====== Hardware for servers ====== Usually these don't have displays attached all the time and are configured through remote management software. ===== x86 ===== * Intel NUC ~150€ * ASRock DeskMini A300 AMD Ryzen edition ===== ARM ===== * [[:admin:raspi|Raspberry Pi]] * Odroid C2 – $40 quad-core computer (S905 chipset, like many Chinese set-top boxes), providing one of the most cost-effective ARMv8 AArch64 development boards available. * Pine64 – single board computer utilizing the Allwinner A64, a quad core 1.2GHz ARMv8 Cortex-A53 SoC. * Rock64 – credit card sized single board computer. It utilizes the Rockchip RK3328, a quad core 1.5GHz ARMv8 Cortex-A53 SoC. ===== Out of band management ===== Useful if you want to admin your server when your operating system has either crashed or doesn't boot. You can have a hardware KVM over IP chip which forwards the video output through the network to you. == Types of chips: == * HP iLO ("integrated lights-out") * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface|IPMI]] (Intelligent Platform Management Interface)