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OpenBlockS266
OpenBlockS266, 128 MB RAM model (ROM: 16MB, RoHS compliant)
Model No.:OBS266/128/16R
  • palm-sized compact case
  • Fanless design to reduce malfunctions
  • Guaranteed ambient operating temperature: 0 - 40°C / 32 - 104°C
  • Low energy consumption
  • Storage options: CF card or 2.5 inch IDE HDD/SSD (DMA capable)
  • On-board flash ROM: 16 MB (up from 8 MB)
  • Preinstalled with native Open Source Linux distribution
  • Supported by Debian GNU/Linux
  • Supported by NetBSD
  • Free development environment for native and cross compilation
  • Compliant with RoHS directive

Features

Compact to fit into the palm of a hand

Small footprint to fit in to small spaces. 114.5(D)x81(W)x38(H) Five devices fit on one 1 U server rack sled

Fanless to prevent malfunction

Heat dissipation is done via heat sink and aluminum case, so we can guarantee an ambient operating temperature of 40°C / 104°F. With out fan or moving parts, the device is not just silent, it also eliminates the most common source of malfunctions.

Storage option: CF card, 2.5 inch HDD / SDD

Internal ports of the device allow you to either include a 2.5 inch HDD / SDD or a CF card.
Apart from providing space for large log files, this allows to load a complete development environment with compiler and sources for native application development.

Supported by Debian

The Linux distribution Debian includes support for the OpenBlockS. See the support section for install images and technical documentation.

Supported by NetBSD

Support for OpenBlockS has been bound into the NetBSD source tree since version 2.1.

RoHS compliant

The device and all its parts are garanteed to be free of lead, cadmium, hexavalent chrome, mercury, PBB and PBDE and comply to the European RoHS directive.

Increased onboard flash ROM

The space available in the onboard flash has been doubled from the previous model to 16 MB.
The available user space for user-installed software and files has been increased to 3.6 MB. Installing smaller program packages is possible without extra storage.

DMA mode enabled for CF card / internal harddrive

Modern high speed CF card have DMA capable onboard chips. Our tests have shown that these allow to increase the data transfer speed when reading to increase by a factor of 4.72.

Measured by hdparm
PIO mode: 2.26MB/sec
DMA mode: 10.67MB/sec

Installed OS and software in factory setting:

OS:
SSD/Linux
Setup tools:
GUI setup tool
Windows serial setup tool
Services:
DHCP server / client
DNS server
FTP server / client
Telnet server
Mail Transfer Agent *
PPP client
PPPoE client
Packet filtering (iptables)
httpd (used for setup GUI)

* Only the mail transfer agent is installed by default. To receive emails, install POP3 / IMAP additionally.

3-year sendback warranty

We extended the free warranty period from 1 year to 3 years.

Aging Test - failure-free long-term operation*1

We have put both the OpenMicroServer and the OpenBlockS under a continued long-term aging stress test. The continued operation time of the test devices is continuously monitored and updated.

Test details
  • CPU / memory load: a file is compressed by tar-gz, then written to /dev/null
  • Network load: ftp data is continuously transmitted over all network ports

Model 10 OMS-AL400/128 10 OBS266/128/16R
Ambient temperature 43 - 50°C / 109 - 122°F 35 - 40°C / 95 - 104°F
Operation time 1211 days / 29,064 hours 729 days / 17,496 hours*2
Test start Feb 1, 2006 May 5, 2007
(Status: May 27, 2009)

*1 Excluding power off for inspections designated by law and maintenance such as firmware updates
*2 Includes test period with engineering samples


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