Create a 3G-connected, power-efficient embedded server
Have a wireless internet connection wherever you are – in the office or out and about – with the tiny, rugged, 3G-ready ALIX 6 server.
Here’s what you can do with an ALIX 6:
- Handle all of your network tasks comfortably, thanks to a 500MHz AMD processor and 256MB of RAM
- Save space on your desk or in your server cabinet with a tiny server that has a footprint just slightly bigger than a CD case, and you can even stand it on its side if you need to
- Significantly reduce electricity consumption with an energy-efficient server that uses less than 5W at full tilt
- Keep your server room or cabinet cool and quiet with a completely fanless server that also has excellent heat dissipation
- Spend less time on maintenance, with a high-quality and ultra-reliable server that is built to last
- Keep using your server, year after year, without needing to replace or upgrade it
- Install your server in harsh environments, thanks to its rugged design that ensures it can cope with industrial and remote locations
- Securely mount your ALIX server in a car, boat, truck or bus and on walls, in ceilings and under floors with the surface-mount wings on the vehicle-mount case
- Have the freedom to design your server your way, with the capacity to run many different flavours of Linux, and your choice of bookshelf or vehicle-mount cases
- Create a highly-polished, professional solution in a stylish, powdercoated bookshelf case, in a great range of colours
- Colour-code your servers by function, coordinate them with your company’s branding, or simply make it easy to refer to “that green box”
- Create a rugged solution in the practical and durable vehicle-mount case with a dirt-hiding, textured-black powdercoat finish
- Feel confident that your server is built to last in a case that’s light yet strong, with fixings that hold the case together firmly
- Connect your server to the world easily with two 10/100 ethernet ports, one serial port, two USB ports, miniPCI Express and two SIM-card slots
- Quickly plug in all of your connections with the ready-made punchouts for ethernet, serial, USB, SMA and power
- Get ready access to the Compact Flash card, with a board that slides in and out easily, thanks to the extruded design
The ALIX 6 is a robust, mobile solution.
What’s under the hood?
The ALIX 6 has the following features:
- a tiny size of just 158mm x 163mm x 38mm (in the bookshelf case)
- power consumption ranging from just 3W to 5W
- able to run Linux, m0n0wall, pfSense® software and many other open-source software package
- a 500MHz AMD Geode processor
- 256MB RAM
- 1x miniPCI slot
- 1x miniPCI Express slots, ideal for adding a 3G wireless modem
- 2x SIM card slots
- 1x 10/100 ethernet port
- 1x serial port
- 2x USB 2.0 ports
- Compact Flash slot
- Support for Passive Power over Ethernet (PPOE)
Buy an ALIX 6
What next?
- Check out our comparison of the ALIX, APU, net and uSVR servers
- Get a general introduction to our tiny computers
- Learn more about energy-efficient computing
- Access data sheets, manuals, software and tutorials for the ALIX, APU, net and uSVR
- Browse through our servers in our online shop
