On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/11/2013 06:55 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > I'm in search of some hardware that consumes a low amount of power for > use > > as a test-bed for Linux, various coding projects, and LAN services. > > I use the Soekris 6501 fairly extensively. It's available in a much > smaller than 1U case, or 1U if you prefer: > http://soekris.com/net6501.htm > > Oh wow - those 6501s have SATA ports and all. And it looks like their Atom E6xx CPU [0] supports Intel VT-x. [0] http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/embedded/hwsw/hardware/atom-e6xx/overview > However, Supermicro makes some systems that are probably just as good, > with two instead of four NICs: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101365 > > Once you add RAM to the Supermicro, the two are very similar in cost. > This Supermicro has a BMC card which is nice, but for $400 US I'd really want Intel VT-x like Karanbir's system has. The Atom D525 CPU [1] doesn't have VT support, but has 64-bit support. This system is still a viable option - Thanks! [1] http://ark.intel.com/products/49490 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thank you everyone for your helpful hardware suggestions. -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos