On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 14:17 -0700, Dafydd Crosby wrote: > On 01/30/2012 01:51 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > > And lets not forget the "Pogoplug Video products" recall for overheating > > problem. > > > > But there is always OpenNAS and the like. On the other hand I had been > > getting rid of older (not no old) hardware to some friends so that could > > be a problem unless I find something to buy new that I think would work > > well. ($) > > > > Mel > Since mine has no video output, there's not the sort of workload that
According to a web site it was only that one series of product that was affected. I do not wish to speculate, but this URL tells their story anyway: http://blog.pogoplug.com/pogoplug-video-recall-2-507/ The product was based on sending video files at high speeds and ease of use (software). They do not want liability (safety), hence the recall. > generates a lot of heat. > > I imagine if you phoned around, you might eventually get a hold of one. > Mind, it's not the specific product that is important - it's the tech in > general: cheap ARM-powered computers that run cool, quietly, with cheap Yes, very cool. > uptime. Now Linux can run nearly anywhere, and do a lot of stuff that > that would have been cost-prohibitive just 5 years ago. > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
