OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.

Wed Feb 18 16:10:30 UTC 2015

I really like the Intel NUC. Standard x86 hardware, multiple choices of
CPUs, runs debian/ubuntu/fedora etc with zero modifications.

/Anders

MVH / Regards
Anders Löwinger
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2015-02-18 16:45 GMT+01:00 Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>:

> Once upon a time, Rob Seastrom <rs at seastrom.com> said:
> > The Pi is low-powered in more ways than one.  Last fall I ran some
> > (admittedly fairly simple minded) DNS benchmarks against a Raspberry
> > Pi Model B and an ODROID U3.
>
> The Pi is not really the right tool for any "production" job IMHO.  Even
> if you are restricting yourself to cheap single-board ARM systems, there
> are better choices like BeagleBone, Cubieboard, etc.  If you need a
> little more power (and want x86 to make things easier), go for a
> Minnowboard or the like.  All of these are "hobbiest" solutions though.
>
> If you want cheap and compact DNS for a not-too-high request rate, just
> get a cheap wifi router that'll run a flavor of Open Source firmware (I
> prefer OpenWRT).  Disable the wifi and run dnsmasq or bind (peruse the
> OpenWRT supported device page to check RAM capacity).
>
> Beyond that, or if you want a rack-mount solution, get an Atom CPU based
> barebones, like a SuperMicro, use an SSD, and it'll be relatively quiet
> (and at least the SuperMicros have IPMI built in for remote management).
>
> --
> Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>
>