From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 13 22:11:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BDE51065670 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aragon@phat.za.net) Received: from mail.geek.sh (decoder.geek.sh [196.36.198.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D72D8FC12 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aragon@phat.za.net) Received: from igor.geek.sh (unknown [196.209.245.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.geek.sh (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EAEC93A6A4; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:55:51 +0200 (SAST) Message-ID: <4A342067.1000603@phat.za.net> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:55:51 +0200 From: Aragon Gouveia User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090331) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pete French References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reecommendations for an 'appliance" platform ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:11:14 -0000 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. > 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 You might consider something like this: http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/T7-330_Barebones.html Or this which is rack mountable: http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/T2e_300atom_nocd.html Both Atom 330 based and prebuilt. No affiliation with them, but I almost ordered one and found their support to be responsive and helpful. :) Regards, Aragon