[Gllug] Portable and network storage.

[Hari Sekhon]

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

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