions JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-02 14:49 -0500
              Re: NAS suggestions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-03 09:31 +1300
                Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 15:58 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-02 17:32 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-03 07:18 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-03 12:23 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-03 14:30 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 09:07 +1300
                Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-03 15:05 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-02 18:05 -0500
                Re: NAS suggestions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-03 13:07 +1300
              Re: NAS suggestions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-03 00:55 +0000
          Re: NAS suggestions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-02 14:14 -0500
          Re: NAS suggestions Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-02 14:43 -0500
          Re: NAS suggestions Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-03 08:56 +1300
          Re: NAS suggestions Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 15:56 -0500

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