6 Nov
2005
6 Nov
'05
4:13 a.m.
Huw Davies <huw.davies at kerberos.davies.net.au> wrote:
On 02/11/2005, at 8:52 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
Keep in mind that for me (and many others) the mini-ITX isn't
just a suggestion, it's an implemented solution that's hosting
hundreds of GBytes of web content/mirrors on a few dozen virtual
domains and also mail/mailing-list stuff.
While the Multia isn't the most power-sucking computer out there
(it's really quite good) it cannot beat the 25W that the mini-ITX
server draws.
For contrast (and some on-topicness) the mini-ITX server replaced
an Alphaserver 2100 with two 7-drive RAID arrays. And it has much
more CPU and disk space than that box did too, while drawing about
one-thirtieth the power. I do not at all miss booting the 2100 into
Windows NT just to configure the EISA RAID controllers!
Tim.
FWIW, I think Tim's suggestion (mini-ITX) is
amongst the best.
A good choice if you want to use something new. I used to use an old
Digital Multia (alpha based) running Linux to do this sort of thing.
Quiet and certainly on topic. For something more recent perhaps one
of the HP/Compaq "Windows terminal" devices that are supported with
Linux. ISTR these are StrongARM based.
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