> From: " Christopher Niem?ller " > I was playing around with some embedded computing and rugged hardware > and got some questions. > > Whats the target price for the school server? > How many school server are needed anyway? > Whats the typical power source for the server? 12V DC or 24V DC or > 110V AC or 230V AC? > What are the other conditions like temperature and humidity? Would it > be enough if the server is capable of operating between 0?-55?C and > 0-90% humidity? > Which outlets are really needed (w/ switch)? > I guess something like: > -4x Ethernet (over the switch) > -4x USB2.0 > -1x Power > Is something like a vga, p/s2, rs232, ... needed?
Chris, I put together a school server from parts at a local computer supply store for $530. This is for a project for OLPC Uruguay ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_Blogger_Project ) The full parts list is here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony/edublog-beta-hw In addition to XS, I also have Fedora 7 and Debian 4 Etch installed in a multi-boot GRUB. The software installation: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony/edublog-beta-hw The entire machine needs only a single RJ45 Ethernet connection. I am able to access the system remotely from my Windows PC using OpenSSH. I have created a customized SysRescCD that allows me to boot into SSHD mode to perform the install and admin remotely. Currently, I have it set up as a RAID1 mirror between two 160GB drives, but I have two 30GB un-raided partitions, for a total space of 190GB. The implementation could easily accomodate larger or more drives to have the 500GB Wad suggests. I need to figure out Moodle+PostgreSQL this week, then I ship it off to its final destination. Thanks Tony Pearson Senior Storage Consultant, IBM System Storage™ Telephone: +1 520-799-4309 | tie 321-4309 | Cell: +1 520 990-8669 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GSA: http://tucgsa.ibm.com/~tpearson Blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage AKA: 990tony Paravane, eightbar specialist
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