Netatalk does everything Apple Time Capsule does, for a lot less money
Conclusion
Thanks to the Raspberry Pi, the Netatalk library, and an external hard disk, you can back up your data using the native Time Machine backup tool on your Mac computer at a remarkably low price.
The Netatalk library offers more than just the possibility of acting as a substitute for a Time Capsule. In addition to a sleek network share via the AFP protocol, you can put many different functions in place that would otherwise require an Apple server, thanks to integration with other open source programs.
Infos
- Time Capsule: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort_Time_Capsule
- Compatible WiFi adapters: http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters
- "Real-World Raspberry Pi" by Werner Hein, January 2013, issue 146, pg. 45, http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Features/Real-World-Raspberry-Pi/(language)/eng-US
- Up-to-date Raspbian images: http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest
- Tips for loading the Raspbian image: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup
- Exim bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610918
- RAID level: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Standard_levels
- Code for this article: ftp://ftp.linux-magazin.com/pub/listings/raspberry-pi-geek.com/04
- Bonjour browser: http://www.tildesoft.com/files/BonjourBrowser.dmg
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