[Soekris] Net5501 board and its standard case

[Otfried Geffert]

Am Montag, den 25.06.2007, 17:53 +0200 schrieb Arnt Gulbrandsen:
> squale at vaala.mine.nu writes:
> > Okay, despite the price difference, I guess ill do it that way too 
> > unless i get a bigger case. Wim told me the power supply will be 
> > fine, so i just need to know if it would make a big change for the 
> > noise cause it will be in the main room of my flat. I guess ill do 
> > some tests with an hardware seller :)
> 
> Get a CF card, configure it sanely, make regular backups and accept that 
> it'll die in five or ten years. Getting a Soekris and then spoling it 
> with a loud consumerware hard drive is sacrilege.
> 
> Or if you're dead set of a hard drive and can find out what drive a 
> HTE541040G9AT00 is, that one is good.
The predecessor of the new Hitachi HTE721010G9AT00
the one that Poul-Henning Kamp favoured,
specified for 24h/7days operation.

What is your experience with the hd noise,
when it is running in the net5510 case 
Poul-Henning ?

>  I have one in my office desktop 
> (a hush/via box) and it's nice and quiet. Can't remember its brand or 
> name any more, though.
> 
> Arnt