Once again, sorry if I have interrupted anything or repeated what someone else has said.I have been using Vicibox 7.0.3-160505 as a standalone server for about 2 years as a single server load on a computer on my local network. The issue I think one might have deploying them is that not a single one “looks” like an actual computer and if the uninitiated have access to the computer room or area where the machine is located they may turn it off or unplug it because “it couldn’t possibly be doing anything useful” when it only has a power and network connected to it so label carefully. I would say these types of systems would be quite good for low power servers where you might have heating/cooling concerns as well. None of them have a fan and the tested total power draw (servers + usb hard drives) is about 60 watts at a total cost minus usb hard drives of less than $500.00. I currently have 4 servers running in my house. If your o.k working with the arm based processors and linux distros (debian, ubuntu) it should work for you. I was attracted to the sheevaplug because it has the lowest power draw and has the highest out of the box specifications I’ve seen so far in a system of this type. You will need the pci expansion kit to give you space to fit the drive but you can then install a usb 2.0 pci card for added connectivity.īoth the T5700 and decTOP can boot from a usb cdrom drive for the centos install and have no fans to worry about. These have an laptop ide connector on board and with the right ribbon cable can boot from a laptop drive. They are x86 based systems at 1Ghz or so, draw about 15 watts and can go for less than $100 used on ebay. I’ve tested mine up to 5 incoming calls without issues but it may do more I’ve just never tested it.Īnother option would be a used hp t5700 thin client: You can use a standard ide disk in it and boost the memory to 512Mb if necessary. It uses about 10 watts to the sheevaplug’s 5 and you have to use a usb 1.1 to 10/100 network adapter. It has some issues that the Sheevaplug does not and its not as powerful a cpu (300mhz) as the sheevaplug but it is an x86 system. I have an older distro running on mine and it works reasonably well. It’s not exactly sub $100 but it will work. I only found and commented on it because I did a search to see if anyone had done this (asterisk+sheevaplug) already before I attempted this myself and remembered seeing the question.Īs to the original point (I guess?) if someone is looking for a device to install centos (and thus will take a tribox install) I suggest the decTOP: I found the posting I commented on through google and it must have just dumped me into the middle of the thread.
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