Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:07:21 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: jsuter@intrastar.net (Jacob Suter) Cc: jdd@vbc.net, ulf@lamb.net, dror@dnai.com, isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Router Purchase - the bottom line Message-ID: <199611151907.NAA28548@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199611151629.KAA02782@intrastar.net> from "Jacob Suter" at Nov 15, 96 10:54:39 am
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> > That is, the real problem is in the software. The hardware is far > more > > reliable. CPU fans are the least reliable bit of hardware. Hard > drives > > are very reliable indeed, just like their MTBF figures suggest. > > We use Am5x86 here exclusivly for our servers and most of our > workstations. These have the 486-size CPU... We were plagued with > fan failures occasionally until I was able to find some good fans > (ball bearings) and cheap enough to change them all every 3-4 months. > Costs me $35 to walk around and swap them all out, I stick them in a > box... if I have one of the newer ones fail I can always go back to > one of the old ones (if I am out of new ones) or give the old ones to > friends w/ fan problems, etc etc. > > plus, keeping the fan/heat sink clean REALLY helps. I try to clean > ours at least once a month with pressurized air - in extreme cases > remove the heat sink (re-greasing it afterward) and get rid of the > dust/crap on it. If you get the ADZ variant of the Am5x86 (as opposed to the ADW), you will find out that not only do you not need a fan, but you also don't need a heat sink. I put a heat sink on anyways but it does not need it. I just like to be safe. ... JG
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