-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 That's why I bought myself such a nice little Soekris box:
net5501-70: - - 500 MHz AMD Geode (+CS5536 crypto chip) - - 512 MiB RAM - - vpn1411 encryption module - - 80 GiB SSD (Intel X-25M) Currently running with FreeBSD, Freenet 24x7, all my VPNs, firewall, mail server and a whole lot of other security related stuff. Although the hardware has cost me something around 520,- Euros it is worth every little cent. Overall power consumption is somewhat around 20 watts so you really don't have to worry running it 24x7 and it doesn't interfere my surfing experience (currently with 25 Mbit/s down, 5 Mbit/s up). Also I have a new NAS (Synology DS409+) with a 1,066 MHz Freescale CPU, 512 MiB RAM and 4x 1 TiB SATA HDD's. And I also have a PS3 but I wouldn't even consider running freenet on one of them. The NAS is simply too limited in CPU speed for this (would interfere a lot with file transfers, media streaming aso.) and like you already said the PS3 is simply too hungry for this (and I would have to stop freenet for gaming). The Soekris box although it is also limited a lot in CPU speed it does its job very well and CPU usage is around 40-60% while running freenet unlimited on my connection and surfing, downloading and streaming like mad on two other PC's at my home. Additionally the technical support from Soekris is very good and many have installed Debian on such boxes making software management much easier once freenet can be delivered as DEB (I could also set up a PPA on launchpad for ubuntu). Greetz, Ancoron Matthew Toseland wrote: > Some discussion on #freenet about freenet on routers. This would solve the > 24x7 problem (people tend to turn their PCs off!). > > Right now Freenet can run in 80MB if you limit it to 10 peers and don't use > the client layer. But really with a big store and bloom filter sharing and a > load of downloads you (will) need something approaching 512MB. So current > routers won't cut it. Reprogrammed consoles and PVRs might be an option. The > PS3 would be enough prior to bloom filter sharing (256MB, tons of processing > power), but it is way too power hungry for 24x7. The wii doesn't have enough > memory at 64MB. Ideally a future router with support for storage and more > memory. Router makers are unlikely to bundle filesharing, but they could > provide a package format and let users do one-click installs; it is unlikely > anyone would be able to clobber them legally for making a generic platform! > > Specs would need to be in the range of: > - A storage port. IMHO this is likely in the medium term as routers, home > servers and possibly PVRs converge. It could be used for transparent proxy > for a start, and media storage, both obvious out-of-the-box applications, but > with third party apps it really becomes interesting. > - At least 512MB of RAM. This is probably a cost issue at the moment but not > for much longer. > - A reasonable CPU, say 700MHz. > - The ability to install third party apps, ideally out of the box. Cracks and > flashes are okay, but for wide adoption you need something *easy*, where they > can just click install, first on the stuff on the official app list, and then > on stuff they've googled. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkqhiEoACgkQHwxOsqv2bG2lXwCeJyWX9CqCfy55OzjCXrSSiBS1 LkoAn1PEJtgwcuI8hOkvAS4eOSkOJbYQ =i4ZD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
