I like the fit pc. They do a ribbed version.<br><br>Cant seem to find the social enterprise funding thing I had mentioned before. Looked at a few options but we don&#39;t quite fit any of them. Their is a lot out there anyway : )<br>

<br>Anna<br>xxxx<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Sam Tuke <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:samtuke@fsfe.org">samtuke@fsfe.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

A little research indicates that using many &quot;freedom boxes&quot; (plug<br>
computers) in a cluster for running mail hosting services is probably<br>
unfeasible or impractical. Both cost and watts per mhz would presumably<br>
be poor, especially considering that the ARM CPUs are only 32 bit.<br>
<br>
If a single freedom box would be sufficiently powerful to constitute the<br>
server, then that remains an option (I can&#39;t find much conclusive data<br>
on this, but I gather that it may be not be the case if we attempt to<br>
host both webmail applications (eg roundcube) and also mail server on<br>
the same device).<br>
<br>
An alternative would be to use the fit-PC3 (see<br>
<a href="http://www.fit-pc.com/web/purchase/order-direct-fit-pc3/" target="_blank">http://www.fit-pc.com/web/purchase/order-direct-fit-pc3/</a>). This a new<br>
product with the following advantages:<br>
<br>
64-bit<br>
dual core 1ghz processors<br>
many standard CPU extensions, inc. virtualisation (<a href="http://s.coop/7quk" target="_blank">http://s.coop/7quk</a>)<br>
2GB DDR3 RAM<br>
*only 9 watts power consumption*<br>
<br>
It is quite expensive however at 454 USD (292 GBP) inc. shipping from<br>
the states. We would need to get a hard drive + caddy and cable<br>
separately (approx. 80 gbp more, without a backup drive). If we had<br>
funding of some sort then currently this machine would definitely be my<br>
choice.<br>
<br>
I have yet to find out if there is second hand hardware that we could<br>
use from Arcspace. I intend to do so shortly.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Sam.<br>
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