ARM Board Home server

[Marc B.]

Hello there,

I'am looking for an ARM board with SATA, GPIO and Ethernet ports,
i want to build a home server witch can run several python script, a DLNA server ( that's not top priority, but hey ! ), a Bittorrent client, a music player and probably some others things I can't think about now.
I don't know how much power is required to run those features, and that's why i'am asking you guys !

have a nice day !
Marc.

[curaga]

It depends quite a lot whether your DLNA server also needs to transcode. If it does, you're better off with an i3 Ivy Bridge than ARM; if not, a dual-A8 should suffice.

[Marc B.]

I don't beleive i'll need to transcode, the point is to build something quiet and with low consumption,
that's why i thought of arm first as we see more and more of them, and always more powerfull,
however i have trouble finding one with accessible GPIOs ( or equivalent ) and SATA ( Gigabit ethernet is required of course )
if you know of such a card i would be gratefull ( even more than i am now, for you reading this ! )

thanks in advance,
Marc