[Arm-netbook] A10 server dreamboard

[Gordan Bobic]

On 05/29/2012 04:41 PM, Enrico wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Gordan Bobic<gordan at bobich.net>  wrote:
>> On 05/29/2012 04:25 PM, Enrico wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Tsvetan Usunov, OLIMEX LTD
>>> <usunov at olimex.com>    wrote:
>>>> 2. SD-card no need for internal NAND to lower the price
>>>
>>> Just a suggestion: if you never did a test YOURSELF between sd card
>>> and nand flash, do it before deciding that.
>>
>> The question is which NAND and which SD card. They are _NOT_ all the
>> same. SD cards are outrageously expensive per GB. My point is that most
>> people may not actually need NAND because they'll use a SATA disk
>> anyway, so why bother with NAND.
>
> As i said, we are sharing our experience and ideas, Tsvetan will not
> receive answers from a million people so that he will be able to
> decide based on statistical marketing data.
>
> It's not my or your point of view that must win, the win is already in
> sharing ideas with him. Saying "most people may not actually need NAND
> because they'll use a SATA disk anyway" is a big statement.

It may be a big statement, but I think it's relatively accurate among 
the people who are interested in a server. The discussion started with 
the notion of making some server boards. If we're going to discuss a 
broader concept such as embedded development boards, then that's fine, 
too - but let's split the threads then.

Gordan