[Server-devel] hardware for servers

[Sameer Verma]

In a recent thread Martin L mentioned the possibility of looking at 
platforms for XS that run headless. That got me thinking about soekris 
boards. Although usually targeted towards routers, soekris boards are 
quite well tested in the field under extreme conditions. I've used 
Soekris for Wi-Fi routers, Asterisk, etc.

Has anyone considered looking into that platform? The latest board has 
433 to 500 Mhz Geode LX , four 10/100 Mbit ethernet ports, up to 1 Gbyte 
DDR-SDRAM main memory and uses a CompactFlash module for program and 
data storage. It can be expanded using a MiniPCI type III board, a hard 
drive and one or two low-power standard PCI boards.

More info on Soekris at http://www.soekris.com/

cheers,
Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
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