[Watford] Low powered servers

[David Edmondson]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 01:56:09PM +0100, Toby Deans wrote:
> Thanks David - I did seriously consider the Sheevaplug / Guruplug. What put
> me off is the forum reports of poor heat dissipation from the processor
> which is a bit of a design fault. I don't really want to buy something that
> will cook itself or cause a fire in a few months of use. I think this is a
> major problem with the Guruplug - I'm not sure if the Sheeva has had such
> bad problems. It does look like a great product but I think I am going to
> wait until they sort out that design problem.

I've had no heat problems with the SheevaPlug. It's been running reliable:

: sp; uptime
 14:24:26 up 146 days, 23:02,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
: sp; 

Buying a Guruplug was on my list of things to do, but I've been a
little scared off by the reported problems.