[Arm-netbook] A10 server dreamboard

Benjamin Henrion bh at udev.org
Tue May 29 14:23:38 BST 2012


On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Tsvetan Usunov - OLIMEX Ltd
<usunov at olimex.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had interesting chat with Alejandro on the irc  about possible use of
> A10 as fanless server unit.
>
> I'm interested to hear your opinion as you obviously know better this from
> customer/software developer point of view. Do you think A10 can handle
> server jobs?
>
> What do you think will be most useful (speak as performance not price) for
> ARM embedded server with A10?
> ok, ETHERNET is must, I guess HDMI and many USB ports etc are not necessary
> in this case although they are build in and will not rise the BOM
> significant
>
> cheap LiPo 1.4Ah backup battery for stand alone operation few hours without
> main power supply instead to use costly UPS?
>
> RAM amount 1-2GB?

The maximum you ca

> FLASH amount 4-8GB enough?
>
> size factor? what is the best concept to mount in rack?
>
> advantage is clear, such server will have 4-5W power consumption i.e. less
> electricity bill, and quiet as no fans
>
> Tsvetan
>
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