You could otherwise take that EPIA motherboard and build a pretty nice NAS (Network Attached Storage) Server from it if you just fit it into any normal computer chassi.
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=NAS
For building your own NAS I recommend FreeNAS for beginners who just want file-storage (Samba, FTP, UPnP), and ClarkConnect Community Edition for more experinced computer users who also want a little more out of it (like a router, firewall, VPN, mail-server, web-server).
I have configured several of these for friends with FreeNAS and software RAID (3 harddrives or more in a RAID-5, the more harddrives the less procentage goes to parity for redundacy). Easy to setup booting from a (32MB or bigger) CompactFlash memory card with a CF to ATA (or SATA) adapter, for the storage disk I use CoolerMaster four-in-three bay (fits four harddrives in three 5,25inch bays and comes with a large quiet fan).
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=NAS
For building your own NAS I recommend FreeNAS for beginners who just want file-storage (Samba, FTP, UPnP), and ClarkConnect Community Edition for more experinced computer users who also want a little more out of it (like a router, firewall, VPN, mail-server, web-server).
I have configured several of these for friends with FreeNAS and software RAID (3 harddrives or more in a RAID-5, the more harddrives the less procentage goes to parity for redundacy). Easy to setup booting from a (32MB or bigger) CompactFlash memory card with a CF to ATA (or SATA) adapter, for the storage disk I use CoolerMaster four-in-three bay (fits four harddrives in three 5,25inch bays and comes with a large quiet fan).
