ReadyNAS Duo Internals

This very cool NAS Box runs a version of Linux (I think Debian):

nas-D0-E9-23:/c/home/admin# uname -a
Linux nas-D0-E9-23 2.6.17.8ReadyNAS #1 Tue Jun 9 13:59:28 PDT 2009 padre unknown

nas-D0-E9-23:/c/home/admin# cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu : Infrant Technologics, Inc. - neon version: 0
fpu : Softfpu
ncpus probed : 1
ncpus active : 1
BogoMips : 186.36
MMU : version: 0
LP : HW.FW version: 0.1
FPGA : fpga000000-0 Configuration: 0
AHB arbitraion : 7
CPU id : 0
Switch : 0
ASIC : IT3107

nas-D0-E9-23:/c/home/admin# lspci
0000:00:17.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
0000:00:17.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
0000:00:17.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)

nas-D0-E9-23:/proc# fdisk -l /dev/hdc

Disk /dev/hdc: 999.9 GB, 999991611392 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121575 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 255 2048000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdc2 255 287 256000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdc3 287 121575 974242116 5 Extended
/dev/hdc5 287 121575 974242115+ 8e Linux LVM

Compared to my HP desktop machine, this NAS Box is away slower:

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz
stepping        : 11
cpu MHz         : 1600.000
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dt
s acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aper
fmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriori
ty
bogomips        : 12479.54
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Despite the fact, I love this new toy!

Useful status line in vi

:set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w\ [FORMAT=%{&ff}]\ [TYPE=%Y]\ [ASCII=\%03.3b]\ [HEX=\%02.2B]\ [POS=%04l,%04v][%p%%]\ [LEN=%L]

Cool Real gauge measuring your PC performance:

Google Graph

Cool way to draw gauges via Google Graph API:
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/gauge.html