New Intel NUC
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I just saw an announcement for the new line of Intel NUCs and thought this one sounded interesting. Things that caught my attention are the watchdog timer, a PCIe x4 slot and serial ports. The 3 year lifecycle note wasn't good news though.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc5i3myhe-board-nuc5i3mybe.html
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How did the watchdog timer appeal to you? What did you plan to do with it?
A lot of hardware has a watchdog timer of some sort, there is one built into most Intel ICH chips for example. However it requires configuring some how and often that isn't available in the BIOS setup. Also it requires some OS side interaction to do anything useful.Steve
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I was hoping it would be usable to reboot a hung system without operator intervention.
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Is that a problem for you? If your box keeps crashing it's probably better to find the cause of that. ;)
However I'm sure you could do this. You might need support in the ICH watchdog driver:
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ichwd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+10.1-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html
Or some custom script/driver to pat the watchdog.Steve
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These seem loaded with stuff that's not useful for a firewall host. Looks like they'd be better suited to media type applications.
Now, if Intel did a model with, say, three or four network ports, instead of dual Display Ports, Audio and six USBs.
Seems the PCIe x4 port is for "custom" solutions too.
I wish I could justify one of those Rangeley boards from supermicro.
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Why not buy a Rangeley board from Netgate?
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OK, I left myself open for that :) I probably would buy from Netgate but I'm sort of committed to ESXi. (At least until VMware abandons those of us who use the ESXi free edition.)
The justification (to myself - no 'CFO' here) fails when I look at how much I have invested on IT 'stuff' during the past year :(
Believe me, the little guy - the one with the horns - keeps whispering all sorts of encouragement but the one with the halo still says "No, you got enough stuff and too little time to play with it anyway".
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if you're not going to listen to the guy with the horns, you're not going to have much fun.
Have you looked at the logo for FreeBSD lately?
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Here, let me help…
The C2000 Atoms support EPT (and the rest of VT-x), and AES-NI.
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@gonzopancho:
Have you looked at the logo for FreeBSD lately?
You got the picture ;)
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@gonzopancho:
Why not buy a Rangeley board from Netgate?
They look interesting… is it already available? (website still says Q1 2015)
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I'm sure we'll meet that date. :-)
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Nice. Love such commitments. It is Q1 today. And tomorrow. And Q1 for the next 80 days.
By any chance found a distribution-channel in Europe? 8) -
Working on it.
Know of any good ones?
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@gonzopancho:
Working on it.
Know of any good ones?
http://minipc.de/
I would propose to search for distributors which are selling special boards like this: http://geizhals.de/gigabyte-ga-j1900n-d3v-a1070252.html?hloc=at&hloc=de
Greetings from Germany ;)
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@gonzopancho:
Working on it.
Know of any good ones?
I guess "applianceshop.eu" would be pushing it huh ;D
Sorry, just teasing ;D
No affiliation to any, just personal experiences. So not sure my word counts for much.You could set up a poll?
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I was giving this some extra thoughts, as your success in finding a distribution channel in Europe could be beneficial for many here. (including me)
Most probably you did your homework, and google'd a bit around as well. So chances are slim I will bring anything new.
Anyway, I won't pretend to be the business specialist here 8), but maybe if you elaborate a bit on what you want/need in such partner, those who have a business and/or might be interested could jump on-topic?
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…a distribution-channel in Europe...
@gonzopancho:
Know of any good ones?
osnet.eu
varia-store.com
meconet.deBut they might not be distributors, more like vendors probably. Dealt with all 3 in the past on various occasions.
