I'd go fanless if I could. This is not based on practical experience, just on supposition: fanless components have lower heat dissipation, which means lower temperatures, which means longer life. This also means no rotating parts, which are inherently less reliable. Finally it also means lower power consumption, a consideration if it's running 24/7.
In terms of practical experience, get a UPS. My last mobo died when it was powered on/off several times a second after a power blip caused by an electrical storm as the power grid re-activated. I've found configuring the UPS to be tricky in Linux though, so for now it's a "dumb" UPS, but at least it will prevent that killer on-off-on-off. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: "So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41179 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
