Re: affordable arm boards with plenty of ram.
peter green <plugwash <at> p10link.net> writes:
> As much ram as possible.
> Plenty of CPU power would be nice.
> A good storage interface (in order of preference SATA is better than
> USB3 which is better than USB2).
> Support in Debian kernels would be nice.
> arm64 support would be nice.
This is what we've all been waiting for for years.
> Currently looking at the cubox i4x4. Anyone have any other suggestions?
No, they're all deficient in some way.
That one (a) has a Freescale processor, which I would avoid after
my experience with the i.MX53, (b) isn't 64-bit, (c) has only 1 GHz
CPU clock.
You can get faster CPUs (4x 2GHz A15, so probably about 3X the
speed) but half the RAM and no SATA (but USB3) in the ODROID-XU4.
If you want 64-bit, the ODROID-C2 which I have is possibly
the best option - but it has A53 not A57 cores (so maybe 2X
the speed of the Cubox 4x4), and 2 GB RAM, and no SATA.
The question of whether CPU, RAM or filesystem I/O limits
performance in practice is an interesting one. The feeling
I have is the for kernel compiles my ODROID-C2 is CPU-limited.
Let us know what you decide.
Phil.
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