[Server-devel] $400 computer for Haiti

[Anna]

What's the climate control situation at the site in Haiti?

I live in a 100 year old house in Birmingham, Alabama, without central AC.
In the summer, I have to physically relocate equipment to my "server room"
(a well insulated room where I keep a window unit on full blast).
Otherwise, fans sound like jet planes taking off and everything gets really
hot and stressed.

Anyway, heat related failure would be one of my main concerns in Haiti.

Anna


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:58 PM, George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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