SheevaPlug: low power wall-plug form-factor computer

[Derek Atkins]

Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 04:25:30PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
>> Odd that it has USB and Ethernet ports, but despite the form-factor, 
>> doesn't integrate power-line Ethernet. It includes a gigabit Ethernet 
>> interface, so maybe they didn't feel the power line interface was fast 
>> enough for their intended market. (The manufacturer mentions media 
>> server as one of the intended applications.)
>> 
>> Uses only 5 watts. Might make a good low-end NAS or Asterisk server.
>
> Give it a USB disk to store voice mail, and it could handle
> Asterisk for a reasonable-sized office -- say, 30-50 people.

Provided you don't need any Zaptel cards to interface to POTS.

> -dsr-

-derek
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