Thread: Laptop as a server.
View Single Post
Old 27-02-2009, 16:18   #33
AbyssUnderground
Inactive
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Merseyside
Age: 37
Services: BT Infinity Option 2, HH5, synced at maximum 80Mbps/20Mbps.
Posts: 2,221
AbyssUnderground has reached the bronze age
AbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze ageAbyssUnderground has reached the bronze age
Send a message via MSN to AbyssUnderground
Re: Laptop as a server.
Quote:
Originally Posted by KingDaveRa View Post
Nope.

But I know of two cases where they did. And they died.

1. A laptop was being used by a fairly major OEM (who since went bust - says a lot) as their web server. The reasoning being it had a battery - that's like a UPS, right! Anyway, it died, and took their website down. Duhh.

2. At work, we have a bunch of plasma screens in reception showing all sorts of random stuff. Somebody decided to run one on a laptop sat on a shelf. It overheated horribly, and fried the motherboard. Binned the whole thing as I recall.

So those are two cases I can name, and I'm aware of other cases.

Laptops are not designed to run 24/7. They get far too hot. Besides, running them on the mains all the time isn't clever, as it kills the battery. Some will run without the battery, but that doesn't solve the heat problem you'll get anyway.
1. Thats a general failure, it happens and can be repaired.

2. I bet that shelf didn't have great air circulation. If you're that worried about it you can buy a USB powered fan pad to put the laptop on which will cool it sufficiently enough. They're fairly cheap as well.

You make a good point about the battery. You should run it down once a week to at least 40% to keep it in tip top shape, or remove it completely (but then you have no UPS capability).
AbyssUnderground is offline   Reply With Quote