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| From | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? |
| Date | 2022-04-28 17:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Ehe5X-bNF9-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Eh9SF-bKYn-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Tom Browder [2022-04-28 05:42:38] wrote:
> All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant
> storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that?
Not sure what "that" is. OT1H your description sounds like a NAS, so
the question becomes vacuous, OTOH you say "regular computer" which
sounds like you might want to connect a keyboard and screen and use it
to browse the web.
Most NAS boxes are ill-suited to browse the web, because they don't have
enough RAM and lack a video output. But if you want to use them as
"home servers", then yes they *are* regular computers (tho some of them
come with sufficiently poor support that it's virtually impossible to
replace their crappy software with something like Debian).
Stefan
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Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2022-04-28 12:50 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2022-04-28 13:10 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2022-04-28 13:40 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-04-28 13:30 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2022-04-28 13:40 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-04-28 14:10 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? basti <basti@unix-solution.de> - 2022-04-28 14:10 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-04-28 15:40 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-04-28 17:20 +0200
Re: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer? Greg <pld@sojka.co> - 2022-04-28 17:50 +0200
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