asterisk users - Feb 2005 - Brainstorm: Running Asterisk as cool as possible - AKA solid state.

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.


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jim@vanmeggelen.ca

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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@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!

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Kristian Kielhofner