Supermicros are great. I have a 5 1/2 year old Supermicro based server from Thinkmate that I keep colocated at my ISP.
The hard drive is showing errors (as they are all wont to do), but the box itself is great. I will soon take it home for a refit with a new HD and SSD and Ubuntu 10.04 (It runs Fedora at this time). Guys, what do you think about advantech boxes like this one: http://buy.advantech.com/product/industrialComputer/system-3293.htm Those are fanless, have low power consumption everything, Atom CPU, and take 24 VDC in. Again, I will use it for high importance, low power needs, like to host my CVS, be a nameserver, maybe a file server from a USB attached device. I want this box to last for, say, 10 years or more. i On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > What seems to kill PCs these days are bad capacitors and bad power > supplies. > > Hard drives simply wear out after a while. A SSD with wear leveling > gets rid of that problem. > > Server grade hardware seems to last a long time - SuperMicro boards in > particular seem very well built. I sold a customer over 20 systems > and not one motherboard has failed in 3 years. However they have lost > some power supplies. > > That said, you can buy several D510MO boards for the price of a > SuperMicro motherboard and CPU. > > I would install a fan in the chassis. A really good one, preferably a > large fan that runs at a low speed. If the fan costs $3.00 keep > looking. ;-) That will help minimize board hotspots and keep the > temps down. > > Put a filter on the fan intake or plan on blowing out the computer to > get the dust out every year or so. > > With good parts - 3-5 years should be easy and 7 years or more likely IMO. > > The trick these days will be finding a power supply that is made to > last. If you can find a mini-itx board with premium capacitors - you > be in even better shape. > > Dave > > > > On 10/22/2010 12:27 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: >> I apologize in advance that this is somewhat off topic. >> >> I am beginning to feel a need to have a PC/server, to run Linux, that >> would be extremely reliable and long lasting. >> >> I would use it for >> >> 1) Holding a personal CVS repository >> 2) Running a nameserver >> 3) SSH port tunneling >> 4) Possibly serving files from an attached external storage device. >> >> None of the above tasks requires a great deal of CPU and file writing. >> >> I will not need a GUI on this machine. >> >> My own thinking about this includes: >> >> 1) A SSD to hold the data (as I said, I do not anticipate a lot of >> repetitive writes). >> 2) A fanless power supply >> 3) A very low power consumption CPU, like Intel ATOM. >> >> The objective here is low power, cool temperature, and absence of any >> rotating parts. >> >> Any thoughts on this? >> >> Thanks guys, and again, sorry for the OT post. >> >> i >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest >> Create new apps& games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada >> $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing >> Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
