Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?
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@scottalanmiller said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
I worked with them a bit at T-Mobile. I like SFF a lot. If you can get what you need squeezed down into that space, it makes physically dealing with desktops so much better.
I'm specifically looking for the micro form-factor, much smaller than regular SFF.
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We use the small Dell OptiPlex 7050 around here when we need a desktop and they fit the bill just fine. Haven't had much of a problem with them. They're just using laptop parts to make these desktops smaller and smaller, such as RAM and hard drive.
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@Francesco-Provino said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
@scottalanmiller said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
I worked with them a bit at T-Mobile. I like SFF a lot. If you can get what you need squeezed down into that space, it makes physically dealing with desktops so much better.
I'm specifically looking for the micro form-factor, much smaller than regular SFF.
Like Intel's NUC?
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@travisdh1 Like this.
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@Francesco-Provino This is the only form factor I buy if given a choice.
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My general rule is "as small as you can reasonably go" for desktops. It's not like you need to expand them much anymore.
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@scottalanmiller said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
My general rule is "as small as you can reasonably go" for desktops. It's not like you need to expand them much anymore.
That is why I love this micro form factor. IT is all basically a laptop MB, memory, and 2.5" drive.
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Yeah, a laptop without the screen.
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@Francesco-Provino If you were to tell me about the Micro Desktops from Dell like 5 years or so ago they had problems with their air flow but since then they have been pretty good and reliable. You can use SSDs on them so it is great even for troubleshooting and moving around.
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I deployed my first two at this company 2 years ago.
Sadly we still need DVD drive in a lot of places... So SFF are our mainstay.
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@Dashrender said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
I deployed my first two at this company 2 years ago.
Sadly we still need DVD drive in a lot of places... So SFF are our mainstay.
We need DVDs very rarely and we have capable machines for that, I don't think this could be a problem. Any suggestion on the mount options? I've seen some nice double-vesa supportsā¦
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DVD drive usage is so rare that we have an external DVD drive that IT will share when needed. Otherwise, it's on the Server, where we can back it up.
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@Dashrender said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
I deployed my first two at this company 2 years ago.
Sadly we still need DVD drive in a lot of places... So SFF are our mainstay.
You can't use ISOs for what you need?
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My go to desktop for business right now is the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 mini PC. HP has a quick release VESA mount for it.
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@Reid-Cooper said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
@Dashrender said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
I deployed my first two at this company 2 years ago.
Sadly we still need DVD drive in a lot of places... So SFF are our mainstay.
You can't use ISOs for what you need?
Radiology images don't travel on ISO very well through the ether.
We get tons of radiology DVDs, we view even more images online but when we are not part of a specific medical facility, DVDs are generally the easiest method to get them.
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@Francesco-Provino said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
@Dashrender said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
I deployed my first two at this company 2 years ago.
Sadly we still need DVD drive in a lot of places... So SFF are our mainstay.
We need DVDs very rarely and we have capable machines for that, I don't think this could be a problem. Any suggestion on the mount options? I've seen some nice double-vesa supportsā¦
Since we only have two, we didn't bother with mounting kits. The PC just sits on the desk.
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@Dashrender said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
view even more images online but when we are not part of a specific medical facility, DVDs are generally the easiest method to get them.
Well do you have a central workstation that can Import the DICOM Images to your System? That is what I have for ease of access. Although is nice to have CD/DVD Drives in the Exam Room and doctors computers.
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@Francesco-Provino said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
@travisdh1 Like this.
I buyed a couple but they had no ssd... they are really ok! better than sff for obvious space related resons, but with our specifications they either didn't fit the bill or didn't provide specs.
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@matteo-nunziati I think that now they can have ssdā¦ do you have any pictures of that in the field? How they compared VS the size of an iPad? Standard mount or behind the screen?
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@dbeato said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
@Dashrender said in Going over SFF: what do you think of micro business-grade desktops?:
view even more images online but when we are not part of a specific medical facility, DVDs are generally the easiest method to get them.
Well do you have a central workstation that can Import the DICOM Images to your System? That is what I have for ease of access. Although is nice to have CD/DVD Drives in the Exam Room and doctors computers.
Yes, but if we import these external images, we have to pay for their storage. In general we don't want/need to keep these external images, we just look at them this one time, and move on.
