thanks for the info, I'll put some options together and post back my findings.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 24/04/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yvan Seth</b> <<a href="http://watford.lug.org.uk">watford.lug.org.uk</a>@<a href="http://malignity.net">malignity.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:36:32PM +0100, Mark Stewart wrote:<br> > I need a small form factor PC with a minimum spec of a 64 bit<br> > processor and 32gb of RAM.<br> ><br> > It needs to be small so it can go as hand luggage around Europe, it<br>
> will be running Redhat 3 and some memory intensive apps that crunch<br> > huge datasets .<br><br><br>I've dealt with a lot of embedded systems vendors and have only seen<br> that sort of memory capacity in their top-end systems. They'd be far<br>
too large/heavy for carry-on. Just checked NexCom and Portwell, nothing<br> with that memory capacity that is "small" - though they're smaller than<br> equivalent standard server equipment. (They're bloody expensive too.)<br>
<br> We used to carry around Shuttle XPC (<a href="http://shuttle.com">shuttle.com</a>) boxes for trade shows,<br> but they seem to max out at 8GB at the moment. Have you tried the<br> similar mini-PC vendors? (I think Asus make some, and there are probaby<br>
other vendors around by now.)<br><br> A restricting factor will be chipsets, how many are there that support<br> that much memory? That'll narrow down the viable boards at least, then<br> see if you can find an ATX board with the right chipset and enough RAM<br>
slots! I know Tyan (<a href="http://tyan.com">tyan.com</a>) make some ATX boards that can handle a<br> pile of memory - might be worth hunting around their range. A quick<br> search in "System Boards" shows a few, all the contenders seem to be<br>
dual-CPU though.<br><br> Find a board and stick it into the smallest ATX case you can get your<br> hands on? Can always mod the case a bit to fit it in? :)<br><br> -Yvan<br><br> _______________________________________________<br>
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