Hello, On 15/10/12 13:25, Wesley PA4WDH wrote: > I'm new to this mailing list, but i'm not new to the soekris > hardware. I have a net5501 which acts as a DSL router over here and i > like it very much. In my ideal world i would also like to have a > soekris box as a home server, the net5501 doesn't seem to fit the > bill but the net6501 seems interesting.
This is quite close to what we're setting up. We bought several 6501, one to replace a 5501 (not really because of the 5501, but we ran into too many flash card problems) and several others to use as dedicated servers. OS (Gentoo) is on a 4Gb SSD. The often-written parts of the filesystem (mail server, logs, databases, etc.) are on an internal SATA disk. With 5400 rpm disk (one disk only per box, no RAID), the system does not heat a lot. Our setup is not done yet, we need to move a lot of services from regular server to net6501s - but currently the Soekrises are up to the challenge. Wrt heat dissipation, we do _not_ advise to put one net6501 atop another one with an inside disk. Both will get really hot quickly (less than 12 hours), not to the point of failure (maybe we did not wait long enough) but undoubtedly to the point of discomfort if you touch the enclosures. Anyone knows the "minimal" vertical spacing between two net6501 boxes to allow for appropriate heat evacuation ? Sincerely, -- Mbdr _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
