Hi, Op 16 okt 2010, om 03:49 heeft Mehma Sarja het volgende geschreven: > This is getting interesting, someone on the list mentions that 2.5" drives > are not reliable for 24x7x365 situations - so are you using a 3.5" drive? My > setup is at home as well and it is just not fan noise - we see MUCH more dust > than a traditional server room. That fan is not going to last long.
There are arguments back and forth about the use of notebook drives 24x7. They are designed to withstand shocks, most of the time the disk head is parked instead of flying over the platter. The also perform admirably without ventilation, I havn't seen a notebook with proper ventilation years. I think that all things considered the argument is moot. Everything fails at some points, even "enterprise" quality gear that costs a decent sized car. Fanless though, those things likely fail, you can buy a expensive consumer product fan but that will most likely still fail. I've used Pabst fans before and never ever seen one fail. Then again they cost a lot more as well. I believe a single 12cm is about 35 euros. I've recently built a Lanner Inc. FW7535 that will most likely outlast me. It's a dual core atom with 6 gig ports and runs from a 4GB Sandisk extreme 3 flash. I've loaded the full install on it instead of the nanonbsd version for my own reasons. It's silent, rugged, fast and it works really well. It's about 500 euros ex VAT though. It is proper industrial quality built. Regards, Seth --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
