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From: David du Colombier <0intro@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:19:27 +0200
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> i haven't used a soekris for quite some time.  (too slow!)  iirc,

I would like to know if you are aware of any faster alternative
to the Soekris.

For me, the Soekris have the following characteristics:

 - multiple network interfaces (up to four, plus one PCI slot),
 - small,
 - low power,
 - fanless.

But the processor (AMD Geode LX up to 500 MHz) and the network
interfaces (100 Mb/s) are slow.

I have few FabiaTech FX5624 running Plan 9 at work. The processor
(AMD Celeron-M 600MHz) is fairly faster and there is two 1 Gb/s
network interfaces (plus four 100 Mb/s).

SuperMicro Atom motherboards like X7SLA, X7SPA and X7SPE are
really nice. They are faster, but they have only two network
interfaces and the cases are usually larger.
The need of a small fan is not problematic compared to the gain
in processor speed.

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David du Colombier