Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:45:16 -0800 (PST) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: Scheduled Transfer Protocol on Linux |
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take a look at the enbeded systems board prices, they include everything under the sun and are far mor expensive and capible then this type of project needs.
i saw something (I think it was on ace's hardware site) over the weekend indicating there was a new chipset for gigE running ~$100 ea, combine that with a crusoe cpu (~$50) and some ram (say 16M for $30) you won't meet the +$100 that larry is wanting, but you could probably get +$250 for a box that would be a very adaquate webserver or fileserver, forget building huge central fileserver, have a bunch of tiny network fileservers with a way for the client to pass the connection off to another server (symlink equivalent) how many of these could you get working on the budget of a reasonable dual/quad server for a medium office (these machines run $15-20K to start)
David Lang
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Sandy Harris wrote:
> Bjorn Wesen wrote: > > > I don't doubt the feasability of the HW design at all at that price. The > > main problem is probably simply cold feet. Imagine you are a hot-shot HD > > manufacturer. You instinctively feel "this is cool stuff", and prepare the > > design and R&D. All is well. Until you come to think "can I even find 1 > > million customers who understands how to use this thingy?", ... > > > > The HD manufacturer would probably in that situation just put on the > > ethernet interface, additional RAM, verify that it can run some OS'es, > > then make some OEM deals with a linux server company to design and support > > the OS and utils that will go into it. .... > > > One possible intermediary is to sell a small board that attaches to the > > bottom of the drive, with a pass-through power connector and a bridge to > > the IDE port. Would break the 3.5" form factor though. > > What about a board that fits in a 5 1/4" bay, leaving room for a 3.5" > drive below it, and has ARM, VLSI IDE controller, ethernet, ... > > In a standard low-cost box designed for a single 5 1/4" device like > CD-ROM or tape drive, this becomes a standalone network server. If you > need a bunch, put them in a big case designed for a PC server or a > RAID array. > > The 5 1/4" form factor gives you enough room to have connectors for > two IDE controllers, so you can use standard motherboard chips for the > IDE and run two drives fast or four much less so. It also allows you > to support fairly large memory for some applications. > > This doesn't take a drive manufacturer. Anyone building PC motherboards > or embedded systems could take a crack at it. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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