On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:06:29 -0700
"J.C. Roberts" <list-jcr@designtools.org> wrote:
quoted text > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:44:01 -0400 Chris Dukes <pakrat@pr.neotoma.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 01:32:57PM +0100, FRLinux wrote:
> > > I use a variety of servers with OpenBSD mostly for DNS. Recently I
> > > have been luring into systems such as Alix Boards to build a small
> > > power system with a 19' rack enclosure. Anyone would have
> > > suggestions on that type of boards (ALIX) or any other equivalent
> > > to perform as a server on compact flash? (I used to use soekris
> > > but not sure I want to do down that road again).
> >
> > If it's a 19 foot rack, I don't think you need anything compact.
> > Maybe you can find some of the washing machine sized harddrives
> > for a VAX.
>
> I've always wanted a washing machine sized hard drive!
>
> Get some folks together and some beer, then write assembly code to
> see who can make it "walk" across the floor the fastest!
>
> Of course, the people at PARC figure this out eons ago by accident. A
> particular sequence or reads/seeks/writes caused such a beast to walk
> across the floor and block the only door, and they had to cut a hole
> in the wall to get back into the datacenter. Afterwards, they used to
> hold races with it after work.
>
If you REALLY want entertainment, watch what happens when one of those
30" platters lets go. Through the cabinet and still has the energy to
gouge the cinder block wall nicely.
This wasn't actually for a VAX: it was a Perkin-Elmer 3230.
--
Edward Ahlsen-Girard
Ft Walton Beach, FL
