On 04/11/2012 04:52 PM, James Cameron wrote: > G'day George, > > The trouble with a full mechanical engineering treatment of this is that > there's no telling what size each of the parts will be. > > For something similar I used a kitchen vegetable rack. This is a > plastic shelf, with feet, with a square grid pattern. It is often > used for potatos and onions in food storage here, since these two > vegetables are best stored without light. > > The grid pattern allows equipment to be anchored using cable ties. It > also has good airflow. Equipment can be anchored above and below the > floor of the rack. Cables can be threaded through widened holes. > > You may be able to simplify your design a bit: > > 1. move from a USB HDD to a fast high spec SD card, saves one port, > enough saving to avoid the USB hub and DC/DC inverter, > > 2. locate a USB hub that takes a 12V input, > > 3. decide on only one Ethernet interface. > > A minor thing; I would not have the input USB cable beyond the > baseboard. It may be hit. > We have been using MSI Windbox DE-220 at Nepal and it is performing good at deployment sites.
-- Abhishek Singh System Engineer Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal साझा शिक्षा ई-पाटी http://www.olenepal.org Tel: +977-1-5544441 ext. 102
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