2013-05-27 - 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: 2013-05-27 04:03:54 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 13:03:54 +0200

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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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