I really like the Intel NUC. Standard x86 hardware, multiple choices of CPUs, runs debian/ubuntu/fedora etc with zero modifications.
/Anders MVH / Regards Anders Löwinger Founder, Senior Consultant Abundo AB Murkelgränd 6 94471 Piteåhttp://abundo.se office: +46 911 400021 mobile: +46 72 206 0322 2015-02-18 16:45 GMT+01:00 Chris Adams <[email protected]>: > Once upon a time, Rob Seastrom <[email protected]> said: > > The Pi is low-powered in more ways than one. Last fall I ran some > > (admittedly fairly simple minded) DNS benchmarks against a Raspberry > > Pi Model B and an ODROID U3. > > The Pi is not really the right tool for any "production" job IMHO. Even > if you are restricting yourself to cheap single-board ARM systems, there > are better choices like BeagleBone, Cubieboard, etc. If you need a > little more power (and want x86 to make things easier), go for a > Minnowboard or the like. All of these are "hobbiest" solutions though. > > If you want cheap and compact DNS for a not-too-high request rate, just > get a cheap wifi router that'll run a flavor of Open Source firmware (I > prefer OpenWRT). Disable the wifi and run dnsmasq or bind (peruse the > OpenWRT supported device page to check RAM capacity). > > Beyond that, or if you want a rack-mount solution, get an Atom CPU based > barebones, like a SuperMicro, use an SSD, and it'll be relatively quiet > (and at least the SuperMicros have IPMI built in for remote management). > > -- > Chris Adams <[email protected]> >
