[Server-devel] $400 computer for Haiti

[George Hunt]

Hi all,

The Haiti deployment we are preparing for, made $400 available for a
server, and power is available. What hardware has been the question.  Tony
had lots of experience with Atom processors, and suggested nettop boxes. My
research has led me to the following:

$193 Zortec celeron processor
http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-Dual-Core-Celeron-Barebone-ZBOXNANO-ID61-U/dp/B008OHRFE0/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1387490390&sr=1-7&keywords=zotac+barebone

$75 8GB Memory --
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-1x8GB-Laptop-Memory-CMSO8GX3M1A1333C9/dp/B005T63BEM/ref=pd_sim_pc_1

$86 WD blue 1TB drive --
http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B005DVJJWQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1387491567&sr=8-4&keywords=wd+2.5+1+tb+blue

Total $354 + tax

Per Tim Moody's suggestion, I consulted
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

The Atom processor d535 has a passmark score of 693
The celeron, for about the same price, selected in this proposal, has
passmark score of 1215
The i3 version of the Zortac box is $130 more and its passmark score is 3833

Of course, cpu benchmarks are not the only issue. I think it has been
suggested more money should be put into memory, when trying to serve many
clients.

Soliciting inputs . . .

George
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