[ale] SATA PCI cards

[Raylynn Knight]

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.

Ray


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:

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