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Extreme Linux Server Available to North America

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hot-hardware dept.

jcasman writes "CNet is covering an announcement from Japanese Linux provider Plat'Home on a low-cost, super tough Linux-based server, now available in the US, that can handle extreme heat and cold. 'The OpenMicroServer is kind of an "extreme" use server pushing the boundaries for normal, low-cost hardware. In a 624-day endurance test, the OpenMicroServer performed normally under 122 degree F conditions. The unit also employs a power efficient AMD Alchemy (MIPS) CPU and precise part placement based on thermo-fluid analysis to achieve semi-hermetic construction.'"

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  1. Extreme use? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this server shouldn't get slashdotted?

    I say we test it.

  2. Ummm..freezing is now 0 F? by Seakip18 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It can handle down to the freezing point (0 degrees F), too. TFA can't be right. Though I got an American education, I'm pretty sure freezing is 0 C/32F. Looks like the article writer didn't read the specs.....sounds like somebody in Norway.
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    1. Re:Ummm..freezing is now 0 F? by Adambomb · · Score: 4, Funny

      sounds like somebody in Norway. Nah, its just intended for a NASA re-entry module computer.
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    2. Re:Ummm..freezing is now 0 F? by OverlyGenericUsernam · · Score: 5, Funny

      My dating chances have vastly improved!

    3. Re:Ummm..freezing is now 0 F? by Ethan+Allison · · Score: 4, Funny
      Not to mention it's suited better to everyday life.

      the metric system for distance is pansy BS. if i'm going 100 of something, i want it to be legitimately fast. the metric(type) system for temperature is also BS. When it is hot, the temp should be in triple digits, not at 38C. the metric system just isn't scaled for awesome, and that's why the US doesn't use it. -Drew Heyman
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  3. Re:Extreme? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you can forget about fans

    Even if they have cool looking LEDs on them?
    Nothing is more EXTREME than a fan with LEDs.

  4. Re:Extreme? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Depends on the color of the LEDs. I've added blue LEDs to my CPU fan and it reduced the temperature by an average of 10C.

    However, a friend of mine used red LEDs and totally fried his GPU! What a moron!