Thread: The Case for a Pocketable Server
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2008-09-22 , 23:24
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Originally Posted by johnkzin View Post
I can see the price being objectionable, but I don't care about the slower speed. How fast does a router and file server really need to be? (though, I guess if you're going to use it for a game server as well, that changes things; but that's not part of my needs for such a device)
Depends on the purpose. Check the price of current consumer & SOHO grade routers and NAS. The NAS usually have 100 mbit, and they choke on throughput, or they're expensive. Look up Synology and Thecus.

Texrat's FP does state he's interested in a game server so resources are something to keep in mind IMO.

People do care about making a x86 device when x86 architecture makes sense. Usually, thats not the embedded market though, minus the higher end potential of Atom. (I do consider a nettop or MID embedded.) Most people don't give a rat about architecture zealotry...
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