2013-05-27 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] recommended hardware for up to 30 users

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From: Lars Winkelmann <la***s@winkelmaenner.com>
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Reply To: <51A33D9A.7030104@radez.hr>
UTC Datetime: 2013-05-27 06:00:47 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 15:00:47 +0200

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Hello Drazen,

 

thx for your answer. You are right. 

 

With Intel D2500CC Board
<http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/de
sktop-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.

 

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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