From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] The $200 walmart "gPC"
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:12:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4fa85a3ae08979014822bf7c50de47b5@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f34febc0801312147x1d490b50y85e2a344514951d8@mail.gmail.com>
> Dirt cheap too. Even w/ Fry's specials it would be hard to put
> together a comparable machine for that amount.
>
> Given that it has VIA's C7 chip which has extra instructions for
> crypto, including SHA1
> (http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/padlock/), it should make a nice
> venti server--although you would probably need to upgrade the 80 GB
> drive... What would be involved in patching Plan 9's libsec to use
> the C7's crypto instructions?
we have been getting similar machines for <$150. they're sold
as thin clients with a gigabyte mainboard and case. they pxe boot
but don't have power or room for a hard drive. they work
very well, but i don't think they would make very nice venti
servers with only 10/100 ethernet, regardless of the processor.
a single disk would scare me, too. i guess i'm just a paranoid
performance weenie.
- erik
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-01 12:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-01 5:33 ron minnich
2008-02-01 5:47 ` John Barham
2008-02-01 11:19 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-02-01 11:41 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-02-01 17:04 ` ron minnich
2008-02-01 11:43 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-02-01 12:00 ` mattmobile
2008-02-01 12:12 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
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