[Soekris] net4801-50 as a file server

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <424986B0.1060708 at lphp.org>, Antoine Jacoutot writes:

>Now, I have a question which might sound dumb but here it goes...
>I would like to use a Soekris box as a file server (samba+NFS). I looked 
>at the mailing list archives and found out that the 2.5 HD "Hitachi 
>Travelstar 7K60" might be a good choice for that. This server will be on 
>24/24, is it possible or is it just a stupid idea...
>I'm looking for some feedbacks about that kind of configuration. Note 
>that from what you could say, I might use another hard drive.

It depends a lot on how much work you will give the harddisk.  Laptop
disks are not made to work constantly, so if your work is just a mail
server and a few files here and there for personal use, then it is
no problem, but if you put a lot of clients on your server the disk
will die much faster than you think.

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