I had an older HP 2U server in the garage with 6 external drives attached to
it for more than 1 1/2 with no problems. I finally retired it just a couple
weeks ago. Previously I have had them in laundry rooms on top of shelves to
minimize the dust bunnies attacking them.



On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Ted Gould <ted@gould.cx> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> So I'm in the position where I'd like to have a little more computing
> power close to me instead of "in the cloud."  But, I really don't want
> to put a computer in my office, I'd prefer to hide it in the "local
> cloud."
>
> It seems like the two issues now become dust and heat.  I'd love to put
> it in the garage or attic, but I'm curious if that's just simply
> impractical.  Has anyone done something like this?  What problems did
> you encounter?
>
>                --Ted
>
>
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