It’s time for a new project…

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It’s time for a new project…

Posted by Markus Langenfeld - 03/30/07 at 10:03:37 pm

Over the past few years I have had a file server of sorts in my home office, nothing too special. Cerebellum, my first file server was a 600 MHz AMD K6 with a 40 GB hard drive. I used it to back up basic things such as software, music, photos etc. As its use and demand increased it was later upgraded with more storage and everything to meet my needs. I started using Cerebellum for a wider array of purposes like AV Mgmt and network diagnostics and more recently it was put on the web so I could access backed up data from anywhere.

This past winter I decided to go for a little upgrade by using my 1.2Ghz 1st Gen Apple Mac Mini as the new file server – Minibellum. You would think that a UNIX based file server would be rock solid, and with an operating system like OSX it would be chock full of features and flexibility, at least that’s what I thought.

The problem wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was doing, or I wasn’t setting it all up correctly. It was the overall reliability of the applications and everything I was using. When they worked, they worked well but there would be a lot of issues. Another huge problem was my VPN connection with Minibellum. Although the VPN client I was using for OSX worked, the cross compatibility with my Windows network, and the features I wanted to utilize with the VPN I could never get to work as well as expected.

The Mac Mini has found a new home with a family member in need of a new machine, and I’m staring at the FedEx tracking information for what will be my new Windows based network server.

It’s time for a new project… This time it’s going to be big.