-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 07:44 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Tuesday 03 April 2007 02:10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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By the way, I just seen for the home market HD external boxes with an ethernet port: small cpu + some memory. Some support some kind of ftp or http server,
NFS and / or CIFS are usually the primary file access protocols and administration is typically done via a Web-based interface, just as routers, DSL and cable modems typically are.
I saw one or two with FTP.
some have some kind of security, some support linux clients, other only windows. Still too green, IMO, but interesting.
"Too green?" As in too new to trust?
No, no. Too few models to chose. At the places I looked on the net nearby I saw only four models - I mean for home use, not for "serious" or "big" usage. Maybe you have seen more? And I miss features like a firewall, user auth, suport for linux filesystems withs permissions and attributes (ie, not forced to use FAT), etc. They are new in the market, then. Green.
I tend to think not, since there's no advanced technology in them. Just a small, low-power computer with an Ethernet interface, some disks, a power supply and a smidgeon of custom software. I'll bet most of them use nearly 100% open-source software--they certainly could get almost all the required software off the open-source shelf.
I know. Or I guess. But one of the four models was for windows only.
I wonder if I could make my TiVO double as a backup server?
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