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. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. EDWARD ABBEY (1927-1989)