Bubba Server
I recently found this Debian based home server which I think will be great for the home.
The Bubba Server from Swedish based Excito, can act as a local back up device, personal web server, FTP server and music server.
Key Points
Stylish small form factor enclosure in ivory white or sky blue colour options
Very quiet as there are no fans - only the noise of the hard drive
10w typical power drive - far less then other alternatives
Easy admin access via browser
Pricing
Excito offer the server with no hard drive or 80GB, 320GB, 500GB and 750GB options.
If you chose to install your own hard drive, recommendations are the IDE Seagate Barracuda range.
I did a rough and ready reckoner and found it’s cheaper to install your own hard drive if you are confident enough and prepared to invalidate the warranty;
Prices and exhange rates from 17th June 2007;
Excito Prices
Base Bubba 275 Euro / 186 GBP
320GB 385 Euro / 261 GBP
500GB 455 Euro / 308 GBP
750GB 595 Euro / 403 GBP
Single Seagate Barracuda Drive from Dabs.com
320GB 49.50 GBP
500GB 94.00 GBP
750GB 141.24 GBP
Combined price of Base Bubba and Dabs.com Drive
Bubba + 320GB from Dabs 235.5 GBP
Bubba + 500GB from Dabs 280.0 GBP
Bubba + 750GB from Dabs 327.2 GBP
Hardware
3.5”, 7200 rpm IDE disk drive
200 MHz ARM9 CPU
64 MByte internal RAM
LAN standard: 10/100BASE-TX
USB 2.0 type A to Printer or memory stick connection
USB 2.0 type B to PC
Size: 184 x 114 x 43 mm, weight: 1700 g
Noise: 27 dB in active mode
Power: 10W (active)
Software
Running Linux 2.6, Debian
Apache web server
Dovecot IMAP server (IMAP, IMAPS)
Postfix SMTP server
Fetchmail (for fetching email from other pop or imap accounts including Gmail)
File server (http, samba, ftp)
Download manager (bittorrent, http, ftp)
Printer server, supporting all major brands
Streaming media server (DAAP, UPnP)
Internal Linux available for advanced users
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