[ale] Plug computers?

[Scott Plante]

These are the plug computers I was thinking about. 
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-products.aspx 
I've been thinking of getting one of the 2 NIC (maybe + wifi) models as a home firewall and maybe Asterisk server. 


I helped someone setup a Buffalo TeraStation NAS which includes the PogoPlug "cloud" storage feature, but he didn't want to activate that part of it. I didn't try hacking it--has anyone rooted the $40 PogoPlug? That might be cool--does anyone know what the internal specs of it are, like memory, flash storage, processor? 


Scott 

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From: "Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 3:09:33 PM 
Subject: Re: [ale] Plug computers? 


You have 3 RPis? Or Plugs? 


The plug computers are a bit expensive relative to the Pi, but remember you're getting a case, power supply, flash memory, and a proper (non-USB) gigabit Ethernet port, and on some of them, 2 ports. By the time you buy all the stuff to go with the Pi, if you need it, you're starting to get back into the price range of the plugs, are you not? 

How do you find the reliability of the USB ethernet ports? Some forums claim they're not very stable. I've had limited exposure, but I haven't noticed that much trouble myself. 

Scott 
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From: "Richard Bronosky" <richard at bronosky.com> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 2:23:07 PM 
Subject: Re: [ale] Plug computers? 


Now that the Raspberry Pi exists, I can't imagine paying the price of a plug computer. I have 3 of them now. 
On Dec 5, 2012 12:51 AM, "Alex Carver" < agcarver+ale at acarver.net > wrote: 


Anyone using one of the various plug computers that could share their experience? 

I'm thinking ahead to moving my mail and syslog server to something like a plug computer with an external hard drive attached. The server is very low volume and minimal load (exim/dovecot/syslogng with some monitoring using mrtg). 

I may also use it as an endpoint for SSH tunnels though I may also use something like an Rpi for that (currently using a meraki with the wireless interface turned off) and possibly as the master controller for apcupsd. 
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