On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 09:39 -0200, > If you look for machines with VIA CPUs, they are low power > dissipation, and often cheap too. We have a few samples at 1cc with > heatsinks - no fans!
Will do, tks for the heads up I definitely need at least 1 Ghz processor because we intend to host an offline E-Library on the XS. Even w/out the E-Library we want to host a lot of content cached from the broader Internet and that will require a good bit of RAM and some CPU. I have looked at the Excito and they are impressive but do not offer a fast enough processor and the price is higher than I would like. > > Eee Box - more expensive but doesn't seem to have the same cooling > > problem > > I talked with Asus engineers who assured there's a version of it with > no fans, and a heatsink. Not sure if it's in the catalog though :-/ > > > Unfortunately, none of these have a spare PCI slot that I can use for > > the XS's 2nd NIC card. We are considering using a USB NIC for the eth1. > > That'll hurt if you have significant traffic. In fact, I'd recommend > using the usb nic for eth0 which is guaranteed to have less traffic > ;-) > > > Does anyone know of similar small form factor PC's that do have an extra > > PCI slot? Or other good XS choices? This is very true. Small form factor isn't actually that important. Low-Power is much more important. I have to say I am still leaning towards the Shuttle X2700N. It seems to have adequate cooling features compared to other small form-factor PCs Perhaps my best option would be to purchase an Atom CPU, appropriate motherboard, and fit into a regular PC chassis . . . But I still haven't checked out the Via CPU options ;) -- Bryan W. Berry Technology Director OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel