Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jul 2007 09:41 UTC, submitted by Kerk
"This article briefly goes over six mini systems that you don't have to build yourself. They are an ideal platform for a project or for a silent system for simple tasks like checking your email. The intention was to find systems that are small, Linux-ready, and customizable, but price was factored in as well."
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2006-09-19
While you will need a keyboard and monitor for the set up (not a problem for me as I have a KVM switch) but once it's running a simple SSH login remotly will do the job.
At the moment I'm having to keep my server in the hall as the machines hum (as quiet as it is) is too intrusive to be kept in a bedroom, lounge or the dinning room. This wouldn't be an issue with with these devices
Well, I understand your argument but on the other hand, I would not run anything important on these little toasters.
What kind of server performance do you think you'll get out these?
And they will not be very reliable because of wear due to heat.
I remember a few years back these "book pc's" were popular for a while.
But the sucked. Bad performance, cheap and crappy components, and they all failed withing 2-3 years of light use. Power supply and motherboard failures, and very hard to find replacement parts because they were discontinued.
If I need a small server I'll use a mini tower with micro atx motherboard and standard components.
Easy to find replacement parts and performance is pretty good.
And to reduse noise, fanless power supply can be used and possibly even water cooling.