Correction on that OLPC France link: http://olpc-france.org/ my bad.
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Mitchell Seaton <msea...@ekindling.org>wrote: > Dear all XS Server devel's, > > The OLPC France <http://www.olpcfrance.org/> team is looking to provide a > new XS server machine for their deployment in Nosy > Komba<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nosy_Komba>. > The current XS is not functional due to a current failed disk (cause to be > discovered). Myself, and Adam Holt are planning work with Xavier (OLPC > France), to help support the installation and final configuration of this > new machine during June this year. We thought it's important to consult the > community here ahead of this purchase decision. > > Firstly, we'd like to seek some clear hardware suggestion(s) for a > potential new XS. Solar/batteries are current powering method at the > deployment site. XO volume to be currently supported is 160, and should > allow room for additional deployments. I believe, the investment should be > positioned for min. 5yrs lifespan, and to cope in local heat, humidity, > salt, dust, conditions. > > We're aware of some hardware that has been working in the field - I've > particular noted MSi (WindBox) machine has been working successfully in > Nepal, Haiti and Philippines (George's donation). This is also a follow-up, > in some ways, on George's previous thread although more for deployment than > testing/dev. We're not looking at any XO-1.5/XO-1.75 for form-factor, or > ARM as a platform (know this will come and be more stable in future > releases to come). Low-power is a priority, this will help conserve more > power supply for XO charging. I assume we are still looking at 32-bit x86 > arch and potentially preferring Atom processors (unless otherwise advised). > Any current models in the marketplace for recommendation? > > Purchase of requirement machine looks to be possible from France/EU for > deliver to Madagascar by the deployment/volunteer team (end of May). > It's crucial to identify the hardware choice relatively soon (during next > month period). The machine will likely be pre-configured by Xavier prior to > deliver. > > Look forward to your comments here. > > -- > Mitchell Seaton > eKindling Technology Support > msea...@ekindling.org > www.ekindling.org > > -- Mitchell Seaton eKindling Technology Support msea...@ekindling.org www.ekindling.org
_______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
