[tech] New Mermaid
Mitch Kelly (UCC)
mitch at ucc.asn.au
Fri Mar 4 13:18:45 WST 2011
I can drop off one of my spare Mini ITX Via Eden boards.
I will be at UCC likely Sunday or Monday with the replacement 146's and a
label maker.
The ITX board takes up to 2GB Ram and doesn't require a fan, we COULD mount
it inside the coke machine...
Mitch
-----Original Message-----
From: tech-bounces at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto:tech-bounces at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]
On Behalf Of Bob Adamson
Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:53 PM
To: tech at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Subject: [tech] New Mermaid
Hi techies,
I've been thinking about a replacement box for mermaid, and now seems like
a good time to do the job properly while the box isn't being used for
anything.
Dispense is currently running on heathred, the vendserver is running on
martello, the door lock is controlled by a service running on mussel, with
a decserver, a man-eating power supply and a modem in amongst all that.
It's all very hot, very power hungry, and not all that reliable. What I
hope to do is put all these services on one reliable machine with a ups.
It will also require a little electronics later on for the door stuff.
This will hopefully mean that the services are more likely to stay up in
emergencies (fuse trips, power dips, hail storms in the clubroom,
armageddon, freshers in the machine room) and also be easier to
understand, manage and update.
The replacement box should run on as little power as possible, have at
least 3 serial ports (preferably more), have static cooling (ie no fans),
preferably mini or microATX so we can stick it somewhere out of the way.
At the moment, I'm keen on getting something in the $800 range from
advantech, such as
http://buy.advantech.net.au/ARK-3360L-3S51/ARK-3360L-3S51/system-3545.htm
If you have a better suggestion, or can be bothered trawling sites to
custom build a box, I'd love to hear from you!
Bob Adamson
UCC Treasurer
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