On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote:
> On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote:
> >Hello misc@,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media
> >center, which runs OpenBSD. Most of the time it's idling, but does run
> >(open)ssh/(open)smtp/imap(dovecot)/http(nginx/apache
> >+subversion)/minidnla, which I want to keep available.
> >
> >Is there any board/device known which can support these requirements and
> >is fully (within the requirements) supported by OpenBSD?
> >
> 
> As a personal preference I would avoid using ARM boards and would try to go
> with x86/amd64 boards instead. I don't know how well those ARM devices are
> supported on OpenBSD (I have only a little experince with running Linux on
> those), but the performance was pretty disappointing(with Linux). *I* would
> decide for the APU from pcengines.
> http://pcengines.ch/apu.htm

My first thought too, but it has no video, which is probably required by
the OP.

> I haven't used these either but they are x86/amd64 and well supported with
> OpenBSD as a lot of devs use them. I can not say anything about the
> performance, but I would *assume* they have at least the same performance as
> your mentioned pandaboard (if not better) and probably cost the same.
> 
> I use an HP Microserver N54L for the same purpose. It is roughly the same
> price but probably doesn't fit your power consumption requirements (roughly
> 40 Watts with 2 drives)
> 
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Martijn van Duren
> 
> Have a nice day
> Lars
> 

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