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Home server
Hi,
I just wondered... is there anyone using one of these cheap windows tablets as a home server? I found one for £40 on amazon, with the z3735f, 2gb ram, usb otg. Seems like it could be a pretty useful home server, kind of a pi alternative but with better specs and performance, and windows remote desktop. I know there's the intel compute stick but it's twice the price of a tablet with the same specs...
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I read about that the other day, it mentioned this app for Android :
http://www.icecoldapps.com/app/servers-ultimate/
There might be something similar for windows tablets
as you probably know i use the G3258 which is quite cheap. those Z3 based things are quite limited performance wise, but guess what you want to do (i.e no streaming etc)
could you share the amazon link btw.
Like these ones_
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Vsmart-M1-Intel-Quad-Core-CPU-MINI-PC-with-Windows-8-1-OS-2GB-32GB-Storage/32260409717.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wintel-W8-32GB-Version-Mini-PC-TV-BOX-Quad-Core-Intel-Atom-Z3735F-Windows-8-1/32275127201.html
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I've used the 2nd one, but the first one has genuine Windows
I was thinking more of a tablet because then you get a free screen for roughly the same price. But yeah similar to those. Problem I've found is most 7 inch tablets only include the z3735g and 1gb of ram, but you can get one of those for £40. I think the ram won't be much of a problem, as I have the z3735f running on a netbook and standard windows 8.1 uses about 450mb of ram on that.
450mb?! I got a tablet with 2GB of ram and it uses 58% of it on idle!
Having such an electronic device always up and running, you may face heating problems.
From a fresh boot with kaspersky running its about 650mb. According to task manager kaspersky is using 170mb, so thats 480mb for just windows with a quite a few desktop icons if that makes any difference
I have a z3735f already and it's suprisingly good. I can encode on handbrake using intel quick sync at about 125fps, I get about 50-60 with standard encoding, depending on the speed chosen. It also plays full hd and I played a game of cs go on it and got 35fps average. It's passmark score doesn't justify it's real world performance for me.
We run a full HP dual disk thing here. Hooked up to TV also works with XBMC
Yeah i should've rebooted it before, looks a bit better now (only 35% ram usage)
this is with only the default windows, security (bullguard), lenovo (tablet brand) processes running. maybe windows caches some percentage of the ram for itself depending on how much ram your tablet got.
For those interested, I've found this which seems to be a decent option:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CHUWI-VI8-2GB-32GB-8-inch-IPS-Intel-Z3735F-Windows-8-1-Bluetooth-Dual-Cameras-Multi/32246675377.html
£60 including a case to the UK. Even has a usb otg cable, seems like a better deal than the intel compute stick...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-make-an-android-server/
Any android smart phone could be used as a home server! Any cheap chinese tablet with android 4+, 1GB ram and a quad core could do (it depends always of the use, of course)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/7-Tablet-PC-Android-4-4-Google-A33-Quad-Core-1G-16GB-Bluetooth-WiFi-FlashTablet-PC/32297278967.html
True but having windows has the advantage of remote desktop (once you install the program that lets you do it on 8.1 with bing) and the z3735f isn't a bad cpu, if you're encoding then quick sync works on it for instance.