[Server-devel] Looking for new low power server hardware candidate

Abhishek Singh abhishek.singh at olenepal.org
Wed Apr 11 07:16:37 EDT 2012


On 04/11/2012 04:52 PM, James Cameron wrote:
> G'day George,
>
> The trouble with a full mechanical engineering treatment of this is that
> there's no telling what size each of the parts will be.
>
> For something similar I used a kitchen vegetable rack.  This is a
> plastic shelf, with feet, with a square grid pattern.  It is often
> used for potatos and onions in food storage here, since these two
> vegetables are best stored without light.
>
> The grid pattern allows equipment to be anchored using cable ties.  It
> also has good airflow.  Equipment can be anchored above and below the
> floor of the rack.  Cables can be threaded through widened holes.
>
> You may be able to simplify your design a bit:
>
> 1.  move from a USB HDD to a fast high spec SD card, saves one port,
> enough saving to avoid the USB hub and DC/DC inverter,
>
> 2.  locate a USB hub that takes a 12V input,
>
> 3.  decide on only one Ethernet interface.
>
> A minor thing; I would not have the input USB cable beyond the
> baseboard.  It may be hit.
>
We have been using MSI Windbox DE-220 at Nepal and it is performing good
at deployment sites.

-- 
Abhishek Singh
System Engineer
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
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http://www.olenepal.org
Tel: +977-1-5544441 ext. 102


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