Re: [Server-devel] Recommended tropical island XS hardware

2011-02-03 Thread Andra DuPont
On Feb 3, 2011, at 6:31 AM, Tom Parker wrote: > Is there a "recommended" school server hardware these days? > > We took EEE Boxes to Samoa and they seemed to do ok in the short time we > monitored them. Their biggest downside is no second ethernet (you have > to use USB) and you pay for the Ion

Re: [Server-devel] Recommended tropical island XS hardware

2011-02-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Tom Parker wrote: > Is there a "recommended" school server hardware these days? Not really, but the market is moving in the right direction. Thise fanless boxes you mention... > The schools in question are probably less than 200 students each, so I'm > guessing an

[Server-devel] Recommended tropical island XS hardware

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Parker
Is there a "recommended" school server hardware these days? We took EEE Boxes to Samoa and they seemed to do ok in the short time we monitored them. Their biggest downside is no second ethernet (you have to use USB) and you pay for the Ion chipset (both upfront and on power consumption). The scho