[mythtv-users] Linksys NSLU2 aka SLUG...

[Andrew Close]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>  I have 4 of them, doing various things.
>
>  The USB system is slow though and, as you mentioned, it has limited RAM.
>
>  It also has no FPU, requiring emulation for floating point operations.
>
>  They are extremely useful little boxes, but the limitations would not
>  make them great DB servers.
>
>  They will run a full Debian installation, and they are considered
>  responsible for the fact that the ARM is the 3rd most popular CPU for
>  Debian.

that was the kind of real world experience i was looking for.  thanks Brian :)
i'll keep them in mind, but maybe i'll look for another low power
solution for a DB server that has just a bit more grunt to it.

-- 
Andrew Close