On 08/06/2018 05:37 AM, Patrick Laimbock wrote:

Hi Bob, Pablo,

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Finally, the main thing about that board (about that SoC actually), is that SATA is not native, it is an integrated SATA-USB, so performance may be an issue.

Ouch. this is for a mail server that has extensive disk I/O.  So forget this board.

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Personally I love the BananaPi M2Ultra, 2G RAM, 4 Cores and native SATA. The only problem is that SATA support is not integrated yet in any kernel, so it needs external patches.

Of course if there is a quad core 64-bit ARM with sata under $100 that runs at 5V; that would do nicely!

It costs more than $100 and I'm not sure if it's 5V or 12V but the new LattePanda boards might be interesting: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/139108638/lattepanda-alpha-soul-of-a-ma...

I use Anker USB bricks that can power 5 Cubieboards.  I am not family with a similar 12v alternative.  I do have some 12v hubs that I power with one 12v power supply and a 3 branch power cable, as the hubs pull so much less power than the power supply they shipped with can supply.

5v is just so much a part of our environment now, that 12v cannot meet.

Bob