gigaQube Update: Still going strong
Although I haven’t updated the main page yet, I wanted to let gigaQube fans know that it’s still going strong. I get asked a lot why I don’t replace it. Liike I’m a big masochist for running it. It’s low power (green) and still very useful.
I don’t need a quad-core Linux box. I just need a MIPS R5K with 128 megs o ram and a 32k cache. AKA, the Qube. With big disks it’s still plenty fast to do what I need. It’s currently running Debian Linux. I moved of NetBSD a while ago for various reasons. I’m a BSD-head by trade but I have to say the Deb port is nice.
Anyway here’s what the gigaQube is toiling away on:
- Personal WebDAV server
- DVD storage / streamer (I archive all of my DVDs to keep them handy)
- Samba Server
- P2P applications
- Other misc Unixy tasks as needed
Here’s an example of a well used machine:
oxide:/downloads# vmstat 10 30
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 1 26956 1844 956 103376 0 0 3 1 3 4 2 2 95 1
0 2 26956 1852 864 103296 9 0 529 418 1476 226 42 44 0 14
0 1 26956 2260 712 103160 3 0 523 960 1491 313 32 53 2 13
0 1 26988 2172 764 103332 4 3 554 652 1265 170 45 48 0 7
0 1 27088 3092 788 102564 0 10 456 627 1137 205 40 46 5 9
1 0 27096 2200 860 104228 0 1 278 250 1200 290 38 44 6 11
4 0 27440 1876 924 103568 0 36 344 701 1189 391 36 45 12 7
0 0 27440 2000 912 104136 2 0 316 1236 1328 312 34 52 3 12
2 2 27492 2284 804 104336 3 5 1016 637 1170 171 43 44 3 10
1 0 27492 1944 812 104816 0 0 472 823 1340 235 40 50 1 9
4 2 27492 1992 676 103920 0 0 308 30 1298 332 41 43 6 10
2 0 27840 1824 880 104112 6 37 337 1680 1357 241 31 61 2 6
1 1 27984 2044 972 104612 0 16 367 1086 1285 344 23 54 16 7
1 3 27984 1492 1004 103912 64 0 1112 899 1294 179 25 50 3 23
2 2 27984 1728 696 104628 44 0 847 425 1383 233 26 49 7 18
1 1 27984 1736 760 105012 3 0 440 880 1398 350 21 51 2 26
1 1 27984 1476 540 105784 2 0 503 12 1377 400 20 45 4 31
1 0 28028 2008 712 105412 3 9 458 1238 1362 287 23 57 7 14
2 1 28124 2068 936 104624 22 13 837 1996 1241 276 21 61 10 8
1 1 28124 2648 828 105000 0 0 749 97 1473 182 30 49 0 21