- Sat May 04, 2013 3:21 pm
#159184
Odd question for you.
I am thinking about buying a safe. When I was viewing one of the models, it had an outlet for 110vac, Ethernet, and USB. When I saw this, I knew this was the route I wanted to go. For a while, I have been concerned about my valuables, not just physical, but also the digital ones. Especially in the event of fire.
I understand the fact that features in a safe like that could make it more vulnerable, but that is something I am willing to trade off. My plan is to place my small backup computer into the safe and use the USB outlet for my wireless connection where I will keep a few computers sync'ed up to it. Unfortunately this will create heat and because of the typical padding in a safe, I am not sure this is easily expelled thru the body. I am not even sure the body is going to be that good for what I am about to proposed, but whatever.
I am considering one or two thermoelectric coolers that Sparkfun sells to try and expel the heat out of the safe. The first proposal is to setup liquid cooling on the backup computer's CPU and the two HDD and using the thermoelectric device to expel the heat from the liquid into the body of the safe. I am sure I would have to remove some of the padding in the safe and to burnishing the surface of the steel in the safe with some good thermo two part. The second thought was just cool the air in the safe with the thermoelectric device (probably two of them at the top).
Part of the problem is the fact that I cannot get Ethernet to the safe in an easy fashion. I considered Wake On Lan with my DD-WRT router to make it all work. Typically wireless USB dongles don't work with Wake On Lan. I even considered a timed event where the computer boots up at certain intervals and returns to sleep, however Windows tends to be unpredictable on when it wants to sleep... unless it is my work laptop and it likes to sleep at the most inconvenient times.
I am open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks!
Frank
I am thinking about buying a safe. When I was viewing one of the models, it had an outlet for 110vac, Ethernet, and USB. When I saw this, I knew this was the route I wanted to go. For a while, I have been concerned about my valuables, not just physical, but also the digital ones. Especially in the event of fire.
I understand the fact that features in a safe like that could make it more vulnerable, but that is something I am willing to trade off. My plan is to place my small backup computer into the safe and use the USB outlet for my wireless connection where I will keep a few computers sync'ed up to it. Unfortunately this will create heat and because of the typical padding in a safe, I am not sure this is easily expelled thru the body. I am not even sure the body is going to be that good for what I am about to proposed, but whatever.
I am considering one or two thermoelectric coolers that Sparkfun sells to try and expel the heat out of the safe. The first proposal is to setup liquid cooling on the backup computer's CPU and the two HDD and using the thermoelectric device to expel the heat from the liquid into the body of the safe. I am sure I would have to remove some of the padding in the safe and to burnishing the surface of the steel in the safe with some good thermo two part. The second thought was just cool the air in the safe with the thermoelectric device (probably two of them at the top).
Part of the problem is the fact that I cannot get Ethernet to the safe in an easy fashion. I considered Wake On Lan with my DD-WRT router to make it all work. Typically wireless USB dongles don't work with Wake On Lan. I even considered a timed event where the computer boots up at certain intervals and returns to sleep, however Windows tends to be unpredictable on when it wants to sleep... unless it is my work laptop and it likes to sleep at the most inconvenient times.
I am open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks!
Frank