[TriLUG] Penguins in the desert

[Lee Fickenscher]

On Oct 11, 2005, at 9:16 PM, Aaron Joyner wrote:

> There have been lots of good suggestions in this thread, but don't  
> neglect to consider sand, dust, and dirt, and their devastating  
> effects on computer hardware.  Particularly in a true desert  
> scenario, where you have people walking in and out from the sandy  
> ground (if not sand storms actually blowing sand into where the  
> computers are housed), this is going to result in a much higher  
> maintenance schedule.  You'll want to train a couple, or at best  
> maybe a half dozen people, on how to properly disassemble and clean  
> a computer.  If they just know to blow the sand out from the inside  
> of the case and how to lubricate and replace cooling fans, you'll  
> be a *lot* better off in the long run.

How about a semi-sealed diskless system using a non-conductive liquid  
coolant?
Something like:

http://techreport.com/etc/2001q4/comdex/koolance2.jpg

Have it boot from flash and use a USB flash drive for removable  
storage. :)