These guys are a local competitor: http://www.rebyte.com Here is what their FAQ page says about Mirra: The Mirra backup system is competitively priced. You can figure a comparable reByte system is going to cost you about 20% ($100) less depending on what you want and need. There are some specific drawbacks to the Mirra system, however. * Mirra only works with Windows 2000 and XP networks (no Mac, Linux or Novell support) * Data is stored in a proprietary format. If you want to access your data remotely, you must install their software * Redundancy. Mirra does not provide RAID support. All hard drives fail eventually. * Storage space. Mirra’s largest solution only stores 120 gigs compared to nearly 1 terabyte (1000 gigabytes) with reByte * No offsite synchronization support (like reSync) * Mirra isn't upgradeable * There is no support for gigabit or wireless networks The bottom line is Mirra is a low-performance, non-redundant, non-expandable and proprietary solution. Although it’s inexpensive, you can build a reByte solution that provides significantly more value for the same price. Clay Fandre wrote: > Anyone know anything more about this? > http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/02/personal.server.ap/index.html > > How about we create a Linux distro that duplicates the functionality of > the Mirra? Shouldn't be too difficult. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list