The World's Smallest Sametime Server?
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So after a small Domino server was pulled out of an envelope at Lotusphere, I thought it might be fun to make a very small physical server, so I started looking around for different components. For small motherboards, you want to look at ITX motherboards, there are different one's out there and they can vary in size, I wanted small. I also had a requirement of 1Gb memory minimum, many of them have a limit of 512Mb. That's when I came across the Via Artigo, a sweet little builder kit that comes with everything you need except memory, disk, screen, keyboard and mouse. If you didn't already know it, if you can follow Lego instructions then you already have most of the skill needed to put a PC together.
So about a week or so ago I ordered up one of these little babies, along with a 1Gb SODIMM chip and 160GB 2.5 inch drive. Totaling just under $400. Today it arrived, ooh the excitement. 10 minutes later I had built the physical hardware (there is a video of someone else building one here, and it really was that simple).
The case is aluminium, painted in a high gloss paint, I already have finger prints all over it. Did I say it's small? Take a look at the photo below and compare it to the size of the apple. If you wanted to you could actually keep this in the 5.25" bay of another machine!
After the hardware was put together it was a case of using a USB CD/DVD ROM drive to install from. I installed Centos 5.1, Domino 8.0.1 and Sametime 8. Over the weekend I will run Server.load to see what kind of IM load this little machine can take.
When powered up the machine is very quiet, the only moving parts are a small fan and the 2.5 inch drive, with the supplied little rubber feet this also cuts out any vibration noise.
The machine has the potential to be very handy as a portable demonstration server, it just fits in the side pocket of my computer backpack.
Here are some pictures with it alongside other objects so you can get an idea of how small it is.
Click on this picture to see an explanation of each item.
This could be a great hands on session for Collaboration University, where you build the physical Server and install the software
So after a small Domino server was pulled out of an envelope at Lotusphere, I thought it might be fun to make a very small physical server, so I started looking around for different components. For small motherboards, you want to look at ITX motherboards, there are different one's out there and they can vary in size, I wanted small. I also had a requirement of 1Gb memory minimum, many of them have a limit of 512Mb. That's when I came across the Via Artigo, a sweet little builder kit that comes with everything you need except memory, disk, screen, keyboard and mouse. If you didn't already know it, if you can follow Lego instructions then you already have most of the skill needed to put a PC together.
So about a week or so ago I ordered up one of these little babies, along with a 1Gb SODIMM chip and 160GB 2.5 inch drive. Totaling just under $400. Today it arrived, ooh the excitement. 10 minutes later I had built the physical hardware (there is a video of someone else building one here, and it really was that simple).
The case is aluminium, painted in a high gloss paint, I already have finger prints all over it. Did I say it's small? Take a look at the photo below and compare it to the size of the apple. If you wanted to you could actually keep this in the 5.25" bay of another machine!
After the hardware was put together it was a case of using a USB CD/DVD ROM drive to install from. I installed Centos 5.1, Domino 8.0.1 and Sametime 8. Over the weekend I will run Server.load to see what kind of IM load this little machine can take.
When powered up the machine is very quiet, the only moving parts are a small fan and the 2.5 inch drive, with the supplied little rubber feet this also cuts out any vibration noise.
The machine has the potential to be very handy as a portable demonstration server, it just fits in the side pocket of my computer backpack.
Here are some pictures with it alongside other objects so you can get an idea of how small it is.
Click on this picture to see an explanation of each item.
This could be a great hands on session for Collaboration University, where you build the physical Server and install the software
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Posted by Chad Schelfhout At 11:12:29 PM On 04/03/2008 | - Website - |
-Tim E. Brown
Posted by Tim E. Brown At 11:24:31 PM On 04/03/2008 | - Website - |
I think the only issue really might be be the drivers.
After I have load tested linux, I will see if I can install 2003
Posted by Carl Tyler At 11:29:35 PM On 04/03/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Kerr At 05:58:53 AM On 04/04/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Rob Novak At 09:19:30 AM On 04/04/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Adam Gartenberg At 09:41:18 AM On 04/04/2008 | - Website - |
Looks very nice.
TTYL.
Neil
Posted by neil At 08:05:44 AM On 04/05/2008 | - Website - |
@7 It has a fan, it's nice and quiet, at least as quiet as my laptop.
Posted by Carl Tyler At 08:38:36 PM On 04/06/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Glen At 12:33:51 PM On 04/17/2008 | - Website - |
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this could be a very cool little demo "server" !
Posted by Glen At 03:50:53 PM On 07/05/2008 | - Website - |