<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm partial to MIPS based systems running OpenWRT myself. If you can still find a Ubiquiti Routerstation Pro it would be perfect for your application. <br><br></div>Ray<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Alex Carver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agcarver+ale@acarver.net" target="_blank">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I was considering something like that or the Rpi or various other SBCs.<br>
The Intel NUCs seem most interesting since they'll handle a straight OS<br>
install with no adaptations necessary but, of course, the cost is higher<br>
for the NUC than something like the Cubieboard.<br>
<br>
I might consider the Cubie as an end point for the VPN (ssh tunnels).<br>
Right now I've got a Meraki Mini running OpenWRT as my end point<br>
(wireless disabled, just using the on-board ethernet) but I'd like to<br>
save the Mini for things that would use the wireless. But changing to a<br>
20 watt computer from my current 100 watt mail system would be nice (and<br>
quieter).<br>
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On 12/3/2013 03:29, Jim Lynch wrote:<br>
> If you want to play a bit, get a Cubieboard and use it. It runs Wheezy<br>
> quite well, has a sata controller onboard along with HDMI Ethernet (100)<br>
> and USB. Takes less than 2 amps at 5 volts and is just a bit bigger<br>
> than a RPi. It has 1024G of RAM and can be configured to run from the<br>
> SATA drive, using the SD card at boot time only. I have one running a<br>
> fairly intensive graphical program running on one. There is a baseboard<br>
> available that, among other things, gives you VGA output.<br>
><br>
> The board<br>
> (<a href="https://www.miniand.com/products/Cubieboard%20Developer%20Board#buy" target="_blank">https://www.miniand.com/products/Cubieboard%20Developer%20Board#buy</a>)<br>
> includes a SATA cable and a USB power cable. All you need is the drive<br>
> and a wallwart. It's only $50. And for an additional $10 you can get<br>
> the cubieboard 2 with a faster (A20 vs A10) processor.<br>
><br>
> I have one of each and they both are pretty amazing.<br>
><br>
> Jim.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 11/27/2013 05:55 PM, Alex Carver wrote:<br>
>> Anyone have experience with the low cost PCI SATA cards on Newegg/Amazon<br>
>> (like the ones from Rosewill, Syba, etc.) on their linux boxes? I think<br>
>> my Christmas present to myself is going to be a card and SATA drive to<br>
>> replace a dying IDE drive in my mail server. I just want to do a single<br>
>> drive system so it's got to be bootable even on an old motherboard.<br>
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