[Gllug] Portable and network storage.

[sean]

Hari Sekhon wrote:
> Jose Luis Martinez wrote:
>   
>> 2008/11/14 Hari Sekhon <hpsekhon at googlemail.com>:
>>   
>>     
>>> Peter Corlett wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 08:36:40AM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> My Acorn StrongARM RiscPC does not even bother with a processor heatsink,
>>>>> and has been running 24/7 for about 15? years.
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> So what? I've got a WRAP - a 266MHz Geode that's intended to run 24/7 as a
>>>> router - and it doesn't have a heatsink either.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Obviously we should all just convert our linux based wireless routers
>>> since they only take 6 Watts... (yes I did lots of measuring)
>>>
>>> But the wifi routers don't have proper storage and can't connect to
>>> external storage so I like my laptop solution.
>>>
>>> Laptops are relatively very low power, they've had to be since
>>> battery/energy storage technology is so far behind energy usage
>>> technologies that they've had to be designed to be low power... which is
>>> good.
>>>
>>> I think otherwise, a tiny cheap nas style solution may be a good (but
>>> not cheap) way to go too.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Laptops sound like a good solution, my only concern is if they are
>> really able to work 24x7 for any appreciable length of time.
>>
>> As most people know, they may get quite hot, which would indicate to
>> me that in the longer term they would be more prone to failures if
>> running constantly ....
>>   
>>     
> You may be able to offset this by shifting the disk activity onto the 
> external drives and also by using the powersave cpu frequency governor 
> to scale down cpu speed, resulting in less energy and less heat.
> If you're trying to do something that requires heavy cpu usage then 
> laptops are the wrong way to go anyway.
>
> I do the 24x7 on an old Dell laptop, been working nicely for a long time 
> now...
>
> -h
>
>   
me too. given a dell laptop with a broken screen over 12 months ago and 
started using it temporarily for network storage and never replaced it. 
two periods of downtime: once to upgrade disk and once after os rejig. 
currently up since june.


regards

sean

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