[ale] Home Data Server Project

drifter drifter at oppositelock.org
Fri Feb 26 10:37:26 EST 2010


I think someone mentioned earlier in this thread that the attic
is NOT a good place to put a server -- at least not in Atlanta.
Temperatures in a well ventilated attic in the summer will easily
exceed 100F; poorly ventilated ones get much hotter. I wouldn't
trust any modern CPU to be reliable in that hot an environment.

Sean



On Thursday 25 February 2010 23:52:34 Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On 02/24/2010 04:48 PM, Brian Pitts wrote:
> >> We plan to store the server in the attic so it'll be connected
> >>
> >> >  wirelessly. I plan to get an 802.11n setup. Thanks.
> >
> > Even with n's higher throughput, I think the extra latency of wireless
> > vs wired will get annoying.
> 
> Indeed.  'twould be better to run Cat-5 to the attic and keep the server
> on the wired network, for more reasons that just latency---reliability,
> security, etc.
> 
> 	--- Mike
> 


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