Re: Low power machine

[Jukka Marin <jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 09:10:05AM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 07:05:53PM -0600, Dustin Marquess wrote:
> > Sorry if this is slightly OT.
> > 
> > I'm looking for recommendations for an enclosed, stable low power draw
> > machine that is NetBSD-friendly to install in a remote location for
> > two purposes:
> > 
> > - A single nailed-up OpenVPN tunnel
> > - A small unbound DNS resolver install
> > 
> > So far I've been looking at a Raspberry Pi Model B+ and a Beaglebone
> > Black, but I'm not sure of the status on those two exact models.  I've
> > also been looking at the Intel NUCs, but those are in another class
> > when it comes to power draw.
> > 
> > Any other recommendations?

This may be an overkill, but I have used these as desktop systems for 1.5
years and love them:

http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/intense-pc/

A new version with even better performance/power ratio:

http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/ipc2/

They are completely silent, no moving parts (using SSD disks), small power
consumption, small size, up to 16 GB of RAM, etc. etc.

  -jm