[ale] NUC vs. RPi mail server

[Alex Carver]

You'd have to record that so I can watch the competition. :)

On 2014-12-20 10:41, Boris Borisov wrote:
> That could be for next meeting. Mini mail server competition ...
> 
> On Saturday, December 20, 2014, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/19/2014 11:56 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like the SBC market is exploding again after the success of the
>>> Rpi with all these clones, beefed up clones and ultra-miniaturized
>>> desktops/laptops (NUC).  The Radxa looks equally interesting as a couple
>>> others like the BananaPi and BeagleBone.
>>>
>>> Since I have an Rpi now and it doesn't seem that I need much horsepower
>>> for this server I'm going to get another Rpi (and an external drive) and
>>> try it out.  If it doesn't work I can always use the Rpi for something
>>> else and just get a bigger SBC.
>>>
>>> This is something that I'm probably going to have to do very soon since
>>> my mail server just puked again.
>>>
>> Even though you've decided, I want to toss another option in the mix.
>> Recently someone mentioned that running an OS over a USB connected disk
>> might not be optimal.  The Cubieboard2 is a single board computer like the
>> Pi and the BBB.  It has twice as much memory 1024M, and most importantly a
>> SATA port.  It may not have quite as much GPU power as the Pi but for a
>> server, a bit more memory and the SATA port are probably worth the $30 more
>> that it costs.  $65 for the Cubieboard2, a power cable and a SATA cable.
>>
>> I have one that I've used for a platform for collecting log data and
>> generating a map with information from the log, displayed on an html page.
>> It also has been used with a USB camera to catch images for a time-lapse
>> video.  I have it configured to boot the OS from the SATA disk.  It only
>> reads the boot info from the SD card so I suspect it will last quite a
>> while.
>>
>> It's running a version of Wheezy, but there are a number of OS options,
>> including Fedora.
>>
>> Jim.
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