On Thu, 2018-03-15 at 19:33 +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > On 15/03/18 18:01, David Christensen wrote: > > That said, why do you have storage in a thin client? I thought the idea > > is to boot the clients over the network, run from RAM, and have the > > server do most of the work (?). > > They were intended as thin clients - I'm not using them as such. I just > use them as cheap machines with mimimal power consumption, that I can > leave running even when more powerful machines are shut down. My openvpn > endpoint is one such case (it also runs a DNS server). > > I don't need much storage, but I want it to be fairly reliable, and be > sure I can replace it quickly if required. Importing a specialist DOM > from overseas is not quick; buying a usb stick (from the supermarket or > service station if need be) is :-) > > These things only cost me NZ$20 each (for 5) - and an added bonus is > that the old atom (N280) cpu is not vulnerable to meltdown :-) > > Richard > I also use thin clients as Richard does.
Some I've attached an SSD via the USB port and that works well. I've got 2 others that I've used the internal memory as storage. The internal memory originally held the boot loader to boot from a server. The size is 2Gbits so it's big enough for Debian for Alix or dare I say it here XP. Another has a flash memory stick, again with Debian for Alix on it. David.