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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. That would be by cephah · · Score: 5, Informative

    50 degrees Celsius for the rest of the world.

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

    So this server shouldn't get slashdotted?

    I say we test it.

  3. Extreme? by clarkn0va · · Score: 5, Informative
    0-50C is hardly extreme. (Use the AC adapter and it's 0-40C--same as just about any of the commodity electronic components in my home).

    Sorry if I'm not overly impressed.

    db

    --
    I am literally 3000 tokens away from the chaotic crossbow --Stephen
  4. Re:On that note by vux984 · · Score: 5, Informative

    What is the difference between celsius and centigrade?

    In practical terms nothing.

    In technical terms 'centigrade' scale is defined as having zero at the melting point of ice, and 100 at the boiling point of water at standard atomopheric pressure. While celsius is defined as the kelvin temperature - 273.15.

    The reason for the difference was that the melting point of water is hard to measure precisely, due to the mechanics of melting creating an insulating layer of meltwater around the ice, that you can't simply stir to remove because that would introduce heat...which obviously is counter productive.

    So they redefined it in terms of Kelvin which could be measured more precisely, and renamed it to make it unambiguous which definition was being used.

    And where does "stat" come from when used in medical dramas?

    stat is from the latin 'statim', which just means 'immediately' or 'at once'.

  5. Re:Ummm..freezing is now 0 F? by joggle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The value of Fahrenheit is that it has greater precision than Celsius (when just reporting the integer part of course). The other is that it is a bit easier for people to relate to: 0 degrees is cold!, 100 degrees is hot! Whereas in Celsius 0 degrees is somewhat cold and 100 degrees, well you're way past dead at that point.

  6. Re:Ummm..freezing is now 0 F? by OverlyGenericUsernam · · Score: 5, Funny

    My dating chances have vastly improved!