[ale] Building a server for a harsh-ish environment

[Bill Sirinek]

Have you considered buying one of today's slower systems (maybe a 750 Duron or 
something) and then spending a few extra bucks for a serious processor 
cooling kit(*) like the overclockers use? So just run at the rated processor 
speed and the cooling kit would help you keep the processor cool.

The rest of the system is an issue too. Just make sure your power supply and 
hard drive(s) have plenty of space to breathe. So think about a large case. 

You'll spend extra money on the fan and case but hey if you need the system to 
be up all the time and the room will be hot sometimes, it will be worth it.

Bill

(* i dont know one in particular, check some overclocking sites)


On Friday 16 August 2002 07:33 pm, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> I have a client for whom I'm likely to build a Linux
> web/mysql server in the near future. Its only job will
> be to maintain a small (<10MB) DB and serve up Zope
> pages related to that DB, strictly for internal use.
> So far, no problem, I can build the required machine
> from new parts for a couple of hundred $$.
>
> The problem is, the machine will live in a building
> where the A/C is not very reliable. It's possible
> that the temperature in the room where this machine
> lives may occasionally reach 90F. I need it to
> be reliable, not fast, so I'd really like to build
> something like a 200Mhz P2 or similar, rather than
> one of the 1.5Ghz monsters that seem to be growing
> on trees these days. However, I want to build it
> from new parts. So does anyone know of a source
> for such things? Or would it be reasonable to
> under-clock a faster chip to reduce its heat
> output? Are there mobos out there that will
> support lower clock speeds than 500Mhz?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Joe
>  "I'd rather chew my leg off than maintain Java code, which
>  sucks, 'cause I have a lot of Java code to maintain and the
>  leg surgery is starting to get expensive." - J. Knapka
>
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