Artigo A2000: A home server the size of a bag of sugar

Picture 3.jpgVia's Artigo barebones home server box is, as far as RAIDable dual-drive hot-swappers go, tiny. Built around the Pico-ITX motherboard, it's only 5 inches wide—less than a Mac Mini—4½ inches tall, and 10 inches deep. There's a 1.5GHz embedded Via CPU, up to 2GB of RAM and two powered SATA bays.

Gigabit ethernet provides connectivity, but WiFi is an option. It also has three USB ports and hardware HD video decoding.


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#1 posted by stb , December 9, 2008 8:25 AM

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#2 posted by acb Author Profile Page, December 9, 2008 9:38 AM

Where's the link?

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Info page on the A2000

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/artigo/a2000/index.jsp

Looks interesting - I'm wondering if MythTV or the like will install and run. The page suggests that Linux and even - sharp intake of breath - Vista will run.

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We just got one in today. I'm planning to test it as a plain media center PC first, to see if the HD video output is up to snuff, and then as a home server, with something like FreeNAS running from CF card. And maybe try Windows Home Server if there's time.

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