Comments on: Ubuntu Home Server 14.04 – A DIY NAS

By: Home Server – new HBA edition | Al4

Home Server – new HBA edition | Al4 — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:24:14 +0000

[…] long time readers of this blog may remember my home server articles, the most recent being “Ubuntu Home Server 14.04 – A DIY NAS“. There haven’t been any more recently because there’s not been much to report. […]

By: Alex Forbes

Alex Forbes — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:40:03 +0000

In reply to Rob. Yep, the prices are in GBP, but this is quite old now so you can probably find better components for the price.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:20:29 +0000

Server articles are useful to me, a Linux user but networking noob.
What currency is used for prices here? British Pound? I am trying to convert to USD.

By: Alex Forbes

Alex Forbes — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:51:12 +0000

In reply to David Edwards. Yeah those were a ridiculously good deal. I wish I had bought one, but I don't think they were around at that price when I bought the ReadyNAS. The current generation Microservers aren't quite as cost effective, starting at ~£370, and even that old Turion model is still around £160. From-scratch seems to be more cost-effective this time around (somewhat unfortunately, as the Microservers are nice, well integrated units).

By: David Edwards

David Edwards — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:54:21 +0000

I built a NAS last year using an HP ProLiant N54L MicroServer. It was £138 after £50 cash back, with no drives. With a BIOS update, you can make the 4 drive bays hot swappable and put the OS drive in the optical bay. The AMD Turion II Neo isn’t quite as fast as the Intel Celeron G1820, though, and I haven’t done anything intensive on it. The fan is a bit noisy too.