I asked a couple of Q7 companies for a quote and got back one a few minutes ago from Portwell (portwell.com): Part Number Description Qty Unit price 14-831011-0002 PQ7-M101G-1600-0512 Q7 MODULE 1.6G, 512 RAM 1 $312 14-831012-1002 PQ7-M101G-1600-1024 Q7 MODULE 1.6G, 1G RAM 1 $350 14-892000-0002 PQ7-C200 Q7 CARRIER BOARD W/V/GbE 1 $184 The ability for them to handle heat (185F) might make it worth using them but I definitely won't save money over typical mATX hardware. The Carrier board drops to $180 each if I buy 100; waiting to see how much it will drop if I order 1000. JD On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 09:55, Kurt Granroth > wrote: > Thanks for the pointers. Those definitely look more "industrial" than > I'd prefer. If I did roll my own, I'd certainly want to use commodity > boards. "Call for pricing" translates in my mind to "if you have to > ask, you can't afford it" :-) > > The more I researched this, the more I realized that there are an > embarrassment of choices! The last I looked (5 or 6 years ago), it was > relatively difficult to construct a silent and low power system with > massive compromises. Not so anymore. > > Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug > (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't > really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a > N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a > bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard > drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core > Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD > output, if necessary. > > Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local > folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how > well they work for them. > > On 10/04/2010 01:42 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > > We used to use these great mobos from a company called CongaTec > > > > http://www.congatec.us/qa6.html > > http://www.congatec.us/qcarrier.html > > > > This 95x140 motherboard and QSeven module can handle 2 Data drives. > > > > I know you said you would prefer not to roll your own, but if you do, > > this is an awesome setup. > > > > Kevin > > > >> On Oct 4, 2010 2:27 PM, "Kurt Granroth" > >> > >> >> > wrote: > >> > >> I'm looking for a NAS that looks roughly like so: > >> > >> o Very low power usage (~10 watts or less, ideally) > >> o Can run squid or similar proxy > >> o Can serve up files like you'd expect as NAS to do > >> o Can stream media > >> o Can run Linux or, at least, is customizable > >> > >> Anybody using anything like this already? > >> > >> I'm not opposed to rolling my own with mini-itx or the like but I'd > >> prefer not to. I do wonder if the proxy requirement is more of a > >> deal-breaker since most NAS units try to stay strictly in the storage > >> realm. > >> > >> One thought is adapting a Pogoplug or Seagate Dockstar or the like. I'm > >> not yet sure if that'll do all I want, though. > >> > >> Any thoughts? > >> Kurt > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >