2013-05-28 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] recommended hardware for up to 30 users

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From: Drazen <dr***a@radez.hr>
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UTC Datetime: 2013-05-28 14:33:31 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 23:33:31 +0200

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On 05/27/2013 03:00 PM, Lars Winkelmann wrote:
>
> Hello Drazen,
>
> thx for your answer. You are right.
>
> With Intel D2500CC Board 
> <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-d2500cc.html>, 
> 4GB DDR3 1066 RAM, 64 GB SSD and an itx case 
> <http://inter-tech.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=638:mini-itx-e-2011&Itemid=555&lang=en> 
> is the bundle to 200 euro.
>
Yeah. This one will be OK. There is a lot of media and video stuff on 
it. Try to disable in bios everything you don't really need. One SO DIMM 
2Gb modul will be more then enough.
However, if you itend to use this case from link, I must tell you that 
will be quite crowdy inside. Those power wires will make the most mess. 
Since this is passive cooled board more air would be desirable.
I had an issue recently with similar case slightly bigger and with fan 
on side wall. Well, fan stopped working after a year, what made 
temperature rise inside and guess what?  2.5" HD die.
If you need additional tips regarding heating/cooling issue, feel free 
to contact me.

> Regards
>
> Lars
>
> *Von:*Drazen [mailto:dr***a@radez.hr]
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 27. Mai 2013 13:04
> *An:* gr***t@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Betreff:* Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] recommended hardware for up to 30 users
>
> On 27.5.2013 10:12, Lars Winkelmann wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     i´m looking for a hardware recommendation to build a new hotspot
>     for up to 30 users.
>
>     My idea is to use a zotac zbox with 4 gb ram and a little ssd.
>
>     http://www.zotacusa.com/zbox-id89.html
>
>     Any other recommendations ?
>
>
>
> Quite overkill. Guess that price is 'nice' too. Wifi and multimedia 
> are completely useless here.
> What "little ssd" you mean exactly? Grase will do a lot of writting to 
> disk. Not sure if worth to spend money on SSD. 2,5" or even 3,5 HD 
> will suffice.
>
> I would recommend dual atom server board. It has two NICs. Exactly 
> what you need for grase server. It doesn't have any media hardware on 
> it, what is  great, has minimal graphic - another excellent thing. 
> These are manufactured by Intel or Supermicro and maybe some more.
>
> However, non server type, single or dual atom boards will do that job 
> without a problem at 3+ times lower price. Downside with single atom 
> board that you wil need additional network card, low profile one. But 
> this is cheap. If possible, look for passive board without any fan to 
> avoid fan problems with the time. Take out any unecesseary component 
> like CD, multicard readers... which is usuall equipment of ITX cases.
> Beside case, you will need appropriate box and power suply (adapter + 
> notebook brick type), RAM and HD.
>
> Now calculate sum and compare to Zotac. Include fun assembling pieces 
> together and first switching on. Without "white smoke" would be fine.:-)
> Regards,
> Drazen
>
>
>
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