[Soekris] additional RAM

[Jaye Mathisen]

I am pretty much in complete agreement with this.  CPU is fine, 
integration is great, solid hardware, but
especially on the 48xx series, I need more RAM.

In my case, at least for the first units, we're going to have to go with 
something else, even though original development
has been on Soekris, and the plan (hazy as it might've been given the 
lack of clear roadmap from Soekris) was to
stick with Soekris, on the presumption that more powerful systems 
would've been released.  But it's been pretty dead
and quiet on the new product front for a while now, and other vendors 
are starting to intrude...

Oh well.


Farid Hajji wrote:
> 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.
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