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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:25:00 +0100
From:      Norman Gray <gray@nxg.name>
To:        Alexander Burke <alex@alexburke.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: small form factor router recommendations
Message-ID:  <EB38676A-12F1-4E6C-B337-398F582EA910@nxg.name>
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Greetings.

On 16 Apr 2024, at 23:41, Alexander Burke wrote:

> There sure is:
>
> https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/dell-optiplex-3040-small-form-factor

Interesting.  Myself, I really wouldn't call that 'small form factor', wh=
atever Dell call it.  I'd call that just 'a moderately compact desktop'.

Looking at the specs [1], it's about 300 x 300 x 100 mm.  What Dell calls=
 a 'micro form factor' machine [2] is about 180 x 180 x 40mm, and even th=
at's pushing it: that's easily the biggest thing I'd think of as 'small'.=


I'm not sure what I'd take as a definition of 'small form factor', but 's=
mall enough to be strapped to the back of a monitor' and 'fanless' or 'a =
few Watts' would probably be in there.

Aha: of _course_ there's a Wikipedia page about them [3].  It looks like =
volume is a key discriminant, with the things I'd think of as 'small' com=
ing in under 1 litre.

Best wishes,

Norman



[1] https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/desktop-computers/optiplex-small-form=
-factor/spd/optiplex-7010-small-ff/s015o7010sff_vp
[2] https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/desktop-computers/optiplex-micro-form=
-factor/spd/optiplex-7010-plus-micro/gctoo7010mffpemea_vp
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor_(desktop_and_motherbo=
ard)

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Norman Gray  :  https://nxg.me.uk



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