[Soekris] additional RAM

[Farid Hajji]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 12:02:14PM +1000, sam wun wrote:
>>> Which Soekris product let me add additional RAM to the board? I
>>> basically need 512MB to 1GB RAM for my network application.
>>
>> None of the current Soekris boards has easily expandable RAM - it's
>> all soldered on.
>
> That's not good enough. Norcotek and Commell provides more advance
> hardware configuration then Soekris. And the price is not too much
> expensive than Soekris.

Indeed! This is Soekris' main shortcoming. There are many settings
out there where 128/256 MB are simply not enough, yet the CPU is more
than adequate!

I've been looking for 512MB or 1GB low-power Soerkis-like boards for a
while (EPIA and the like are not good enough because they need special
power supplies, making them both quite expensive AND power hungry);
and it doesn't matter if RAM is soldered on board or expandable...

Yet, despite this (I think important!) RAM issue, Soekris hardware is
quite good, compared to other manufacturers. I sure hope Soeren will
provide something with more RAM in the future - it's not really THAT
difficult, or is it?

-Farid.