On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 01:24:17AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
Quoting Craig Sanders (cas@taz.net.au):
yeah, i try really hard to like the idea of using a little openwrt compatible router (because they would/could be great), but every time i look into them in any detail, I end up at the same point:
Ditto. Here's the unit I'm considering to replace my decade-plus-old server: http://www.fit-pc.com/web/purchase/order-direct-fit-pc3/
neat. i ran across the fit-pc2 and fit-pc2i a year or two ago and thought they sounded pretty good...but the local .au distributor wants $625 for the base model with 1.0GHz CPU and 1GB RAM. it's $905 if you want the 1.6GHz model with 2GB RAM. for that price, i'd rather build my own mini-itx box (or even ATX...mini-ITX has very few slots due to size constraints, but there are a number of AMD F1 socket ATX boards available for around $100 with several PCI-e and PCI slots) or buy an AMD fusion based netbook. either would be much cheaper. the prices on the fit-pc.com site are far more reasonable ($275 for the 1GHz/1GB model), although they list prices in $ (presumably US), but also mention VAT...maybe the $ sign is a typo and they really mean pounds. the fit-pc3 looks even better. and prices seem OK too. The FACE modules sound interesting...looks like they only have 4xUSB module at the moment, but are working on others including some with multiple gigabit ethernet ports.
It has dual eSATA, an AMD G-T44R 64-bit CPU, AMI Radeon HD 6250 (HDMI or DisplayPort), takes up to 8GB RAM on two DDR3 SO-DIMMs, room inside for one 2.5" disk, two MiniPCIE sockets. Power draw's about 10-20W depending on load and extras. Fanless.
nice. and the AMD CPU means it has virtualisation extensions so it could even run kvm if you wanted to.. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #230: Lusers learning curve appears to be fractal