peter green <plugwash <at> p10link.net> writes: > As much ram as possible. > Plenty of CPU power would be nice. > A good storage interface (in order of preference SATA is better than > USB3 which is better than USB2). > Support in Debian kernels would be nice. > arm64 support would be nice.
This is what we've all been waiting for for years. > Currently looking at the cubox i4x4. Anyone have any other suggestions? No, they're all deficient in some way. That one (a) has a Freescale processor, which I would avoid after my experience with the i.MX53, (b) isn't 64-bit, (c) has only 1 GHz CPU clock. You can get faster CPUs (4x 2GHz A15, so probably about 3X the speed) but half the RAM and no SATA (but USB3) in the ODROID-XU4. If you want 64-bit, the ODROID-C2 which I have is possibly the best option - but it has A53 not A57 cores (so maybe 2X the speed of the Cubox 4x4), and 2 GB RAM, and no SATA. The question of whether CPU, RAM or filesystem I/O limits performance in practice is an interesting one. The feeling I have is the for kernel compiles my ODROID-C2 is CPU-limited. Let us know what you decide. Phil.
