I can't get access to the site at present and the users aren't keen on removing the fan for testing, but here are some details.
fit-PC3 LP Diskless (AMD G-T40E CPU, 4GB RAM)
SSD is an ADATA SX900 64GB drive
Wireless LAN is disabled
2 x Self-Powered Seagate 2TB USB drives on front USB ports
OS is Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
Utilisation:
Used only as a file and print server. System has only 6 users, one of whom is generally not using his PC. The other users only back-up their CAD and software files to the server. Also used as a common file repository for the engineering group.
Does an incremental file backup from the main USB drive to backup USB drive daily at noon.
Shuts off to save power at 10pm daily (wake-on-LAN configured so that it starts when the first workstation is powered on.
There is no application software running under the server OS - no web server or database server.
Server is idle for >95% of the time.
Installed 2013 - heat issues noted within first week. Failures became evident when users found that they were unable to access the server. Initially always resolved by turning off the server, waiting 5 minutes and restarting the server. After several weeks a small fan was placed to the side of the server blowing horizontally across the top surface of the Fit-PC case. There have been no failures reported since implementing this workaround.Statistics: Posted by eapperley — Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:47 pm
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