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ozbibi

5:04 AM on 6 May, 2009

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It would be good to see the performance of the VIA ARTiGO A2000 storage server running Ubuntu server.

The performance of FreeNAS is not on par with recent linux distributions (smallnetbuilder.com has benchmarks in their Build Your Own Atom-based NAS How-Tos, showing how Ubuntu server outperforms FreeNAS by 2-3x).

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JamesSmith

12:48 PM on 6 May, 2009

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Do you think this would be able to run Windows Server 2003?

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Rob

4:15 PM on 6 May, 2009

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Windows home server IS Windows Server 2003 with more running on top of it, so this box should run it in a very similar fashion.

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nicktids

5:44 PM on 6 May, 2009

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For the money there are other options with dual core atoms and 5 bay hot swap caddies for only £50 more, able to run whatever OS you want.

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Chocoa

10:25 PM on 6 May, 2009

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I'll stick with my dockable eSATA Sharkoon HDD unit thanks - cheap and it does what it supposed to without costing nearly 10* as much!

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As a DIY storage and media streaming appliance, the ARTiGO A2000 is a remarkable little system with a lot of potential. Our only reservation is the cost of this project, as add together the price of the system, a memory module and a single 500GB hard disk and you're already over £300. For less than this you can pick up Netgear's smart little ReadyNAS Duo with a 500GB drive - we rest our case.

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Reviewed by Dave Mitchell

06 May 2009

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