A newly released hardware description and configuration has been added to the AstLinux documentation:
Jetway JBC430U941 Quad Core Fanless Celeron N3160 https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:board_jetway_jbc430u941 I personally purchased a Jetway HBJC430U941-316B (Model: JBC430U941) (No RAM, No SSD) via Amazon: Jetway HBJC430U941-316B Celeron N3160 Quad Core Fanless Firewall IoT Mini PC, 4X GbE LAN ... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WSJFBZ4/ https://mitxpc.com/products/hbjc430u941-316b (Direct for $269.95 + shipping) $299.95 USD -- Jetway HBJC430U941-316B Celeron N3160 $ 21.99 USD -- Transcend 32GB SATA III 6GB/S M.2 Type 2242 SSD TS32GMTS400S $ 19.99 USD -- Kingston Technology 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L PC3-12800 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM $ 0.00 USD -- Shipping (Included) The Jetway JBC430U941 offers: -- Small fanless case, 5.1 x 4.3 inch (129 x 109 mm) footprint -- Intel Celeron CPU N3160 @ 1.60GHz -- 4x Intel i211 NIC's -- Supports M.2 Type 2242 SSD -- Supports Serial (RJ45) or Video (HDMI) Console -- Piezo speaker -- Power button No surprise, line-speed 1Gbps network routing and near line-speed WireGuard VPN endpoint. This Jetway N3160 appliance makes a fine AstLinux box. The Good: * Has a 2 year limited warranty and Long-life Series, Planned Lifecycle Through Q1'2031 * Includes plastic dust plugs for all the ports * Ethernet MAC OUI's match the hardware manufacturer, imagine that :-) * Jetway tech support was very responsive The Bad: * The CPU temp appears to run 10 C higher (but not excessive) than a similar Qotom box, possibly the extra unused GPU/video SoC circuitry. I contacted Jetway tech support and they did not indicate any BIOS setting that would help, possibly the request planted a seed to investigate more. Possibly the Qotom CPU's have failed but unneeded video circuitry disabled on the die, who knows. * Price, at $270-$300 USD it currently does not offer a value solution compared to other hardware The Jetway N3160 appliance has run solidly for a few days, further updates as needed. Lonnie Followup, performance comparisons: I performed some multi-core WireGuard VPN performance tests while noting the CPU temps for 4 similar hardware appliances. In all cases, a 10 minute WireGuard iperf3 test to a common VM (AstLinux in Proxmox), one at a time. In all cases, all cores are running at 70-80% . == Hardware: Jetway JBC430U941 N3160 NIC x4 == pbx2 ~ # sensors ; iperf3 -c 10.4.0.15 -P2 -R -t 600 ; sensors coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +49.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) Core 1: +49.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) Core 2: +46.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) Core 3: +46.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) [SUM] 0.00-600.01 sec 48.5 GBytes 694 Mbits/sec 3255 sender [SUM] 0.00-600.01 sec 48.5 GBytes 694 Mbits/sec receiver iperf Done. coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +54.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) Core 1: +54.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) Core 2: +48.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) Core 3: +50.0 C (high = +90.0 C, crit = +90.0 C) == Hardware: Jetway NF9HG-2930 NIC x4 == pbx3 ~ # sensors ; iperf3 -c 10.4.0.15 -P2 -R -t 600 ; sensors coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +47.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 1: +47.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 2: +51.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 3: +51.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) [SUM] 0.00-600.00 sec 51.9 GBytes 742 Mbits/sec 4703 sender [SUM] 0.00-600.00 sec 51.9 GBytes 742 Mbits/sec receiver iperf Done. coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +53.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 1: +53.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 2: +56.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 3: +56.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) == Hardware: PC Engines APU2 NIC x3 == pbx4 ~ # sensors ; iperf3 -c 10.4.0.15 -P2 -R -t 600 ; sensors k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter CPU Temp: +53.2 C (high = +70.0 C) (crit = +105.0 C, hyst = +104.0 C) [SUM] 0.00-600.01 sec 33.7 GBytes 483 Mbits/sec 2413 sender [SUM] 0.00-600.00 sec 33.7 GBytes 483 Mbits/sec receiver iperf Done. k10temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter CPU Temp: +56.2 C (high = +70.0 C) (crit = +105.0 C, hyst = +104.0 C) == Hardware: Qotom Q190G4N CPU J1900 NIC x4 == pbx0 ~ # sensors ; iperf3 -c 10.4.0.15 -P2 -R -t 600 ; sensors coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +36.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 1: +39.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 2: +39.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 3: +39.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) [SUM] 0.00-600.01 sec 52.4 GBytes 750 Mbits/sec 4094 sender [SUM] 0.00-600.00 sec 52.4 GBytes 750 Mbits/sec receiver iperf Done. coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +38.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 1: +41.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 2: +41.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) Core 3: +41.0 C (high = +105.0 C, crit = +105.0 C) -- _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
