[Server-devel] small form factor XS options?

[s.boutayeb at free.fr]

Hi Bryan,

That's exactly what we are looking for, here at OLPC France: that is compact,
rugged and low power hardware platforms! Note that it's a work in progress!

So far, we experimented bit 3 targets:

*  the Bubba Two server: powered by a PowerPC/Freescale processor, from Excito
(Sverige) (http://www.excito.com)
    * the Fuloong Mini box, powered by a Mips processor, from Lemote Tech
(China) (http://www.lemote.com)
    * the EEEPC 1000H netbook, powered by an Atom (Intel) processor, from
ASUSTek (Taïwan) (http://www.asus.com)

We had tested those platforms on ou last CodeCamp.
The report (in French) is available here:
http://www.olpc-france.org/wiki/index.php?title=Compte-rendu_CodeCamp

Best regards,

Samy


Quoting Bryan Berry <bryan at olenepal.org>:

> I am shopping for some XS options to test out ahead of our spring
> deployment.
>
> I have looked at the MSI Wind PC, Eee Box, and the Shuttle X2700N. All
> have nice small form factors, low prices, and Atom chips.
>
> I am focused on Intel Atom-based PC's because they seem to be dropping
> in price the fastest and there are a number of different vendors selling
> atom-based pc's. Also, they are low-power.
>
> MSI Wind PC - cheap at roughly $350 w/ 1.6 Ghz processor and 1 GB RAM
> CON: looks like it has poor cooling and some customers complain it gets
> quite hot.
>
> Eee Box - more expensive but doesn't seem to have the same cooling
> problem
>
> Shuttle X2700N - slightly more expensive than the MSI at $200 but looks
> to have much better cooling. I can't find any customer reviews on it.
>
> 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.
>
> Does anyone know of similar small form factor PC's that do have an extra
> PCI slot? Or other good XS choices?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Bryan W. Berry
> Technology Director
> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
>
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