-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Niki Kovacs said the following on 22/11/10 07:51: > Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not > afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) Consider a type of hardware that needs to be "always on" for a long period of time maybe in a dirty and hot environment. Also the availability of long time vendor support is an important issue. When I needed this type of hardware for similar missions, I found that the cheapest solution is an entry level server of Dell or HP. They are very silent, compact, well supported by CentOS and they can be purchased without pre-installed OEM software. Both have some BIOS options that you can set to lower power consumption. Just one thing: keep in mind that HP ProLiant 1xx series has ony 1 year of on site warranty, compared to 3 years of other ProLiant, at least in Europe. Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. --Memo della Western Union, 1878 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzqFkYACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZRVdwCgpzVfOgXD87gE/f4hNacrTiZP RtAAoKK3+G20nfxOmJ9kM09wEU0Zu186 =Gcx1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----