[tech] New Mermaid

[Bob Adamson]

Mitch,

You have completely failed to deliver on every single item you have 
offered to sell or donate to the club since July last year. Mylah is 
currently one disk away from raid failure as a result of this. Forgive me 
if I don't hold my breath for your current offer.

Bob

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Mitch Kelly (UCC) wrote:

> 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
> 
> |"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous        |
> |attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary" |
> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
> 

Bob Adamson
UCC Treasurer

|"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous        |
|attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary" |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |