[talk] cheapest/smallest ARM device w/ethernet?

[Thomas Levine]

Oh, it looks like I found my answer: This stuff is so cheap that I can
get several Cubieboards and have multiple servers instead of RAID.

On 18 Mar 15:02, Thomas Levine wrote:
> Hmm what about something with a SATA controller? Or a separate SATA
> controller. I want it to have space for at least two devices, preferably
> more like like seven.
> 
> I have a bunch of small laptop hard drives that I don't use because I
> only ever have space for one hard drive in my laptop. They could make
> a good server for backups.
> 
> On 15 Mar 18:42, Mark Saad wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Charles Sprickman <spork at bway.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Howdy,
> > > 
> > > There seem to be a number of folks here with an interest in the Pi and other little ARM hobby boards.
> > > 
> > > Any recommendations on a FreeBSD-friendly device that’s very cheap and has built-in ethernet?  Or a combo USB ethernet + ARM board that’s well-tested?
> > > 
> > > Just looking for something small to stash at some remote sites to be able to run iperf tests, perhaps terminate a very low-traffic openvpn tunnel, etc.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Charles
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> > Charles
> > 
> > Beagle bone black rev c . About the size of a pack of cigarettes. Adafruit has a nice plastic case too .  It's a arm v7 512m with onboard 100m nic , micro sd , on board flash . Runs FreeBSD , openbsd , and netbsd .
> > 
> > https://www.adafruit.com/products/1278
> > 
> > 
> > Mark saad | mark.saad at ymail.com
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