From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <193F972F-FBE8-45C0-A91F-4EDAA89C07A5@me.com> <65A95727-540E-4110-BF6F-8DA41E480CBA@me.com> In-Reply-To: From: "James A. Robinson" Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 05:21:59 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c1928b423ff400540eb8e51 Subject: Re: [9fans] What does your fileserver consist of? Topicbox-Message-UUID: a994ad96-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c1928b423ff400540eb8e51 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Ah, I'm not familiar with those. I ended up buying a fairly old board, but one I knew would work (for everything) with the plan 9 kernels. I got a Supermicro X7SPA-H-D525, and while it isn't amazingly zippy (11 sec to build /sys/src/9/pc) it seems to be fast enough to be a file server. Jim On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 14:00 Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan wrote: > Assuming cost is not an issue, wouldn't intel Avoton based board be good > for this? > > Regards > dharani > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Steve Simon wrote: > > hi, > > mine is the older model which is not passively cooled, a fan is needed > (not to hand so i have no part numbers). > > it has a 40mm cpu fan but that is all. the fan died (got very noisy) and i > replaced it but that was the only unreliable part of the server. > > -steve > > > > On 22 Oct 2016, at 22:06, Steven Stallion wrote: > > > > Stock heatsink with chassis cooling. I've had no issues since I've > > started using them back in 2012: > > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/stallion/venti/fs.jpg > > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:21 PM, James A. Robinson > > wrote: > >> For you folks with an Intel Atom D525 based motherboard > >> in your fileserver, do you run with a fanless? Use heatsink? > >> Use a fan? Use liquid cooling? Use a quantum heat sink? > >> > >> Jim > >> > > > --94eb2c1928b423ff400540eb8e51 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ah, I'm not familiar with those. I= ended up buying a fairly old board, but one I knew would work (for everyth= ing) with the plan 9 kernels. I got a Supermicro X7SPA-H-D525, and while i= t isn't amazingly zippy (11 sec to build /sys/src/9/pc) it seems to be = fast enough to be a file server.

Jim

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 14:00 Tharaneedharan Vilwa= nathan <vdharani@gmail.com>= wrote:
Assuming cost is not an issue, wouldn't intel Avoton based bo= ard be good for this?

Regards
dharani


On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
hi,

mine is the older model which is not passively cooled, a fan is needed
(not to hand so i have no part numbers).

it has a 40mm cpu fan but that is all. the fan died (got very noisy) and i<= br class=3D"gmail_msg"> replaced it but that was the only unreliable part of the server.

-steve


> On 22 Oct 2016, at 22:06, Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Stock heatsink with chassis cooling. I've had no issues since I= 9;ve
> started using them back in 2012:
> http://plan= 9.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/stallion/venti/fs.jpg
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:21 PM, James A. Robinson
> <jim.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> For you folks with an Intel Atom D525 based motherboard
>> in your fileserver, do you run with a fanless? Use heatsink?
>> Use a fan? Use liquid cooling? Use a quantum heat sink?
>>
>> Jim
>>


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