[Arm-dev] what boards do we all have ?

Fri Aug 8 06:38:01 UTC 2014
Gordan Bobic <gordan at redsleeve.org>

On 08/08/2014 03:26 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> On 08/07/2014 09:47 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>> On 08/08/2014 02:16 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> On 08/07/2014 08:27 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> as a show of hands, can we get a list of :
>>>> 1) boards we have at the moment
>>> Cubieboard 2
>> I've got a bunch of Cubietrucks, and we have access to some highbank and
>> medway boards which are both great for building stuff on
>
> I currently have ONE Cubieboard2, and am looking to buy a few more from
> George.  He tells me he is finishing up an new Baseboard with some
> worthwhile features.  Hasn't worked out the price yet.
>
> The only reason for me to go with a CubieTruck is the more memory,
> particularly for replacing my DNS server.  I actually run my DNS on a
> 2Gb i686 system.  Just the power savings moving to the CT would have an
> 18 mo ROI.
>
> But my mail server might be an issue to move if I get into heavy
> STARTTLS usage.

Most ARMs have crypto co-processors built in.

http://www.altechnative.net/2011/05/22/hardware-accelerated-ssl-on-marvell-kirkwood-arm-using-openssl-on-fedora/

Long story short, you would need a _LOT_ of TLS-ed email traffic to 
overrun the ARM CPU.