Sorry, I should have been more specific! It's going to be at our ranch about 76 miles away. So I'm going to be doing the install and setup. I usually only make it out there weekly though, which is why I wanted something somewhat stable.
For enclosed I just meant something that isn't like a bare board. It's in a barn, so it's a dusty environment. Along with the VPN tunnel and unbound DNS, it's only other purpose is really going to be just a remote troubleshooting tool. Thanks for all of the suggestions so far! -Dustin On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Andy Ruhl <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Dustin Marquess <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Sorry if this is slightly OT. >> >> I'm looking for recommendations for an enclosed, stable low power draw >> machine that is NetBSD-friendly to install in a remote location for >> two purposes: >> >> - A single nailed-up OpenVPN tunnel >> - A small unbound DNS resolver install >> >> So far I've been looking at a Raspberry Pi Model B+ and a Beaglebone >> Black, but I'm not sure of the status on those two exact models. I've >> also been looking at the Intel NUCs, but those are in another class >> when it comes to power draw. >> >> Any other recommendations? > > > I think it really depends on what you mean by "install in a remote > location". > > I've been using the Seagate Dockstar with some success for a while now. I > like them because they have multiple USB ports, fairly low power draw, and > arm is pretty well supported by NetBSD. But only 128 megs of memory. Hasn't > been an issue so far. > > You do have to do some firmware hacks to make it boot NetBSD though. Not > very friendly for a remote setup, but you could easily set it up locally and > mail it to wherever it goes. Connecting a console is not trivial either, but > if you could get one on it at the remote location it would be simple to > support. > > The Pi will boot from an SD card with no issue, so long as someone local can > write an image to the card. You could edit the image and put whatever you > want in there to get it to boot, and then finish the deployment from there. > Most similar machines should be the same. > > I'm deploying another Dockstar right now. > > Andy > >
