BUBBA - reasonably-priced, stupidly-named home mini server

[Bob Crabtree]

Tor,

Great to see you around the place - I'm sure others will be delighted to see you here, too, and that you're happy to answer queries!

[zmannen]

Hi,

just got a couple Bubbas 500Gbyte - looking to make a self replicating backup solution, anyone trying to do similar things?

Also adding an USB based status display to Bubba, trying to find a source for something like this

crystalfontz com look at USB LCDs

in Sweden. Anyone out there who is in the know....

Happy New Year 2007

[jjc_uk]

so what happend to the review of the bubba server

[zmannen]

Over and done with last year (2007) in the Swedish "Elektronik i Norden" magazine. The Bubba was used as a platform for a series of articles about embedded software.

janne

[jjc_uk]

perhaps due a proper review now when this new device comes out
quote below from bubba forum

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
Ok, now it's time to give some more detailed specs to our beloved customers:

The new Bubba will be available in small volumes for purchase late june, and with full availability in august. The principles are the same, a minimal and quiet home server with one 3,5" internal disk. Still based on Debian (Etch now, of course). The physical size and weight is almost exactly the same. Major news are higher performance (allowing new applications) and more exclusive, better looking design. We think so at anyways. Smile

The key changes/updates are:

- New design. Still clean, just updated. Matte-black rubber paint with white laser-etched logo printed on the front. Still just one front LED.
- Power PC CPU @ 333 MHz (higher clock speeds available later on), with crypto acceleration. This allows for high throughput speeds also with encrypted protocols (https, ssh).
- On-board DDR2-333 memory, 256 MB
- Better populated back-plate, with the following:
* Dual gigabit ethernet, allowing firewall and router functionality (link leds visible)
* WLAN option (not available until august)
* Two USB high speed connectors for printer. With some Linux knowledge, the possible applications are endless with cheap USB accessories, such as DVB receiver/recorder, audio player, security camera server etc.
* Internal disk is now SATA, allowing new low-noise and low-power versions to be used
* Two eSATA connectors, allowing raided setups in many configurations

Software for the above functionality will be avalable upon release. New functionality will of course be included in the future, released by just pressing the "update" button in the web interface. Among our plans are automated web-controlled backup, a name service, more media servers (supporting even more player devices) etc.

Price isn't set finally yet, but it won't be much more expensive than the current one.

[Edit]:
Forgot a few things:
- The wlan will be able to handle access point functionality as well.
- Power still around 10W-12W depending on disk.
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/Johannes, Excito hardware developer