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charset=utf-8 > On 12 Dec 2019, at 17:31, Lucio De Re wrote: >=20 > I'd like suggestions for some hardware on which to run Plan 9, almost > certainly expandable SSD capacity will be a must (Venti service). > Price and quality will be the biggest factors, as always. >=20 > Ideally, storage is where the value will reside, the actual processor > could be expendable. >=20 > ARM would allow me to start with Richard Miller's release, which I > believe to be a very sound foundation. >=20 > Thanks for any and all comments. This is very likely overkill, but https://www.96boards.org/product/developerbox/ = = https://www.chip1stop.com/USA/en/product/detail?partId=3DSOCI-0000003&mpn=3D= SC0FQAA-B-000 = It=E2=80=99s a =C2=B5ATX PC-style motherboard, with what looks like = standard PC power connector. It has a 24-core ARM8 CPU, up to 64GB RAM (4 DIMM slots), onboard 1 Gbps = Ethernet, looks like two on-board SATA ports, and (most usefully) 1 PCIe = x16 and 2 PCIe x1 slots. You could populate the x16 PCIe slot with an M.2 carrier board, like https://amfeltec.com/pci-express-gen-3-carrier-board-for-m-2-ssd = to give you a decent amount of high-speed SSD storage? The motherboard appears to have been sponsored by Linaro, which is some = sort of Linux-on-ARM booster organisation, so it=E2=80=99s likely got = decent documentation and/or sample drivers available. d --Apple-Mail=_5ADF2A48-CF75-45C1-9E14-F685283B95D9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On = 12 Dec 2019, at 17:31, Lucio De Re <lucio.dere@gmail.com> wrote:

I'd = like suggestions for some hardware on which to run Plan 9, almost
certainly expandable SSD capacity will be a must (Venti = service).
Price and quality will be the biggest factors, = as always.

Ideally, storage is where the = value will reside, the actual processor
could be = expendable.

ARM would allow me to start = with Richard Miller's release, which I
believe to be a = very sound foundation.

Thanks for any and = all comments.

This is very likely overkill, but


It=E2=80=99s a =C2=B5ATX PC-style motherboard, = with what looks like standard PC power connector.
It has a = 24-core ARM8 CPU, up to 64GB RAM (4 DIMM slots), onboard 1 Gbps = Ethernet, looks like two on-board SATA ports, and (most usefully) 1 PCIe = x16 and 2 PCIe x1 slots.

You could = populate the x16 PCIe slot with an M.2 carrier board, like


to give you a decent amount of = high-speed SSD storage?

The = motherboard appears to have been sponsored by Linaro, which is some sort = of Linux-on-ARM booster organisation, so it=E2=80=99s likely got decent = documentation and/or sample drivers available.



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