Comments on: Ultimate low power server http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/ Your daily IT cuppa Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Derry http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7229 Derry Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:45:22 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-7229 I'm really confused, and getting annoyed. The price of this box seams to have doubled? Could someone explain what happened here? Thanks, Derry I’m really confused, and getting annoyed.

The price of this box seams to have doubled? Could someone explain what happened here?

Thanks,
Derry

]]> By: The *really* ultimate low power server http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6930 The *really* ultimate low power server Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:59:40 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6930 [...] over at The Open Sourcerer mentioned in the comments of the ultimate low power server post another low power server running Ubuntu but for the bargain price of £99! There’s no [...] [...] over at The Open Sourcerer mentioned in the comments of the ultimate low power server post another low power server running Ubuntu but for the bargain price of £99! There’s no [...]

]]> By: The Open Sourcerer http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6929 The Open Sourcerer Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:31:38 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6929 Yes, it looks like a great deal to be frank. I've just been round to his house and it is very small and neat. There was a promotion when you get it for £79 but I think that has now finished. But they reckon it costs about £1/year to run. You could happily run a small website/blog on it and asterisk, and probably act as a local file server too. Al Yes, it looks like a great deal to be frank. I’ve just been round to his house and it is very small and neat.

There was a promotion when you get it for £79 but I think that has now finished. But they reckon it costs about £1/year to run. You could happily run a small website/blog on it and asterisk, and probably act as a local file server too.

Al

]]> By: Jack Hughes http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6928 Jack Hughes Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:55:27 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6928 That's quite a find Al. £99 ain't much for a working computer is it? That’s quite a find Al. £99 ain’t much for a working computer is it?

]]> By: The Open Sourcerer http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6927 The Open Sourcerer Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:52:45 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6927 Here's another gem that just turned up. My business partner has been lent one of these: <a href="http://www.viglen.co.uk/viglen/Products_Services/Product_Range/Product_file.aspx?eCode=XUBUMPCL&Type_Info=Description&Type=Desktops&GUID=">http://www.viglen.co.uk/viglen/Products_Services/Product_Range/Product_file.aspx?eCode=XUBUMPCL&Type_Info=Description&Type=Desktops&GUID=</a>. It's a 400Mhz Geode with an 80G hdd and 512M ram. Not bad for £99. Last night he got Asterisk running very nicely on top of Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10). We think it is probably around the 5W mark for the whole device although can't verify that yet. Here’s another gem that just turned up. My business partner has been lent one of these: http://www.viglen.co.uk/viglen/Products_Services/Product_Range/Product_file.aspx?eCode=XUBUMPCL&Type_Info=Description&Type=Desktops&GUID=.

It’s a 400Mhz Geode with an 80G hdd and 512M ram. Not bad for £99.

Last night he got Asterisk running very nicely on top of Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10). We think it is probably around the 5W mark for the whole device although can’t verify that yet.

]]> By: The Open Sourcerer http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6924 The Open Sourcerer Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:59:28 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6924 This one (http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/09/08/untangle-asterisk-pbx-and-file-server-all-in-one/) cost me about £200 if I recall correctly. It's been very reliable and runs far more than I would have expected. The *really* cool thing is I have even "down-clocked" it... It's supposed to run at 1.2Ghz but mine runs at 1.0 and is as happy as Larry. lol. This one (http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/09/08/untangle-asterisk-pbx-and-file-server-all-in-one/) cost me about £200 if I recall correctly. It’s been very reliable and runs far more than I would have expected.

The *really* cool thing is I have even “down-clocked” it… It’s supposed to run at 1.2Ghz but mine runs at 1.0 and is as happy as Larry. lol.

]]> By: Jack Hughes http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6923 Jack Hughes Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:34:31 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6923 I remember a sales man laughing at me when I wanted a PC for £1,000...these devices are just *so* cheap. The Transtec is only £309..the fit-PC just £199! I paid well north of £300 for a really really slow modem more years ago than I'd care to mention. I remember a sales man laughing at me when I wanted a PC for £1,000…these devices are just *so* cheap. The Transtec is only £309..the fit-PC just £199! I paid well north of £300 for a really really slow modem more years ago than I’d care to mention.

]]> By: Matt Simmons http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6922 Matt Simmons Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:04:18 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6922 Yea, this look like an awesome machine. <a href="http://lastinfirstout.blogspot.com/2008/10/missing-point.html">Michael</a> mentioned it a couple of days ago too. It's insanely small and for the things you'd want to use it for, it's not underpowered. Very nice. Yea, this look like an awesome machine. Michael mentioned it a couple of days ago too. It’s insanely small and for the things you’d want to use it for, it’s not underpowered. Very nice.

]]> By: The Open Sourcerer http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/ultimate-low-power-server/comment-page-1/#comment-6920 The Open Sourcerer Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:19:48 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/?p=923#comment-6920 That's a really cool device. Thanks Jack. I run a VIA C7 Jetway board for my home server, telephone exchange (asterisk) and development platform, that is rated at about 7W (Plus the HDD, PSU etc...). I love these low power, lean machines. Funnily enough I was beating up (nicely) Transtec (http://www.transtec.co.uk/GB/E/products/personal_computer/pc/mini_pc.html) yesterday at the Linux Expo Live in Olympia telling them they had a really nice box, but that 65W and a dual core Core2 was just TOO much grunt. That’s a really cool device. Thanks Jack.

I run a VIA C7 Jetway board for my home server, telephone exchange (asterisk) and development platform, that is rated at about 7W (Plus the HDD, PSU etc…).

I love these low power, lean machines. Funnily enough I was beating up (nicely) Transtec (http://www.transtec.co.uk/GB/E/products/personal_computer/pc/mini_pc.html) yesterday at the Linux Expo Live in Olympia telling them they had a really nice box, but that 65W and a dual core Core2 was just TOO much grunt.

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