[App_rpt-users] mini-pc recommendations for Allstar / Dial

[Mark Johnston]

I have purchased a few using the Intel Atom CPU, they are not super fast,
but I have had 4 URI's connected with no issues, and internet streaming as
well on one node... they are inexpensive, and no fan on them, got 12V power
supplies for them, mounted it all in a 1U rack, but there are plenty of
other small form factor PC's like that if you just want a desktop style
(mini) computer. Some are "Industrial" type, might look at what amazon has,
etc...



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On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Ken Alker <ka6ken at alker.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am brand new to this list and Allstar (although I have been using
> Asterisk for well over a decade).  I would like to run three URIs off of
> one PC running Dial.  The PC will also communicate with at least three
> RTCMs at other locations.  I ASSuME, based on this requirement, that a
> mini-PC would be the best platform (and not a Rasberry Pi or other ARM
> based processor).  Please correct me if this is wrong (as I'd love to get
> away with a super low power $35 computer).
>
> What mini-PC platforms have people successfully used (IOW, what mini-PCs
> would you suggest I look into)?  I'd like something relatively inexpensive,
> low power, and with no moving parts (for a difficult to reach remote
> location at high elevation).
>
> I've been looking into the Qotom mini-PCs, however, many of them seem to
> be based on the J1900, and I have heard that the Intel "Bay Trail"
> processors (of which the J1900 is one) have some clock issues due to a
> conflict with the (Debian) kernel being used in the Dial/Allstar project.
> I don't know if newer releases of the processor have fixed this, or if it
> applies to every single Bay Trail processor ever produced.  Perhaps someone
> can expound on this for me, as well.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Ken Alker
> KA6KEN
> http://www.impulse.net
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