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OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21420/Via_s_Netbook_Nano_Chip_To_Be_Used_in_Servers_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:21:28 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Comment by esper http://osnews.com/thread?361412 http://osnews.com/thread?361412 Could work, especially if the dual-core form comes out. Sat, 02 May 2009 13:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (esper) Comments cluster http://osnews.com/thread?361415 http://osnews.com/thread?361415 Now that's kinda sexy.
Think of how many they could shove into a 1U rack space using the Nano-ITX form factor. Sat, 02 May 2009 13:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (miserj) Comments Not bad at all... http://osnews.com/thread?361436 http://osnews.com/thread?361436 but even at the desktop, they could offer a lot, if they offered more documentation of their GFX chipsets. Register specs are not enough, I want as a Linux user/customer more involvement like Intel and AMD in this area. Moreover they could also supply their crypto framework for Opensolaris also. If they want to extend to this sector, they should make sure (like Intel) that Osolaris works and can do crypto. They recently released NIC drivers which is very positive. However they need more Open Source involvement, especially at the GFX sector. Sat, 02 May 2009 17:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fithisux) Comments RE: Comment by esper http://osnews.com/thread?361439 http://osnews.com/thread?361439

Could work, especially if the dual-core form comes out.

Agreed. Many of Nano's frequently-cited shortcomings are irrelevant in the server world (who cares about the GPU in a server?).

CPUs are fast enough these days that (IME) many hosting companies & data centres are presently more concerned about power consumption than raw horsepower. Sat, 02 May 2009 17:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments RE: Not bad at all... http://osnews.com/thread?361480 http://osnews.com/thread?361480

but even at the desktop, they could offer a lot, if they offered more documentation of their GFX chipsets. Register specs are not enough, I want as a Linux user/customer more involvement like Intel and AMD in this area. Moreover they could also supply their crypto framework for Opensolaris also. If they want to extend to this sector, they should make sure (like Intel) that Osolaris works and can do crypto. They recently released NIC drivers which is very positive. However they need more Open Source involvement, especially at the GFX sector.

It is a great processor but they make the same mistake as AMD did - they have Broadcom as their wireless chipset provider and thus it wipes out any possibility of being purchase products with VIA processors in them. I had a look at the HP 2133 Mini-Note, looked great until I realised it had a Broadcom wireless which is unsupported by OpenSolaris.

It always confuses me when a company brings out a great product and then sabotages their own product by aligning with companies who are rabidly anti-opensource/unwilling to release specifications even under an NDA for opensource or third party driver development, such as Broadcom. Sun, 03 May 2009 00:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments Odd idea http://osnews.com/thread?361482 http://osnews.com/thread?361482 I think the idea of using netbook processors in enterprise servers is going to go the same way as the idea of using an XML file instead of a database. Some people will try it, find that it doesn't scale past 5 concurrent users, and then forget about it.

However, the Via Nano as a HOME server... completely different story. Sun, 03 May 2009 01:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (3rdalbum) Comments RE[2]: Not bad at all... http://osnews.com/thread?361511 http://osnews.com/thread?361511 I agree with you, however VB8002 has an extra pci slot, and supported nics come at 10Euros.OpenSolaris must have some love from VIA anyway. Sun, 03 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fithisux) Comments RE: Odd idea http://osnews.com/thread?361707 http://osnews.com/thread?361707 I would say, it depends on the workload.

If you have a server with a main load of read/write to a large disk array to/from a Gb-Ethernet card, then you are most likely VERY interested in offerings like this.
You don't need a quad-core corei7 Intel CPU for this job. Mon, 04 May 2009 21:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gustl) Comments RE[3]: Not bad at all... http://osnews.com/thread?361738 http://osnews.com/thread?361738

I agree with you, however VB8002 has an extra pci slot, and supported nics come at 10Euros.OpenSolaris must have some love from VIA anyway.

True, but at the same time 'replacing' or 'adding' is not always possible with a netbook and thus leaves many of us out in the cold. I can't understand the psychology of Broadcom's management because they almost seem to be hell bent on screwing their customers over with this idea that profits just 'exist' and customers are an inconvenience to their mission of achieving higher profits. Tue, 05 May 2009 00:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments