[conspire] is cabal go Sat. ?

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Wed Dec 6 18:13:44 PST 2017


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 Today's Topics:
 
    1. Re: Zotac and Shuttle and
 Asu, oh my (durability)
       (Daniel
 Gimpelevich)
    2. Re: Zotac and Shuttle and
 Asu, oh my (durability) (Dana Goyette)
    3. Re: Zotac and Shuttle and
 Asu, oh my (durability) (Tony Godshall)
    4. Re: Zotac and Shuttle and
 Asu, oh my (durability) (Dana Goyette)
    5. Re: Zotac and Shuttle and
 Asu, oh my (durability)
       (Daniel
 Gimpelevich)
 
 
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 Message: 1
 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 07:40:19 -0800
 From: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
 To: conspire at linuxmafia.com
 Subject: Re: [conspire] Zotac and
 Shuttle and Asu, oh my (durability)
 Message-ID: <1512574819.10506.56.camel at chimera>
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 On Mon, 2017-12-04 at 08:57 -0800, Tony
 Godshall wrote:
 > > Example 2:  My new toy
 the Zotac, at minimum, has appallingly bad
 > > prospects for I/O expansion
 when viewed as a server.  Mass storage
 > > on a _quality_ interface is
 limited to exactly one SATA connector.
 > > Possibly, one might also
 count additional storage in the SD/SDHC/SDXC
 > > card reader, though I'm not
 sure about speed.  External storage is
 > > possible only on USB. 
 (But it's pretty damned good for $125 w/ 1 year
 > > mfr. warranty.)
 > 
 > By the way, we've had very
 disappointing results with the durability
 > of Zotac units as
 workstations.  We're back to Shuttle DS68U and DX30
 > units.  Single laptop-size
 hard drive, dual laptop-size memory sticks
 > fanless.  We also like the
 fact that we've had no driver troubles with
 > any of the hardware and they have
 serial ports and even PS/2 and VGA
 > which helps in terms of swapping
 out old machines, giving workstation
 > machines a second life as
 interfaces legacy industrial equipment etc.
 > (DX30 needs a header cable for
 VGA, order it with).
 > 
 > Other units we've been
 disappointed with durability are Lenovo Q180
 > and Q190 and ASUS EB1021.  A
 lot of the issues seem to have been
 > fan and heat-related, so the
 fanless nature of the Shuttle's should be a
 > benefit.
 
 I ended up getting a refurb HP t730
 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive
 for close to what I would've spent on
 an APU2 for gateway/router use,
 and I put a $20 quad Intel 350 NIC in
 its slot, because the onboard is
 Realtek. The much larger L2 cache than
 the APU2 has can come in very
 handy if I have the thing running any
 crypto, but it seems to idle at
 17W on the Kill-A-Watt, which isn't
 great for an always-on device, but
 it could be a lot worse. Fanless
 would've been nice, but barring the
 APU2, I would've had to compromise too
 much. Thoughts on these in
 comparison to the Zotac and Shuttle
 units?
 
 This one does not have the wifi card,
 which is ubiquitous on eBay and
 elsewhere, but unfortunately, the
 internal antennae that mount to the
 chassis are not. The only info I have
 on the antennae is on page 19 of
 this PDF:
 http://h22235.www2.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/productdata/Countries/_MultiCountry/disassembly_deskto_201511423012668.pdf
 Any chance somebody knows a place where
 dead units get sent where I
 might fetch those exact antennae? I
 don't want to mount generic ones
 randomly.
 
 
 
 
 
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 Message: 2
 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:24:49 -0800
 From: Dana Goyette <danagoyette at gmail.com>
 To: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
 Cc: Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
 Subject: Re: [conspire] Zotac and
 Shuttle and Asu, oh my (durability)
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 HP's parts store is at http://partsurfer.hp.com.  You can search there by
 the system's SKU, then buy the part
 there, or grab the part number to
 search other sellers.
 
 On Dec 6, 2017 7:41 AM, "Daniel
 Gimpelevich" <
 daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
 wrote:
 
 > On Mon, 2017-12-04 at 08:57 -0800,
 Tony Godshall wrote:
 > > > Example 2:  My new
 toy the Zotac, at minimum, has appallingly bad
 > > > prospects for I/O
 expansion when viewed as a server.  Mass storage
 > > > on a _quality_ interface
 is limited to exactly one SATA connector.
 > > > Possibly, one might also
 count additional storage in the SD/SDHC/SDXC
 > > > card reader, though I'm
 not sure about speed.  External storage is
 > > > possible only on
 USB.  (But it's pretty damned good for $125 w/ 1 year
 > > > mfr. warranty.)
 > >
 > > By the way, we've had very
 disappointing results with the durability
 > > of Zotac units as
 workstations.  We're back to Shuttle DS68U and DX30
 > > units.  Single
 laptop-size hard drive, dual laptop-size memory sticks
 > > fanless.  We also like
 the fact that we've had no driver troubles with
 > > any of the hardware and they
 have serial ports and even PS/2 and VGA
 > > which helps in terms of
 swapping out old machines, giving workstation
 > > machines a second life as
 interfaces legacy industrial equipment etc.
 > > (DX30 needs a header cable
 for VGA, order it with).
 > >
 > > Other units we've been
 disappointed with durability are Lenovo Q180
 > > and Q190 and ASUS
 EB1021.  A lot of the issues seem to have been
 > > fan and heat-related, so the
 fanless nature of the Shuttle's should be a
 > > benefit.
 >
 > I ended up getting a refurb HP
 t730 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive
 > for close to what I would've spent
 on an APU2 for gateway/router use,
 > and I put a $20 quad Intel 350 NIC
 in its slot, because the onboard is
 > Realtek. The much larger L2 cache
 than the APU2 has can come in very
 > handy if I have the thing running
 any crypto, but it seems to idle at
 > 17W on the Kill-A-Watt, which
 isn't great for an always-on device, but
 > it could be a lot worse. Fanless
 would've been nice, but barring the
 > APU2, I would've had to compromise
 too much. Thoughts on these in
 > comparison to the Zotac and
 Shuttle units?
 >
 > This one does not have the wifi
 card, which is ubiquitous on eBay and
 > elsewhere, but unfortunately, the
 internal antennae that mount to the
 > chassis are not. The only info I
 have on the antennae is on page 19 of
 > this PDF:
 > http://h22235.www2.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/
 >
 environment/productdata/Countries/_MultiCountry/disassembly_deskto_
 > 201511423012668.pdf
 > Any chance somebody knows a place
 where dead units get sent where I
 > might fetch those exact antennae?
 I don't want to mount generic ones
 > randomly.
 >
 >
 >
 >
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 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:49:09 -0800
 From: Tony Godshall <togo at of.net>
 Cc: Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
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 Shuttle and Asu, oh my (durability)
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 ...
 >> I ended up getting a refurb HP
 t730 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive
 >> for close to what I would've
 spent on an APU2 for gateway/router use,
 >> and I put a $20 quad Intel 350
 NIC in its slot, because the onboard is
 >> Realtek.
 
 Nice, what's the source?  I could
 use some of those but I'm not seeing
 them for less than $40 on amazon or
 ebay.
 
 ...
 >> The much larger L2 cache than
 the APU2 has can come in very
 >> handy if I have the thing
 running any crypto, but it seems to idle at
 >> 17W on the Kill-A-Watt, which
 isn't great for an always-on device, but
 >> it could be a lot worse.
 Fanless would've been nice, but barring the
 >> APU2, I would've had to
 compromise too much. Thoughts on these in
 >> comparison to the Zotac and
 Shuttle units?
 
 The two I mentioned are fanless. 
 I'll do a power check when I get a chance,
 but I'm running spinning media (SSHD),
 so I don't know if it would be a good
 comparison.
 
 
 
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 Message: 4
 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 12:04:33 -0800
 From: Dana Goyette <danagoyette at gmail.com>
 To: Tony Godshall <togo at of.net>
 Cc: Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
 Subject: Re: [conspire] Zotac and
 Shuttle and Asu, oh my (durability)
 Message-ID:
     <CABS_1wHvZRDCKWR9LEHZNLQA0qZuTZgKXWzHNcVgaq27Gc55VA at mail.gmail.com>
 Content-Type: text/plain;
 charset="utf-8"
 
 Phoronix did a comparison of several
 mini PCs, as well:
 
 CompuLab IPC3, Testing 10 Mini PCs /
 Small Form Factor Linux PCs
 
 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=compulab-ipc3&num=1
 
 On Dec 6, 2017 11:50 AM, "Tony
 Godshall" <togo at of.net>
 wrote:
 
 > ...
 > >> I ended up getting a
 refurb HP t730 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive
 > >> for close to what I
 would've spent on an APU2 for gateway/router use,
 > >> and I put a $20 quad
 Intel 350 NIC in its slot, because the onboard is
 > >> Realtek.
 >
 > Nice, what's the source?  I
 could use some of those but I'm not seeing
 > them for less than $40 on amazon
 or ebay.
 >
 > ...
 > >> The much larger L2 cache
 than the APU2 has can come in very
 > >> handy if I have the thing
 running any crypto, but it seems to idle at
 > >> 17W on the Kill-A-Watt,
 which isn't great for an always-on device, but
 > >> it could be a lot worse.
 Fanless would've been nice, but barring the
 > >> APU2, I would've had to
 compromise too much. Thoughts on these in
 > >> comparison to the Zotac
 and Shuttle units?
 >
 > The two I mentioned are
 fanless.  I'll do a power check when I get a
 > chance,
 > but I'm running spinning media
 (SSHD), so I don't know if it would be a
 > good
 > comparison.
 >
 >
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 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:12:21 -0800
 From: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
 To: conspire at linuxmafia.com
 Subject: Re: [conspire] Zotac and
 Shuttle and Asu, oh my (durability)
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 Content-Type: text/plain;
 charset="UTF-8"
 
 On Wed, 2017-12-06 at 11:49 -0800, Tony
 Godshall wrote:
 > ...
 > >> I ended up getting a
 refurb HP t730 Thin Client with a 16GB M.2 drive
 > >> for close to what I
 would've spent on an APU2 for gateway/router use,
 > >> and I put a $20 quad
 Intel 350 NIC in its slot, because the onboard is
 > >> Realtek.
 > 
 > Nice, what's the source?  I
 could use some of those but I'm not seeing
 > them for less than $40 on amazon
 or ebay.
 
 Try "NC365T" as your search term.
 
 > ...
 > >> The much larger L2 cache
 than the APU2 has can come in very
 > >> handy if I have the thing
 running any crypto, but it seems to idle at
 > >> 17W on the Kill-A-Watt,
 which isn't great for an always-on device, but
 > >> it could be a lot worse.
 Fanless would've been nice, but barring the
 > >> APU2, I would've had to
 compromise too much. Thoughts on these in
 > >> comparison to the Zotac
 and Shuttle units?
 > 
 > The two I mentioned are
 fanless.  I'll do a power check when I get a chance,
 > but I'm running spinning media
 (SSHD), so I don't know if it would be a good
 > comparison.
 
 I meant _durability_ comparison.
 
 
 
 
 
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