[frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011

  • From: Richard Zimmerman <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:49:03 -0400

Yes, you will need ad 24/7 connection and server running to pull the update
in the late night hours...

Tony is also correct, using a pogoplug will not work due to it's arm
processor...

Seriously though, a modest computer for a server will not use that much
power.... The monitors use more... (unless lcd obviously)

Richard


On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was thinking about apt-proxy last night when I read Tony's first email. I
> couldn't remember the name so I figured I'd respond when I remembered it. I
> don't think we need the entire repository, most packages probably will never
> be used and will just take up drive space and bandwidth for updates. I
> hadn't thought about the issue of Ubuntu's all to frequent updates not being
> cached until requested and hadn't been even considering whether we would
> need a system running 24/7. Maybe we could use something like a SheevaPlug
> or a PogoPlug they only use about 5W maximum.
>
--
Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit
Mishawaka, IN

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