Jim Pingle wrote: > Curtis Maurand wrote: >> Check this one out. It should work just fine. Very inexpensive. >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 >> > > I mentioned that one elsewhere in the thread. Three of them just arrived > in my office and I'm getting ready to test them out. :-) > > First cool observation, they actually have an internal USB port. Not > just pins, but a real port. There are some really tiny USB flash drives > that could be used to run these with (cheap) solid state media.
A couple more things after some tinkering. Picture of the mainboard: http://twitpic.com/lr2tc It's got 4x SATA connectors and 1x PATA, though there isn't really room in the case for more than 1 3.5" drive (or 2x2.5" with an optional bracket, I hear). 2 USB ports on the back, but headers for 5 more inside plus an actual internal USB connector (mentioned above) A second internal COM port header (there is a knockout for a 25-pin connector on the back, too) There is a molex power connector on the mainboard (male) labeled "For Device power only". Looks like a few extra fan headers if they're needed (probably not) dmesg output: http://pastebin.com/f22413e10 Power draw, according to my Kill-a-Watt: Drive spin-up: 48w Booting: 33w/0.33a with occasional bumps to 36w Idle: 32w/0.33a When powered off and plugged in, it draws 1w/0.04a Haven't been able to do any load testing yet. Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
