On 04/20/2015 07:02 AM, Daniel Veillard wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:33:53AM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> On 04/17/2015 09:46 AM, Mandar Joshi wrote: >>> Hello everybody, >>> I was hoping to get some suggestions from you guys about which ARM >>> development hardware to purchase. >>> >>> The hardware will have just one purpose; compiling and testing CentOS. >>> With this in mind I'm leaning towards something Quad Core, good amount >>> of RAM,NAND Flash, SATA and that has a heatsink . Does SATA seem >>> reasonable or will a USB HDD serve just as well? >>> >>> I live in Mumbai, India. So, I might not have all the options you guys >>> have. I might be able to get Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, Cubie Board, >>> Radxa, Banana Pi or Odroid from these guys https://www.crazypi.com/ or >>> http://www.greenindiaelectronics.com/ >>> >>> If anyone from India is reading this, please do suggest reliable sellers. >> I have Cubieboards for testing once there are builds for me to work with. I >> am quite happy with them, but the A20 is only a duo core. The Cubieboard 4 >> is a octo core, but they left off the sata and only a single otg usb. > it's not symetric octo too, it's big/little so only 4 powerful cores IIRC > >> Then there is the Wandboards. Pricey compared to Cubies, but there is a >> nice quad core with sata. A friend of mine is running his audio streaming >> server on one with F21. > Daniel > You might look at the Cubox I4 Pro from Solid Run. It is a quad core armv7 i.mx6 with an ESATA interface and 2GB of RAM. I know that Solid Run will ship internationally (from Israel). If you buy it from them direct it is clocked at 1Ghz, however Newegg was selling a version clocked at 1.2Ghz (which is the one that I have). The Newegg version is out of stock right now. I'm not sure if they will have more. There is a vendor on Amazon UK selling the 1GHZ version. Cubox also has HDMI 1080p graphics, 1GB ethernet (limited to 470MBps), optical S/PDIF audio. It's probably a bit more expensive than some of the others. I got mine for about $100 US when Newegg had them on Sale. I currently have Arch linux installed, but will try to get CentOS running when I have time. I'm pretty sure people have installed fedora on this as well. http://www.solid-run.com/products/cubox-i-mini-computer/cubox-i-specifications/ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815580007&cm_re=cubox-_-15-580-007-_-Product http://www.amazon.co.uk/CuBox-i4Pro-from-New-IT/dp/B00BXIZASK Nataraj