Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:41:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Andrews <mandrews@bit0.com> To: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Subject: Re: reecommendations for an 'appliance" platform ? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906131936170.59127@beast.int.bit0.com> In-Reply-To: <4A342067.1000603@phat.za.net> References: <E1MFZba-000OCF-H8@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> <4A342067.1000603@phat.za.net>
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Aragon Gouveia wrote: > Hi, > > 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 :-). > > The Atom 230 and 330 are supposed to be 64-bit capable: > > http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=36331,35635,35641, > > but I have not personally tested either with an AMD64 FreeBSD install. I have a Supermicro 5015A-H on the way, which is a 1U rackmount Atom 330 box, and am planning to run 7.2-STABLE amd64 on it. We'll see how it goes. No flash card slots, so you'd need adapters -- I was just going to use a pair of leftover 2.5" disks I had on the shelf.
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