[sf-lug] LUG meeting of September 5, 2021

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 9/9/21 01:30, tom r lopes wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 12:26 PM Bobbie Sellers 
> <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
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>     Hi LUGers,
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>          Tom though did a show and tell with his miniature server.
>     The bright red color is quite eye-catching.  So are the dual
>     Ethernet ports and the internals sounded quite nice but I
>     am not sure of my data in that regard and Tom can tell us
>     about it.  It looks smaller than the Mac Mini and the Intel NUC
>     and uses ARM 64 I believe.
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>  It is one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098B4W716
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> Yes it is ARM 64.  It is actually a Pi 4 computer module on a carrier 
> board.
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> Photos <https://photos.app.goo.gl/MxdpeLf1EEu5U93Z8>
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> The Compute Modules (CM) come in various configurations.
> ! to 4 GB ram, WIFI or not, built in flash (emmc) storage.
> But no peripherals.  Except for what is exposed on the connector.
> The Pi 4 CM has PCI-E on the connector which allows you to have
> a lot more possibilities on the carrier board.
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> On this little server board we have mini pcie for possible 4G LTE modem
> and also an M.2 for very fast NVME SSD drive.  (and an extra ethernet 
> port)
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> Other people have made carrier boards with multiple SATA ports.  So with
> that you could make a Pi based NAS.
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> Thomas
> I have two of them, 1GB and 4GB ram.
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>          Bobbie Sellers
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         Thank you Tom for filling us in on the details.

         Bobbie