On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Gordon Messmer yinyang@eburg.com wrote:
On 01/11/2013 06:55 AM, SilverTip257 wrote:
I'm in search of some hardware that consumes a low amount of power for
use
as a test-bed for Linux, various coding projects, and LAN services.
I use the Soekris 6501 fairly extensively. It's available in a much smaller than 1U case, or 1U if you prefer: http://soekris.com/net6501.htm
Oh wow - those 6501s have SATA ports and all. And it looks like their Atom E6xx CPU [0] supports Intel VT-x.
[0] http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/embedded/hwsw/hardware/atom-e6xx/overview
However, Supermicro makes some systems that are probably just as good, with two instead of four NICs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101365
Once you add RAM to the Supermicro, the two are very similar in cost.
This Supermicro has a BMC card which is nice, but for $400 US I'd really want Intel VT-x like Karanbir's system has. The Atom D525 CPU [1] doesn't have VT support, but has 64-bit support. This system is still a viable option - Thanks!
[1] http://ark.intel.com/products/49490
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Thank you everyone for your helpful hardware suggestions.