[Emc-users] OT update on "fanless, untra-reliable PC"

[Igor C. <ic...@gm...>]

A few weeks ago I asked buying a fanless, "no moving parts", low power
consumption server. I wanted to buy something that I can use to hold
critical data (CVS etc), be a nameserver, and be used for port
forwarding.

I was looking at various Atom based options.

After much asking, thinking and reading I settled down on this:

      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101096
      Shuttle Intel Atom/D510 based slim, fanless PC.

For the hard drive, I bought this:

      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167025
      Intel 40 GB SSD.

I set it up with Ubuntu 10.04. The only problem was that Ubuntu did
not see its network interface and reported no network cards found. I
finally learned that the driver is called "jme", so after modprobling
it, the box has a network connection.

It does not see much of a load, as intended. It stays cool at 64
degrees C CPU, with maximum temp reported as 104C. It is fed with
power through a laptop style power brick.

Top sees four CPUs, but in reality the CPU has two hyperthreaded cores.

According to my own benchmark test (perl script that I wrote for
benchmarking single or multicore machines), it is very slow, 5 times
slower than my desktop, and two times slower than my 5.5 year old,
semi-retired webserver. That does not bother me a bit, as speed was
never a requirement.

I will try to find a couple of extra laptop style power supplies that
fit it, and hope that this server will last me many years.

This machine has no terminal, keyboard or mouse attached.

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