server questions

[Bruce Marshall]

On Thursday, May 12, 2011, Yu Meng Chong wrote:
> How many users are on your Atom server, and is it one of those small 
> form-factor type casings, a mini-ITX board or a rackmount chassis? I 
> love the mini-ITX casings, but the real reason I am looking at Atom 
> and Zacate is because I need something that does not generate too much
> heat and can be kept in a closet with no air-conditioning. Sounds 
> crazy huh?

About 3 users hitting the server for email and network use.  Not that many but 
no problems.

Yes, it is a mini-itx chassis and the whole box is about as big as a cigar 
box.  I just bought another box from mini-box.com  which is really nice.

http://www.mini-box.com/M350-universal-mini-itx-enclosure   and built another 
box as backup using  the Giarda MI-D525 motherboard.

http://tinyurl.com/65aa8r4

And all of my boxes run with A/C and in particular, my weather server sits 
under my desk and on top of a huge APC backup pwr supply.   Can't be very cool 
under there with a couple of computers running in the same room.