Hello, All of the Intel I series processor will support basic virtualization with something like virtual box. If you need more capabilities I would recommend checking out the features of each processor at ark.intel.com. You would be looking for features such as VT-d and VT-x, and it will depend upon what you are looking to do as to which you will need.
With regards to HDMI over cat 5 extenders, I am assuming that you are looking to go more than 50 feet? Otherwise why worry about the extender and just get a cable instead? With these types of adapters they are typically sold as a pair, one transmitter, one receiver, so I'm not entirely sure why there would be a concern for what protocol they would run as it would be a closed loop, and typically shouldn't be run through a switch. With regards to the SSD versus the external hard drive, if the purpose is to be portable, the SSD would win hands down as it would be internal to the brix, and also it would not require an additional power source. If performance is the biggest issue, keep in mind that USB 2 is significantly slower than USB 3. USB 3 is similar to the speed of SATA 3 that the SSD would run. So depending upon what type of external hard drive you are looking at you could potential see a huge performance difference. SSD drives as well because of them having no mechanic parts, will typically have much faster read and write speeds than a mechanic drive. So fast in fact that I actually had to find out how to slow down various portions of my XBMC build so that I could actually access my networked MySQL server. Hopefully this helps -----Original message----- > From:Terrell Larson <t...@terralogic.net <mailto:t...@terralogic.net> > > Sent: Saturday 21st September 2013 20:45 > To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > > Subject: [clug-talk] Gigabyte Brix Model I5 vs I3 or I7 > > > I am looking to buy a gigabyte BRIX I5. > > The price at Memory Express is $380. > > I would want to run likely Debian Linux on it because I loaded Ubuntu on > an old PC and I didn't really like what I saw. > > From what I see from the specs and talking with the sales rep who to me > seems really professional... The suggestion so far is the I5 instead of I3 > or an I7. But I am not sure of the CPU differences and the chip set > differences and $200 bux is not all that great a deal. To be honest it > in fact costs me about $200 bux to fill the gas tank! > > What I would like to do is run either VMware or OpenBOX or some other VM > and I really at this time don't have much need for any of this. But if > I do have need I will want to be running everything from DOS through > OS/2 and versions of winders to XT. > > I am told this boxen supports dual heads. > > I have been "also" told there is a > Cat-6 and a Cat-7 solution to run HDMI video over ethernet but what I > can tell is everything in that area is in fact totally proprietory and > non standard. It must run IP. But the protocols must be something like > UDP on 2 cables to get the bandwidth. Am I right? > > We can figure this out! > > I do know we can run X over any ethernet i/f and all we will need is a > little CPU which can be an appliance and if we are simply looking for a > simple reference display which would be the MOST I would want to have on > a 3rd or 4th monitor then it seems the i/f's on this little box will do > the job. > > Can anyone advise? > > Is there something else I should look at? Are their glitches in the BRIX? > > Will it run a full decent version of a VM if I want to go there and will > it at least run Debian? > > Next. It costs about $250 for the SSD HDD at 250 GB. I can get a USB > drive for $50 bux. If the machine can boot from USB then why do I want > the SDD HDD? > > USB is already faster than SCSI.. or am I mistaken? > > I have run lots of SCSI equipment and some people consider me an expert. > Maybe next year they will consider me a historian. > > > If the boxen can boot off USB then I can buy FIVE (5) USB drives each of > which will boot faster than the best SCSI drives we ever used for the > best servers we were able to do 10 years ago so why do I want SSD? > (other than it is real sexy and I like no moving parts) > > > I want to configure a low cost and very decent portable office. > > This should be easy to do. Ideas please? > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > <http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php > <http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> ) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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