I'm building a linux fileserver (it will host a bunch of files for home use like digital pictures and CD/DVD images, and run daily incremental backups to a secondary hard drive with rdiff-backup). My entire home network is gigabit LAN based, with a couple wireless laptops.
I'm eyeing a mini-ITX 1.2 Ghz C7 system on newegg, with built-in Gigabit LAN, and 1 Gig of RAM. I'm thinking of Via EPIA because I want to leave the system on all the time, and don't want to pay a lot to do it.
My only concern is speed compared to a "normal" fileserver (core 2 duo or athlon based) - will this be slower at sending files over the network? Will it handle a couple of connections synchronously without slowdown? Will it bog down noticeably while the incremental backup is running?
Please note I'm not doing anything else with this computer - it will simply sit there all day, connected to power and network and nothing else, standing by to send and receive files over the network, and running an incremental backup nightly.
I'm eyeing a mini-ITX 1.2 Ghz C7 system on newegg, with built-in Gigabit LAN, and 1 Gig of RAM. I'm thinking of Via EPIA because I want to leave the system on all the time, and don't want to pay a lot to do it.
My only concern is speed compared to a "normal" fileserver (core 2 duo or athlon based) - will this be slower at sending files over the network? Will it handle a couple of connections synchronously without slowdown? Will it bog down noticeably while the incremental backup is running?
Please note I'm not doing anything else with this computer - it will simply sit there all day, connected to power and network and nothing else, standing by to send and receive files over the network, and running an incremental backup nightly.