Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-08 Thread infoomatic
is anyone aware of such a nice little device with low power consumption and ECC memory? The alternatives mentioned so far just offer normal RAM options...

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-08 Thread Damian McGuckin
I will try and summarize the replies succinctly. As Stuart mentioned, by wanting fanless AND rackmount, I was certainly limiting my choices. Thanks - Damian

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-06 Thread Daniele B.
Just to simplify, toy#2 is also on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/HUNSN/page/C16BAC89-6066-4D8E-B827-05465BD2C2EC?ref_=ast_bln -- Daniele Bonini May 7, 2023 00:10:24 Daniele B. : >> from Taobao, minipc no rackmount > > Nice toy, it doesn't miss eth nor serial ports, comes in

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-06 Thread Daniele B.
> from Taobao, minipc no rackmount Nice toy, it doesn't miss eth nor serial ports, comes in different configurations: https://5md.at/l/cuuka https://5md.at/l/cuukb https://5md.at/l/cuukc https://5md.at/l/cuukd

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-06 Thread Daniele B.
> from Taobao, rackmount with fan I found a first toy, the Ipc-820, that comes in 4 configurations let me know if you need more pic, more eth/cpu or if I'm completely out of scope: https://5md.at/l/ipc820a https://5md.at/l/ipc820b https://5md.at/l/ipc820c -- Daniele Bonini

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-06 Thread Troy Martin
> Don't know if this collides with the 'network plumbing' point > but this is what I know eg... in Europe, Germany and you can start > from eg... here: So far, the best I can find are those unusual but generally functional boards that are more or less AliExpress Specials, or for a slightly

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-05 Thread Daniele B.
Don't know if this collides with the 'network plumbing' point but this is what I know eg... in Europe, Germany and you can start from eg... here: https://5md.at/l/cee9399 -- Daniele Bonini May 5, 2023 17:46:47 Daniele B. : > Sorry, I haven't followed the thread and I do not know > what

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-05 Thread Daniele B.
Sorry, I haven't followed the thread and I do not know what exactly you are searching for. I realized only now you are searching some specific device on the market.. I do not know..any chinese national can eventually help like us.. but here we can have access to the chinese version of Taobao, that

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-05 Thread Amarendra Godbole
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 2:47 AM Anders Andersson wrote: > > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 8:24 AM Damian McGuckin wrote: > > > > On Thu, 4 May 2023, Maksim Rodin wrote: > > > > > Is there any problem with fanless x86_64 mini PCs with several NICs, > > > sold on aliexpress? > > > > Maybe, or give up on

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 1:33 PM Olaf Schreck wrote: > > > The edgerouter 6p works with OpenBSD/octeon and has a rackmount > bracket. > > > Wow. And it has a serial port. with an RJ45 connector. Hopefully the > RS232 > > pinouts are nicely documented somewhere. Cannot seem to find those > details

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Olaf Schreck
> > The edgerouter 6p works with OpenBSD/octeon and has a rackmount bracket. > Wow. And it has a serial port. with an RJ45 connector. Hopefully the RS232 > pinouts are nicely documented somewhere. Cannot seem to find those details > right now. I have an edgerouter lite with this RJ45 serial

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 03:42:37AM +1000, Damian McGuckin wrote: > On Thu, 4 May 2023, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > The edgerouter 6p works with OpenBSD/octeon and has a rackmount bracket. > > Wow. And it has a serial port. with an RJ45 connector. Hopefully the RS232 > pinouts are nicely

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Thu, 4 May 2023, Stefan Sperling wrote: The edgerouter 6p works with OpenBSD/octeon and has a rackmount bracket. Wow. And it has a serial port. with an RJ45 connector. Hopefully the RS232 pinouts are nicely documented somewhere. Cannot seem to find those details right now. I wonder

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 09:45:27AM -0400, David Higgs wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 1:30 AM fRANz wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:30 AM Martin Schröder > > wrote: > > > > > https://www.pcengines.ch/eol.htm > > > The end is near for APUs :-( > > > > :( > > Happy apu2 & apu4 user here.

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Johan Huldtgren
On 2023-05-04 5:18, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > You'll open up many more options if you allow a quiet fan for rackmount, > or allow using a non-rackmount box on a rack shelf. I'm in the same boat where I need to replace my current apu4s with a new rackmounted solution. The research I've done so

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2023/05/04 10:25, Johan Huldtgren wrote: > On 2023-05-04 5:18, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > You'll open up many more options if you allow a quiet fan for rackmount, > > or allow using a non-rackmount box on a rack shelf. > > I'm in the same boat where I need to replace my current apu4s

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Andrew Klaus
I'm in the midst of testing the R86S as an alternative to my APU. My biggest issues so far with it: - No UART port, or even one to solder a header to. That means you're stuck with HDMI during install or to do any rescue work. - The SFPs in the taller version are Mellanox ConnectX-3s, which

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread David Higgs
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 1:30 AM fRANz wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:30 AM Martin Schröder > wrote: > > > https://www.pcengines.ch/eol.htm > > The end is near for APUs :-( > > :( > Happy apu2 & apu4 user here. > Are there other OpenBSD friendly options? > Regards, > -f > Someday I'll need

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Anders Andersson
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 8:24 AM Damian McGuckin wrote: > > On Thu, 4 May 2023, Maksim Rodin wrote: > > > Is there any problem with fanless x86_64 mini PCs with several NICs, > > sold on aliexpress? > > Maybe, or give up on the rackmount and buy the R86S, as in > >

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-04 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Thu, 4 May 2023, Maksim Rodin wrote: Is there any problem with fanless x86_64 mini PCs with several NICs, sold on aliexpress? Maybe, or give up on the rackmount and buy the R86S, as in https://www.aliexpress.com/i/1005004765507664.html An alternative is to buy 3 APU4s now 3 to

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-03 Thread Maksim Rodin
Hello, Is there any problem with fanless x86_64 mini PCs with several NICs, sold on aliexpress? On Thu May 4 13:19:17 2023, Aaron Mason wrote: > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 1:17 PM Damian McGuckin wrote: > > > > > > > Happy apu2 & apu4 user here. > > > > Ditto. > > > > > Are there other OpenBSD

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-03 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2023-05-04, Damian McGuckin wrote: > >> Happy apu2 & apu4 user here. > > Ditto. > >> Are there other OpenBSD friendly options? > > Same question but qualifying that to add FANLESS and RACKMOUNT. The combination of both of those is tricky, rackmount servers are expected to keep at operating

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-03 Thread Aaron Mason
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 1:17 PM Damian McGuckin wrote: > > > > Happy apu2 & apu4 user here. > > Ditto. > > > Are there other OpenBSD friendly options? > > Same question but qualifying that to add FANLESS and RACKMOUNT. > > I am thinking of trying an Intel Ruggest NUC for some scenarios but at >

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-03 Thread Damian McGuckin
Happy apu2 & apu4 user here. Ditto. Are there other OpenBSD friendly options? Same question but qualifying that to add FANLESS and RACKMOUNT. I am thinking of trying an Intel Ruggest NUC for some scenarios but at best, they have dual RJ45 ethernets. Thanks - Damian

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-01 Thread Katherine Mcmillan
er-m...@openbsd.org on behalf of Thomas M. Beaudry Sent: 01 May 2023 18:48 To: Mihai Popescu Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL Attention : courriel externe | external email Linux is slowly losing it's appeal for servers. IT is starting to notice that Linux serv

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-05-01 Thread Thomas M. Beaudry
Linux is slowly losing it's appeal for servers. IT is starting to notice that Linux servers are cracked almost as much as Windows servers. A large problem with any OS lacking a central authority to insure that nothing is added before being fully verified as not introducing a vulnerability. On

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-04-28 Thread Mihai Popescu
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:30 AM Martin Schröder wrote: > https://www.pcengines.ch/eol.htm > The end is near for APUs :-( It may be the end for open/free source as we know it. The market is moving to ARM for hardware. As for the software, Linux is preferred - a lot of code, a lot of

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-04-20 Thread Steve Williams (Contractor)
Hi, My apu4 died and I tried a rpi4 but was less than impressed by it.  Fairly low power and I had reliability issues with the USB ports.  I was just using it to run a webcam doing 2 snapshots/minute to be able to create time lapse movies.  It also ran my personal web server and handled

Re: PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-04-19 Thread fRANz
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:30 AM Martin Schröder wrote: > https://www.pcengines.ch/eol.htm > The end is near for APUs :-( :( Happy apu2 & apu4 user here. Are there other OpenBSD friendly options? Regards, -f

PC Engines APU platform EOL

2023-04-19 Thread Martin Schröder
https://www.pcengines.ch/eol.htm The end is near for APUs :-( Best Martin