I like the Fitpc2i, which has two ethernet ports. I recently purchased one and would be happy to do whatever testing makes sense. (haven't yet purchased the sata drive though). I can atest to the 5 watts, idle. The blurb that came with it says it's capable of 2 watts standby, but we'd need to see if it can do "wake on lan".<br>
<br>George<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Sameer Verma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Mitchell Seaton <<a href="mailto:mseaton@ekindling.org">mseaton@ekindling.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear all XS Server devel's,<br>
><br>
> The OLPC France team is looking to provide a new XS server machine for their<br>
> deployment in Nosy Komba. The current XS is not functional due to a current<br>
> failed disk (cause to be discovered). Myself, and Adam Holt are planning<br>
> work with Xavier (OLPC France), to help support the installation and final<br>
> configuration of this new machine during June this year. We thought it's<br>
> important to consult the community here ahead of this purchase decision.<br>
><br>
> Firstly, we'd like to seek some clear hardware suggestion(s) for a potential<br>
> new XS. Solar/batteries are current powering method at the deployment<br>
> site. XO volume to be currently supported is 160, and should allow room for<br>
> additional deployments. I believe, the investment should be positioned for<br>
> min. 5yrs lifespan, and to cope in local heat, humidity, salt, dust,<br>
> conditions.<br>
><br>
> We're aware of some hardware that has been working in the field - I've<br>
> particular noted MSi (WindBox) machine has been working successfully in<br>
> Nepal, Haiti and Philippines (George's donation). This is also a follow-up,<br>
> in some ways, on George's previous thread although more for deployment than<br>
> testing/dev. We're not looking at any XO-1.5/XO-1.75 for form-factor, or ARM<br>
> as a platform (know this will come and be more stable in future releases to<br>
> come). Low-power is a priority, this will help conserve more power supply<br>
> for XO charging. I assume we are still looking at 32-bit x86 arch and<br>
> potentially preferring Atom processors (unless otherwise advised). Any<br>
> current models in the marketplace for recommendation?<br>
><br>
> Purchase of requirement machine looks to be possible from France/EU for<br>
> deliver to Madagascar by the deployment/volunteer team (end of May).<br>
> It's crucial to identify the hardware choice relatively soon (during next<br>
> month period). The machine will likely be pre-configured by Xavier prior to<br>
> deliver.<br>
><br>
> Look forward to your comments here.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Mitchell Seaton<br>
> eKindling Technology Support<br>
> <a href="mailto:mseaton@ekindling.org">mseaton@ekindling.org</a><br>
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><br>
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<br>
We use a SolidLogic box (OLPCorps box) in Jamaica at both locations.<br>
Its no longer sold (not sure why?) but uses a VIA C7 processor and is<br>
fanless. Draws 25W at the AC end of the power brick (DC 19V). Here's a<br>
list of what they offer.<br>
<a href="http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_systems" target="_blank">http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_systems</a><br>
<br>
A FitPC2 should work as well. It pulls 15W at the AC end of the power<br>
brick (DC 12V). The only concern I had with a FitPC2 was the heat.<br>
They do sell an after market heat sink that helps. If you wall-mount<br>
the box, you could fashion a chimney on the heatsink to create a<br>
continuous draft of air (hot air rises and will create an air column<br>
that pulls in cool air from the outside) to pull the heat away from<br>
the sink.<br>
<br>
We tested a FitPC2 (See appendix<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/4/46/Testing_the_OLPC_School_Server_Benjamin_Tran_SFSU.pdf" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/images/4/46/Testing_the_OLPC_School_Server_Benjamin_Tran_SFSU.pdf</a>)<br>
and while the tests were aggressive (all 160 XOs will hit the server<br>
in 60 seconds!), the FitPC2 should be ok.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/fit-pc2-models/" target="_blank">http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/fit-pc2-models/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/accessories/" target="_blank">http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/accessories/</a><br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Sameer<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>
Professor, Information Systems<br>
San Francisco State University<br>
<a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a><br>
<a href="http://commons.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://commons.sfsu.edu/</a><br>
<a href="http://olpcsf.org/" target="_blank">http://olpcsf.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/" target="_blank">http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/</a><br>
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