Ralf <ralf+gentoo <at> ramses-pyramidenbau.de> writes:
> https://blog.ramses-pyramidenbau.de/?p=188 Very cool! > >> 2. What distro? Right now I'm using Gentoo on all my servers > >> but I'm not sure it is the best option for this puppy (Gentoo > >> puts quite high demands on filesystem). If I redirect all the > >> compilation work to other "mature" server (distcc/crossdev), > >> can I use even Gentoo? Or is Raspbian still the better choice? > > I found distcc hard work when I was installing Gentoo on my Atom box, > > so I NFS-exported its package directory to a 32-bit chroot on my > >> workstation, did all the emerging etc. there, including building binary > >> packages, then emerge -k on the Atom installed the system with minimum > >> fuss. Ok so, on these small arm systems, what we have is the consolidation of the embedded world and the *nix world view of things. It may be best and easy for you to purchase (relatively) cheap hardware, downlaod and existing easy distro and run your application; benchmarking with relevant goals in mind. Traditional embedded folks look at the primary algorithms and apps that will run on an embedded processor/ram and maybe go one size larger on the resources. Tightly constrained. Arm processors come in a myriad of sizes and features. Personally, if your stuck on Rpi, I ask around in those forums as to which arm_board you should use for your goals. Stay with non-mechanical drive/mem as it's rather dumb to put a mechanical drive with a sub-100-watt embedded board, from an energy consumption perspective, imho. http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi http://www.anandtech.com/show/7724/it-begins-amd-announces-its-first-arm-based-server-soc-64bit8core-opteron-a1100 https://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2321 Just a few links to get you started on proper research. hth, James
