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Portable Server for On-the-Road Development?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the code-fu-on-I81 dept.

DurnikBob asks: "I do a tremendous amount of development work sitting in hotel rooms while I'm on the road. While I've used Xen and VMware on my laptop, they come with limitations (memory usage, not 'real-life', interfere with my day job, and so on) that I'd like to move away from. I've looked at short depth 1U servers (the 19" wide makes it almost impossible to carry in the laptop bag), carrying a separate laptop (hate the weight penalty and cost of the not used keyboard and screen), the Mini-ITX field (each one I've looked at has the 1 DIMM, 1GB max limitation) and even the Mac-Mini (2" tall is a killer). Does anyone know if someone makes something along the lines of the following: small footprint (laptop size case 1" tall); Intel/AMD dual core capable; 2GB memory; space for 2.5" drives; on-board video (no need to fake it for headless operation); and on-board wireless?"

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  1. 1U is okay but 2" is not? by Cryptnotic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are aware that 1U is 1.75 inches, right?

    If the Mac mini w/ Core Duo and 2GB is not good enough, maybe you should look for a 1U half-width server. However, it will almost certainly cost you a lot more money.

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  2. yes - get another laptop by Splork · · Score: 2, Insightful

    its easy, get a second laptop.

    1. Re:yes - get another laptop by Ratbert42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Reading between the lines, I think he doesn't want to do his side development on his employer's machine. Do what I do: get a second hard drive for your laptop. I swap hard drives and I'm in my own private environment. Then I can work on whatever I want. Or boot Knoppix and use a flash disk or external USB/Firewire drive for storage.

  3. This is like... by corychristison · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ... saying "I need a miniature Semi with the full power of a regular-sized Semi to take on an air plane with me so I can work on it."

    I think you're just lost as to what you need. For development work, you only need little hardware. Unless you need something that will compile in an instant. What you seem to be looking for is total over-kill.