Editorial

February 2018 (ODROID-HC2)

Welcome to our 50th issue!  This month, Hardkernel released a new product, the ODROID-HC2, which is an updated version of the ODROID-HC1 that now supports 3.5" hard drives.  It is a stackable mini-PC that can be used as a cloud server, NAS, or home server, and is ideal for environments  ▶

ODROID-HC2

ODROID-HC2: 3.5” High powered storage

The ODROID-HC2 is an affordable mini PC and perfect solution for a network attached storage (NAS) server. This device home cloud-server capabilities centralizes data and enables users to share and stream multimedia files to phones, tablets, and other devices across a network. It is an ideal tool for many use cases such as: single users on many devices, sharing between family members, developers or a group. It can be tailored to your specific needs.  ▶

Linux

Build Your Own ODROID-HC1 BitTorrent Seed Server

BitTorrent provides a means of crowd-sharing files; peer-to-peer via “torrent” files. At its heart, BitTorrent allows distributed hosting and sharing of files in such a way that the original uploader doesn’t have to provide all the bandwidth or storage space for people to be able to download the file.I’ll be using an ODROID-HC1 because I want to use a SSD and make this tiny server entirely solid-state. If you’d prefer to use a 3.5” spinning drive you can opt for the ODROID-HC2, and follow the same directions below.  ▶