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Re: [PLUG] no moving parts
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The reason for wanting Debian is so that I can have a familiar
installation interface. I want a Web server that can issue commands
like wake-on-lan, which I know how to do in Debian.
Bill
Richard Freeman wrote:
> On 01/28/2010 06:19 PM, Bill Patterson wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a computer with no moving parts? I want one to
>> stay on 24/7 and be there to 'wake-on-lan' my other computers only when
>> I want them on. This computer would have to take Debian Linux.
>>
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> If you're willing to build it yourself this isn't too hard to do - if
> you're willing to accept less-than-stellar performance.
>
> For example, many mini-ITX systems are designed to operate without
> cooling. They usually involve rather large brick power supplies, however.
>
> The trick is to keep the power consumption way down, and use a CPU that
> is closer to a smartphone than a desktop PC.
>
> I imagine you could do the same in a regular ATX system - but you have
> to find a motherboard and CPU designed to consume very little power.
>
> If you don't need much storage space you can probably find a fairly
> cheap linux-based thin client and re-purpose it. Forget running debian
> though - you're going to need a very minimal footprint, but you could
> probably get a cron daemon, sshd, and wake-on-lan working just fine. At
> work I was messing around with some $120 thin clients and they have a
> small linux install (busybox/etc) with 128MB of flash. You can actually
> do quite a bit with 128MB if you're careful and don't care about GUIs
> (after all, these boxes ran X11 and Citrix).
>
> I like the plug computer idea though - only pain there is that you don't
> get a traditional console which can make setup a bit trickier. You're
> not going to be installing anything too big on that either, unless you
> network-mount /usr or something (which then necessitates another powered
> on server of some kind).
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