[Nursie]

This is kinda cool actually.

I had been looking at the ODROID-X (hardkernel.com) and various other single-board machines for a while. Whilst this isn't particularly powerful (ODROID is quad core exynos), it does have an advantage I haven't seen anywhere else - SATA.

Does anyone know of any other boards that have a SATA connector?

[nitrogen]

The Marvell-based stuff (e.g. SheevaPlug, DreamPlug, D2Plug, OpenRD, CuBox) mostly has SATA (not SheevaPlug) and gigabit Ethernet (though for some reason the GuruPlug Display only has 100mbit). It just tends to be a bit pricier, and mostly lacks an FPU or GPU.

I look forward to the day when I can get a Cortex A9 or A15 board with a USB host good for the full 480mbit/s, SATA, and gigabit Ethernet.

[Nursie]

I had a sheevaplug about three years ago. I was hoping things had moved on a bit since then...

I also look forward to that day. We seem to be at the stage right now that we can have some but not all of those things. Soon, soon...

[brigade]

Nitrogen6X and SABRE Light do (http://boundarydevices.com/products/), and should be $200 in a week.

Wandaboard (http://www.wandboard.org/) should have a SATA connector on future configurations, but nothing concrete has been announced.

[Nursie]

Cool, thankyou, the SABRE looks awesome.

[justincormack]

The cubox does http://www.solid-run.com/products/cubox and a few others.

[Nursie]

Hmm, looks good (and tiny) but seems slow. Certainly has a lot of interfaces! And mainline linux support which is a bonus.

[justincormack]

I dont think its that slow. Its got fall hardware floating point and a newish CPU. Depends on what you compare against....