Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:56:40 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "FreeBSD Hardware" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Server MB suggestions? Message-ID: <007801c0b6d6$82f191a0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <200103270718.OAA14420@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Olivier Nicole > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:19 AM > To: simon@optinet.com > Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? > > Simon, > > As a rule, do put AS MANY extra fan in a PC box as possible. > > For a server us a BIG case (the price difference goes by few tens of > $) with space for spare fan. Do mount the fan. > > Do mount fans blowing at the hard disks. I even have a machine with a > fan suspended in the middle of the box with two strings to hold it in > place. > > Cooling is a major issue on most of PC chassi who have not been > designed for it (or else you go by brand, not by assembly). > > Or just open the box cover and have a table fan blow in it. Many > problem will be solved. Ain't this the truth! When I worked for an ISP a while back, one of the former System Administrators (when ya take over for three part timers, you expect to clean up messes, but this was ridiculous...) had assembled a WinTel server in a completely braindead fashion. I mean, how smart is it to build a Dual Celeron Domain Controller machine with Socket 5 heatsink/fan hardware on the processors, and no other fans in the entire machine aside from the power supply? It got to the point where management didn't want to do anything that cost money to make the machine work right, and it was shutting down on a daily basis from thermal problems... So, noting that there was an air conditioning vent close to where the server was sitting, I took the side of the case and cut the bottom out of it. Replaced the side, parked the server over the AC vent and it proceeded to run like a charm... A little forethought and planning when putting together a server can go a LONG way... --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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