From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 18 20:14:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64CD106566B for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:14:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f173.google.com (mail-qy0-f173.google.com [209.85.221.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58AC18FC1A for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:14:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by qyk3 with SMTP id 3so1744703qyk.3 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:14:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=P/EKrrgLjGj69UNpbniIwu1riqUveiKqZ8Ma2Tv16yU=; b=BTRYOOtfInDZSAOlZgMqsjUm2hxSR6E0IjsR59DIWbrLOBgrVTfSNSDrih7CnBGV7L Yje8soioEYbmVCEjmQDFwpXgpTa5+UVssN1wlnCtBx0hA7qR5tU+ygr8llYogmFiyloL +Y1QWccVeLGaDNXtgbfHmy1jF5UCSR1VXBRIs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ih7pHasrBIXEbCBqWpTkJHHLjgpZ6mEoZyZtVebcNoswqrmIMmTZbR4Sza8Niwd19M FSTaVQw+XIm+psxkuJ8G6iWlIKHtI3T3J7t4eCsrDGqzbdeOk89TFp0lXFpj22cqo40t HrJakpgMNEsa3RBBorvS9oGoAP0lmYu7oQZY0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.71.10 with SMTP id f10mr2129939vcj.13.1245356059093; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:14:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <94A1EEFE-A341-41C8-A63E-4F9EC1C75670@identry.com> References: <94A1EEFE-A341-41C8-A63E-4F9EC1C75670@identry.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:14:17 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: John Almberg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compact Freebsd 'appliance' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:14:20 -0000 What kind of application? This is so we can gear a hardware that is powerful enough to power your application. Naming the application and/or website would be a good addition. On 6/18/09, John Almberg wrote: > I have a client who has an application that he wants to deploy in his > customer's offices as a headless 'appliance'. Basically, just a black > box that you can plug into a Lan, turn it on, and it runs. No floppy > disk or CD, no monitor/keyboard, just remotely managed. > > This application won't store any critical data, so it doesn't need > redundancy. It just needs to be reasonably reliable, compact, and quiet. > > My first recommendation was to use a Mac Mini, but that excellent bit > of hardware was deemed 'not professional enough'. So now I am looking > for a compact pc that can run FreeBSD, of course. I think it probably > just needs a power supply, tiny motherboard with onboard ethernet, > usb, etc., and hard drive. > > If anyone has a recommendation (or if their are any vendors lurking), > please shoot me an email off list. I'll compile a list of > recommendations and post it all at once, in case anyone else is > interested in this. > > Thanks: John -- jalmberg at identry dot com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >