As usual, because… why not? The Wyse Z90 is actually a thin-client PC, which only comes with a 2G SATA DOM, and is supposed to be running Windows XP or the likes. But since it’s SATA - it can easily be replaced by a SATA SSD/HDD.
I needed a small low-power, always-on ‘server’ to be used as an always-on shell server and this machine fit the bill. Also using a similar unit as a ZoneMinder server.
See more information about a similar model on David Parkinson’s site although that one has a slightly faster (G-T56N) CPU. He has a great deal of information about thin clients on his website, and these can be a cheap alternative when all you need is a low-end, low-power server (I got mine for about EUR25 each. The HDDs/SSDs - I had laying around but let’s say a 120GB SSD is pretty cheap nowadays as well). This specific model runs at about 20W. Currently waiting for a watt-meter so I can get a real reading :)
$ sysctl hw.{machine,model,ncpu,smt,physmem}
hw.machine=amd64
hw.model=AMD G-T52R Processor
hw.ncpu=1
hw.smt=0
hw.physmem=4182831104
Pretty much everything. This system has been running 24/7 for a couple’ years already, starting with OpenBSD 6.2.
Some (hopefully useful) notes:
dmesg outputOpenBSD 6.5 (GENERIC.MP) #3: Sat Apr 13 14:48:43 MDT 2019
deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 4182831104 (3989MB)
avail mem = 4046417920 (3858MB)
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xea830 (48 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies Ltd. version "2.0C" date 01/13/2012
bios0: WYSE Z CLASS
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET APIC MCFG SBST UEFI UEFI SSDT SSDT UEFI
acpi0: wakeup devices PB4_(S4) PB5_(S4) PB6_(S4) PB7_(S4) OHC1(S4) EHC1(S4) OHC2(S4) EHC2(S4) OHC3(S4) EHC3(S4) OHC4(S4) SBAZ(S4) KBC0(S3) MSE0(S3) P2P_(S5) SPB0(S4) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 32 bits
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318180 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: AMD G-T52R Processor, 1498.02 MHz, 14-02-00
cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,MWAIT,SSSE3,CX16,POPCNT,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,SVM,EAPICSP,AMCR8,ABM,SSE4A,MASSE,3DNOWP,IBS,SKINIT,ITSC
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache
cpu0: 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu0: DTLB 40 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, IBE
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 21, 24 pins, remapped
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB4_)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB5_)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB6_)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB7_)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 1 (P2P_)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 2 (SPB0)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 4 (SPB1)
acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 5 (SPB2)
acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (SPB3)
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C1(@1 halt!)
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: P0L0, resource for Z0F0
acpipwrres1 at acpi0: P0L1, resource for Z0F1
acpipwrres2 at acpi0: P0L2, resource for Z0F2
acpipwrres3 at acpi0: P0L3, resource for Z0F3
acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 115 degC
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000010 0x00000011 0x00000000
acpicmos0 at acpi0
"PNP0A05" at acpi0 not configured
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C0B" at acpi0 not configured
acpivideo0 at acpi0: VGA_
acpivideo1 at acpi0: VGA_
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "AMD AMD64 14h Host" rev 0x00
radeondrm0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "ATI Radeon HD 6310" rev 0x00
drm0 at radeondrm0
radeondrm0: msi
azalia0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "ATI Radeon HD 6310 HD Audio" rev 0x00: msi
azalia0: no supported codecs
ahci0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "ATI SBx00 SATA" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 19, AHCI 1.2
ahci0: port 0: 3.0Gb/s
scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, ST9320423AS, 0003> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.5000c5002ab55d88
sd0: 305245MB, 512 bytes/sector, 625142448 sectors
ohci0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 18, version 1.0, legacy support
ehci0 at pci0 dev 18 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ohci1 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 18, version 1.0, legacy support
ehci1 at pci0 dev 19 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17
usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "ATI SBx00 SMBus" rev 0x42: polling
iic0 at piixpm0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600
azalia1 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 "ATI SBx00 HD Audio" rev 0x40: apic 2 int 16
azalia1: codecs: Realtek ALC269
audio0 at azalia1
pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "ATI SB700 ISA" rev 0x40
ppb0 at pci0 dev 20 function 4 "ATI SB600 PCI" rev 0x40
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
ohci2 at pci0 dev 20 function 5 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 18, version 1.0, legacy support
ppb1 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "ATI SB800 PCIE" rev 0x00
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "ATI SB800 PCIE" rev 0x00
pci3 at ppb2 bus 4
re0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x06: RTL8168E/8111E-VL (0x2c80), msi, address 00:80:64:a4:e2:6b
rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S/8211 PHY, rev. 5
ppb3 at pci0 dev 21 function 2 "ATI SB800 PCIE" rev 0x00
pci4 at ppb3 bus 5
xhci0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "NEC xHCI" rev 0x04: msi, xHCI 0.96
usb2 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub2 at usb2 configuration 1 interface 0 "NEC xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
ohci3 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 18, version 1.0, legacy support
ehci2 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17
usb3 at ehci2: USB revision 2.0
uhub3 at usb3 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 14h Link Cfg" rev 0x43
pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 14h Address Map" rev 0x00
pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 14h DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00
km0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 14h Misc Cfg" rev 0x00
pchb4 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "AMD AMD64 14h CPU Power" rev 0x00
pchb5 at pci0 dev 24 function 5 "AMD AMD64 14h Reserved" rev 0x00
pchb6 at pci0 dev 24 function 6 "AMD AMD64 14h NB Power" rev 0x00
pchb7 at pci0 dev 24 function 7 "AMD AMD64 14h Reserved" rev 0x00
usb4 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb5 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub5 at usb5 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
it0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: IT8721F rev 3, EC port 0x290
usb6 at ohci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub6 at usb6 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb7 at ohci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub7 at usb7 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
vmm0 at mainbus0: SVM/RVI
umass0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "SanDisk Ultra Fit" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <SanDisk, Ultra Fit, 1.00> SCSI4 0/direct removable serial.07815583591017113125
sd1: 29327MB, 512 bytes/sector, 60062500 sectors
vscsi0 at root
scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (484da0d880bf326b.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b