[Asterisk-Users] Brainstorm: Running Asterisk as cool as possible - AKA solid state.

[Jonathan Hobbs]

How about getting rid of the drives (hard, floppy, cd, dvd) and using
RamDisk technology instead.  You can boot from flash memory.  This will
reduce heat and increase reliability.

Jonathan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Vledder, Hans" <Hans.Vledder at nl.compuware.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: February 24, 2005 6:55 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Brainstorm: Running Asterisk as cool as
possible - AKA solid state.


> Hi Kristian,
>
> Anywhere I can read about this Soekris/AstLinux project? ...
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Kristian
> Kielhofner
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:02 AM
> To: jim at vanmeggelen.ca; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
> Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Brainstorm: Running Asterisk as cool as
> possible - AKA solid state.
>
>
> Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
> > I would like to ask what people think the best way would be to build a
> > low-power consumption, passively-cooled system.
> >
> > For example,one could use a fanless-Eden (mini-ITX/EPIA) system, but the
> > loss of FPU power would limit performance. The obvious choice for FPU
> > work are the Intels and AMDs, nut they're all power-hungry radiators.
> >
> > Is there something that can offer the quiet, power-savings of the EPIA,
> > but some sort of respectable math capabilities? Transmeta was into that
> > game, but I'm not sure if that's any help.
> >
> > This might work:
> > http://mini-itx.com/projects/cluster/
> > But it'd take up a lot of space and look rather ugly. Hmm. It wouldn't
> > be the first ugly PBX . . .
> >
> > How about AMD's Geode. Anyone have any experiences?
> >
> > Where my mind is at is building a system that could live in a harsh
> > environment (like a typical key system closet). Passively-cooled systems
> > can be sealed up much easier, and having no moving parts makes them
> > easier to ruggetize.
> >
> > This is just a brainstorm, so all thoughts are welcome.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Van Meggelen
> > jim at vanmeggelen.ca
> >
>
> Jim,
>
> How about a Soekris Net4801 running AstLinux (or anything, for that
> matter)?  The next version that I am working on can store all of the
> configuration and voicemail on a removable USB "key disk" and should be
> much smaller and cleaner.  Should really be quite neat!
>
> --
> Kristian Kielhofner
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