[colug-432] wanted: silent PC for ownCloud hosting

[Brian Miller]

On 03/30/2014 08:47 PM, Scott Merrill wrote:
>> But I would look at a used laptop,
>> personally.  I'm using my old (dual core) Acer NetBook as a server.  The
>> fan almost never comes on (I get a syslog entry when it does.  It is
>> physically located in a place where I wouldn't hear it if it did.),
>> it's small, comes with its own UPS, and the notebook capabilities means
>> it runs at the slowest CPU speed most of the time. I bought mine with an
>> SSD disk.  But you can generally get SSDs for notebooks, too.
>
> I have a laptop I could use in this way, but I feel somewhat
> uncomfortable using a laptop in an always-on capacity like this.
>

The only caution I have with using a laptop for something like this is 
to run the laptop upside down (with the vents on the top) or in an 
inverted "V" shape, to ensure you get adequate air flow.  I have about 
10 keys on the netbook that don't work now because (I think) it got too 
hot.  But since I do everything by SSH, that hasn't been an issue for me.