Scott,<div><br></div><div> Thanks for the information. Looking at Pogo the convince of it all would be very nice but I do have some pause about the only thing between my backups and the Internet being an e-mail address and password. Do you use the Pogo software or have you used uboot to load another Distro?</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Will<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Scott Mann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sunix13@yahoo.com">sunix13@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 04/26/2011 08:37 AM, Will wrote:<br>
> Has anyone used one or more plug computers and have any input on the<br>
> pros or cons of one make & model over another?<br>
><br>
> I'm toying with the idea of using a plug computer for a backup device.<br>
> The idea is that I would put the plug at either my office or at a<br>
> friend's house. It would establish a VPN connection to my Linux<br>
> server at home and then my home computers can rsync to it on a regular<br>
> basis.<br>
><br>
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I'm using a pink pogo as an internal file server and an original<br>
pogoplug as a backup server. I've modified the pink's firmware along the<br>
lines of <a href="http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/uboot/" target="_blank">http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/uboot/</a>. Of course, there are also<br>
various administrative modifications necessary for functionality and<br>
security. Both of these devices have been bullet-proof and consume way<br>
less power than the rack mounted servers they replaced. I realize these<br>
are older devices, but you may want to check out pogo's web site. The<br>
new device is black in color and, I believe, uses a different<br>
motherboard (don't know about the state of uboot for it). But it looks<br>
like pinks are still available at<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pogoplug-POGO-E02-Multimedia-Sharing-Device/dp/B0033WSDR4" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Pogoplug-POGO-E02-Multimedia-Sharing-Device/dp/B0033WSDR4</a>,<br>
for instance. Anyway, I can recommend the pink for what you are thinking<br>
about doing and there's a lot of uboot/os support for it (see<br>
<a href="http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5/Main_Page" target="_blank">http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5/Main_Page</a>).<br>
<br>
I was fooling around with a guruplug, but it overheated :) Although, I<br>
received replacement parts from the manufacturer, I haven't had a chance<br>
to work on it. I've heard good things about these and other such devices<br>
(like the dream plug -<br>
<a href="http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-5-dreamplugs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-5-dreamplugs.aspx</a>). So, you may<br>
be better off heading in that direction.<br>
<br>
Just my $.02<br>
<br>
-Scott<br>
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