Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:38:06 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, cliftonr@lava.net Subject: Re: reecommendations for an 'appliance" platform ? Message-ID: <20090613213806.GA98400@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <E1MFZba-000OCF-H8@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <20090613195451.GA15509@lava.net> <E1MFZba-000OCF-H8@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
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On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 09:13:34PM +0100, Pete French wrote: > > I'm not 100% sure, but fairly sure that you'll have a hard time > > finding something that combines the low-power standalone type spec with > > a 64-bit capable processor. Once you get the higher-end processor, > > That was my experiense when shopping around yes - annoying as I > don't need anything particularly low power (it ain't going to > be my leccy bill :-). > > > becomes a more likely failure point, and so on. Can you elaborate a > > bit more on which parts of that system spec you really need - do you > > need the GigE? Two ethernets? The external SATA? > > It needs to be: > > 1) Complete as purchased - I dont want to build a machine > 2) Capable of having a simple boot device (e.g. CF card) dropped in > 3) At least one ether port. 100 meg will do. > 4) Small enough to be posted to the end user > 5) Cheap - under 400 euros, preferably 300 the Asus EEEBox might fit the description. cheers luigi
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