On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 16:22 +0100, Zé Loff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote: > > On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: > > >Hello misc@, > > > > Hi, > > > > >Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media > > >center, which runs OpenBSD. Most of the time it's idling, but does run > > >(open)ssh/(open)smtp/imap(dovecot)/http(nginx/apache > > >+subversion)/minidnla, which I want to keep available. > > > > > >Is there any board/device known which can support these requirements and > > >is fully (within the requirements) supported by OpenBSD? > > > > > > > As a personal preference I would avoid using ARM boards and would try to go > > with x86/amd64 boards instead. I don't know how well those ARM devices are > > supported on OpenBSD (I have only a little experince with running Linux on > > those), but the performance was pretty disappointing(with Linux). *I* would > > decide for the APU from pcengines. > > http://pcengines.ch/apu.htm > > My first thought too, but it has no video, which is probably required by > the OP.
Video is not an requirement, since I primarily use it for streaming via DLNA, so network and storage are sufficient. Performance is also not much of an issue, since I just run some personal things. So I prefer power consumption over power. > > > I haven't used these either but they are x86/amd64 and well supported with > > OpenBSD as a lot of devs use them. I can not say anything about the > > performance, but I would *assume* they have at least the same performance as > > your mentioned pandaboard (if not better) and probably cost the same. > > > > I use an HP Microserver N54L for the same purpose. It is roughly the same > > price but probably doesn't fit your power consumption requirements (roughly > > 40 Watts with 2 drives) > > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > >Martijn van Duren > > > > Have a nice day > > Lars
