[CentOS] Off-Topic: Low Power Hardware

[John Doe]

From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

> On 01/11/2013 02:55 PM, 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 have a couple of HP MicroServers N40L's with 8gb of ram each; although 
> they only have a dual core, and a real lower power cpu - it tends to be 
> fast enough for most things. eg. I am using those to test the installers 
> in 5.9/i386 and x86_64  in various conditions and the install time is 
> very acceptable.
> Plus, they run CentOS5/6 32 and 64bit perfectly.

You will have to add a NIC to get a second port...
And you have an optional ILO card.
Only 2 slots available.

JD