Min-ITX boards, dual LAN/core

[Tyler Aviss]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 09:37:13AM -0800, Tyler Aviss wrote:
>> Hmm, lots of questions on my mind today.
>>
>> My current "server" is running on a mini-ITX "jetway" botherboard with
>> dual gigabit LAN cards and a C7 (1.5Ghz) CPU. I would like to find
>> something with a decent SFF low-draw dual-core CPU, like a lot of the
>> dual-core atom boards. Unfortunately I haven't yet found one of these
>> that also has the dual 1GB NIC's.
>>
>> Anyone seen a dual-atom or dual-C7 (if such a beast exist) that also
>> has two NIC's? Preferably at least one NIC being gig-E, of course.
>
> Does it have to be x86?  Does it have to be dual core?
>
> If you want a low power server with decent cpu performance (after all
> the atom sure isn't fast), then the openrd-client might make sense.
>
> http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-openrdcdetails.aspx
>
> Lots of USB ports, dual gigabit ethernet, internal and external SATA
> connectors (I believe it can take an internal laptop SATA drive).
> 1.2GHz arm CPU is pretty darn fast.
>
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The multi-core would mostly be for when I have a bunch of video
encoding or other stuff going on in the background, or when I'm using
the box with mythtv and it's doing otf transmission to one of the
other connected clients.
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