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SheevaPlug: low power wall-plug form-factor computer



On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 04:25:30PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> Odd that it has USB and Ethernet ports, but despite the form-factor, 
> doesn't integrate power-line Ethernet. It includes a gigabit Ethernet 
> interface, so maybe they didn't feel the power line interface was fast 
> enough for their intended market. (The manufacturer mentions media 
> server as one of the intended applications.)
> 
> Uses only 5 watts. Might make a good low-end NAS or Asterisk server.

Give it a USB disk to store voice mail, and it could handle
Asterisk for a reasonable-sized office -- say, 30-50 people.

-dsr-

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