Re: Low power machine

[Phil Schilling <pjschilling%gcstech.net@localhost>]

On Nov 20, 2014, at 2:22 AM, Jukka Marin <jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost> wrote:

> 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

Soekris boxes work well for this situation.  www.soekris.com  Low power draw, work well with NetBSD and stable.  I have them in some pretty awful environments and they just run.  I have used them for quite a few years.  

Phil