does anyone now a US based vendor for these items? On Oct 16, 2010, at 6:07 AM, Seth Mos wrote:
> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
