[microsound] OT: laptop for permanent sound installation - suggestions?

[Salman Bakht]

(i'm not the original poster, but) do you have suggestions for
"server-grade solutions"? i've never even considered that and,
honestly, i wouldn't even know where to start looking. and how cheap
could that possibility be?

salman

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Trond Lossius <trond.lossius at bek.no> wrote:
>> Just a little over a month ago I have witnessed a mac mini failure
>> (the night before the opening of the exhibition).  Video playback was
>> involved (does that qualify as "processing"?).  The new mac mini that
>> was purchased as a replacement did make it through the month, however.
>>
>> I will restate my point again: consumer grade equipment (regardless of
>> manufacturer) carries a high risk of failure in the context of
>> permanent exhibition.  YMMV.
>
> I agree. If you need to have an installation running for long periods of time, I would suggest looking towards server-grade solutions, as performance under strain for pro-longed periods of time, stability and redundancy is key to servers. I'm not sure that the minimac server qualifies as belonging to that league. Mirrored disks would probably be a good idea. I would also consider setting up remote administration and monitoring, and some kind of watchdog solution.
>
> Cheers,
> Trond
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