I didn't see where I could actually buy one.. would make a nice micro
asterisk server :)
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Charles Jones <
charles.jones@ciscolearning.org> wrote:

>  Eric Shubert wrote:
>
> Charles Jones wrote:
>
>
>  I just bought one of these to experiment with: http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp
>
> It is basically a tiny linux box with 1.2Ghz processor, with a gigabit
> ethernet and USB 2.0 port ( http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc288330112790d732928a4-800wi ).
> Installing packages and software is as easy as normal apt-get procedure,
> no custom-compiling needed. You are limited by what little free space is
> left on the filesystem, but you can augment that via USB storage.
>
> My first tests with this device will be attaching an HD USB camera and
> using mjpeg-streamer to turn it into a cheap network camera.  I'd also
> like to see if I can attach a small USB hub and run both the camera as
> well as a USB ethernet adapter, thus creating a cheap wireless network
> camera/device.
>
> If anyone is interested I will post more info when I receive it, and
> report on how my testing goes.
>
> -Charles
>
>
>  Wow. Attach a couple USB drives configured as raid-1, and you've got a
> nice little backup server!
>
>
>  Imagine having a big power strip with like 6 of these running as servers.
> They only draw 5w each. So imagine how long a typical rackmount UPS could
> power those plus your switch :-)
>
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