Resolved iBook G4 / Cube G4 as a NAS/Server

[bobesch]

Today I was tempted to buy Tiger-Server.
First I thought about using my Cube for Tiger/Server-installation, but then some postings here at MacRumors made me leave this idea. Though putting a silent SSD wouldn't be the problem, attaching mass-storage in a reasonable way through FireWire or USB 1.x isn't something to overcome easily.
Now I think about using an iBookG4 with Tiger/Server to play with as NAS/HomeServer, since it offers two USB2-ports plus one FireWire400-port.
I also think about power consumption of both Cube and iBook when serving as a server.
Any ideas about that? Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas,
Bob

 

[Spudlicious]

Merry Christmas Bob, Fröhliche Weihnachten. Your signature suggests strong interest in vintage computers, but a G4 as a server? I wonder if it has enough CPU grunt or RAM, and it's network connectivity will be on the slow side, yes? An interesting hobby project though.

 

[bobesch]

Merry Christmas Bob, Fröhliche Weihnachten. Your signature suggests strong interest in vintage computers, but a G4 as a server? I wonder if it has enough CPU grunt or RAM, and it's network connectivity will be on the slow side, yes? An interesting hobby project though.

Thanks! You are right, it's a hobby to max out that beautiful old stuff to make it find a place in my common life - not just in a museum. These old machines (Cube, Gooseneck etc.) did serve well as "thin" clients in my office until recently changes in the terminal licensing-system of Windows2008-Server stopped RemoteDesktopClient to work (maybe sometime they'll return to their "old work" with the help of VNC, but currently a set of white Intel iMacs has taken their place...)
So I thought about that Cube-home-server - silent and with low power consumption. But you are right: it's somehow limited in many fields. The only reasonable option that finally came to my mind, is a huge internal hard disk (e.g. 6-8TB) attached with IDE-SATA-adapter, with small 128GB partition for booting Tiger and an attached second hard drive of same space for regular backups via SuperDuper! fitted in one of these space aluminium firewire-cases that can be fired up and shut down manually (or a timer-plug) to start scheduled backup on connection and eject the disk after the task is complete.
Could be server as a nice media-server sitting in our living room next to our TV


BTW: this thread was meant to be posted in the PowerPC-Forum. Sorry that I've mixed something up.

 

[bobesch]

Please don't answer to this thread anymore since I've moved discussion to the PowerPC-Forum.(#1)
Thanks and sorry for that hassle...