Am 11.01.2013 um 19:53 schrieb Bill Campbell: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013, SilverTip257 wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm slightly off-topic here, but it is somewhat CentOS related! >> >> 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. >> >> 1) Low power consumption (10-15W ... maybe 30W at most) >> 2) Must run Linux without too much fuss (CentOS or otherwise) >> 3) Must have two NICs (fast ethernet or better) >> 4) Memory - 1GB or better >> 5) Can be configurable either via serial or VGA. >> 6) Accepts a normal hard drive, not CF -- drive capacity is my concern. >> 7) spare PCI slot is a _plus_ (extra NICs or whatever else) >> 8) I'd like to keep the physical footprint to a minimum (size of a 1U >> switch or so?) > > I don't know about the power details, but we have used a fair > number of small desktop boxes (mini-ATX I think) with Atom > processors which are small, quiet, and low power. > > Typically they need a low-profile NIC. > > We have run various versions of CentOS back through 4 without > problems. it does not address all requirements but anyway :-) this low power hw came into my mind http://pcengines.ch/alix2d13.htm -- LF