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I'm using a beaglebone running Ubuntu, it's a brilliant little box, cost £55. There's the pandaboard too, which is more powerful with hdmi output

by EwanToo 14y ago

haberman 14y ago
Does it reliably boot headless? If it does I'll order one before the ink dries on this comment.
- EwanToo 14y ago
  Yes, it's been very reliable for me. It ships with angstrom Linux, but it's trivial to install Ubuntu. I've got it hosted in a collocation rack now, so it had better stay reliable :-) I've written a short blog post about it http://www.ewanleith.com/blog/956/my-60-arm-server http://www.ewanleith.com/blog/956/my-60-arm-server
  - haberman 14y ago
    Awesome, I'm totally getting one, thanks! Also appreciate learning about nmon, which looks nifty. (Still do wish I could jailbreak my AppleTV though. That is one sexy piece of hardware.)
  - angusgr 14y ago
    Out of interest, what does it cost to host one of these in a colo rack? I was thinking about it as an alternative to my VPS. (Apologies if you said this in blog post already, it's currently unavailable.)
    - hysan 14y ago
      Used Google cache to read the blog. This is what was written in the blog: So, now it’s time to take it to the next level – I’ve paid for the beaglebone to go into a colocation rack in Telehouse North, with a friendly colocation company called Jump Networks who were happy to help out with the experiment, and who only charge for £50 + VAT for installation and a very low monthly cost for hosting the equipment, as little as £5 per month – perfect for an ARM server.
    - EwanToo 14y ago
      Sorry about that, the blog is hosted on linode, who had scheduled a reboot for tonight, which turned into a 2 hour outage... The colo I picked only charges for electricity and excess bandwidth, which is why I picked them. It cost £50 to install, and £12 a year in hosting costs for electricity and bandwidth, but the host I'm using says they'll have to introduce a minimum charge of about £5 per month if lots of people start doing it with these micro servers.
polshaw 14y ago
Where on earth do you get a beaglebone for £55? Haven't seen it for < £70.

I'm using a beaglebone running Ubuntu, it's a brilliant little box, cost £55. There's the pandaboard too, which is more powerful with hdmi output

by EwanToo 14y ago

I'm using a beaglebone running Ubuntu, it's a brilliant little box, cost £55. There's the pandaboard too, which is more powerful with hdmi output

haberman 14y ago

Does it reliably boot headless? If it does I'll order one before the ink dries on this comment.

EwanToo 14y ago
Yes, it's been very reliable for me. It ships with angstrom Linux, but it's trivial to install Ubuntu. I've got it hosted in a collocation rack now, so it had better stay reliable :-) I've written a short blog post about it http://www.ewanleith.com/blog/956/my-60-arm-server http://www.ewanleith.com/blog/956/my-60-arm-server
- haberman 14y ago
  Awesome, I'm totally getting one, thanks! Also appreciate learning about nmon, which looks nifty. (Still do wish I could jailbreak my AppleTV though. That is one sexy piece of hardware.)
- angusgr 14y ago
  Out of interest, what does it cost to host one of these in a colo rack? I was thinking about it as an alternative to my VPS. (Apologies if you said this in blog post already, it's currently unavailable.)
  - hysan 14y ago
    Used Google cache to read the blog. This is what was written in the blog: So, now it’s time to take it to the next level – I’ve paid for the beaglebone to go into a colocation rack in Telehouse North, with a friendly colocation company called Jump Networks who were happy to help out with the experiment, and who only charge for £50 + VAT for installation and a very low monthly cost for hosting the equipment, as little as £5 per month – perfect for an ARM server.
  - EwanToo 14y ago
    Sorry about that, the blog is hosted on linode, who had scheduled a reboot for tonight, which turned into a 2 hour outage... The colo I picked only charges for electricity and excess bandwidth, which is why I picked them. It cost £50 to install, and £12 a year in hosting costs for electricity and bandwidth, but the host I'm using says they'll have to introduce a minimum charge of about £5 per month if lots of people start doing it with these micro servers.

polshaw 14y ago

Where on earth do you get a beaglebone for £55? Haven't seen it for < £70.