[LINK] Leave on, or turn off?

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Thu Nov 30 16:25:02 AEDT 2006


On 2006/Nov/30, at 3:57 PM, Adam Todd wrote:

> At 02:15 PM 30/11/2006, Kim Holburn wrote:
>
>> About 5 years ago I and a colleague installed a group of servers with
>> no moving parts at all.  Mini-ITX systems with OS on flash memory, no
>> fans.  They are still working perfectly.  We have had one power
>> supply failure in that time and a couple of them are getting a little
>> underpowered as needs grow but that's it.
>
> Hey I'm looking for something like that right now.  Any ideas?   
> I've exhausted my research and found nothing useful at all :(

http://www.thunderbirdcomputing.com.au/

http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mini+itx

Compact flash and a compact flash to IDE adapter.

> I just need some nice low end (pentium) fanless boards!

I don't think pentiums do fanless - you have to go VIA and only the  
slow VIA chips.

>> Getting rid of fans is the key, it's also the key to having any home
>> servers that are bearable to share a house with but it's getting
>> harder with modern CPUs.
>
> Yes shutting down 8 servers here in the last 12 months has really  
> quieten the office a lot!  Getting rid of the desktops helped too!
>
> Also 2.5inch drives are a lot quieter than most 3.5 inch drives,  
> although I have some 3.5's on my desk using USB converters that I  
> forget are even on.  (Not a good thing as they aren't in cases!)

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