[Clug-tech] Machine recommendation: loghost + peripheral manager

[simon at mungewell.org]

> For the replacement machine I'm looking for something with as few moving
> parts as possible.  Passive cooling and booting from a USB memory stick
> (or other flash media) will earn bonus points.  I also want to cut the
> power down as much as possible too.

For booting from USB/Flash media you need to be careful about how the
system uses it's root disk, you might find that some random part of the
system is re-writing the disk and this could cause premature aging on the
flash drive.

If this is something of concern, you might consider using a bootable
CDImage, burnt to USB (no moving parts or laser to fail) and keep
accumulating logs in a seperate partition on the USB drive.

It is relatively easy to assemble a CD based Debian system with the
Debian-Live project.


Questions:
Is this machine going to be buried in basement/closet somewhere? Dust
buildup will affect passive cooling performance.

How critical is it that the logs are not lost?

Would you consider using a re-flashed router for the task?

Cheers,
Simon.