On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Jesse Off wrote:
> The TS-7200 is actually a very good little web server. Since it only
> takes 2 watts of power, a regular UPS will last days without power.
> Also, since there are no moving parts reliability is a lot higher than
> any PC could ever hope to be. We've tested TS-7200's in temp chambers
> up to 90 degrees C (~190 degrees F) without problems, which is a plus
> out here in Arizona when air conditioning is shut down for the
> weekend. No PC server could survive that as they can't even survive
> room temperature without large heatsinks and fans attached.
>
> Also, we don't have to worry about long-term product availability
> either. It was always a pet peeve as a sysadmin to have to replace a
> broken server only to find the model has been discontinued or
> "upgraded" since the system was deployed XXX years ago.
You ought to trumpet this setup more. I'm always amazed at what computing
power people THINK they need for a setup to provide these sorts of
services. However if you were slash-dotted, it might not be a good advert
:-)
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