Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Folderol Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.d-i-y Subject: Re: Opensource slowing down? "GoogleDrive" private cloud Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:41:04 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: <20150315154104.14624fa5@debian> References: <4khjsb-2oj.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> <54f73bc4$0$38615$b1db1813$5ba256c5@news.astraweb.com> <7p5ksb-n64.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> <55029d91$0$18431$b1db1813$df808093@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4c8c017bf2000d02e906f28de06f0c9d"; logging-data="26843"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/BcymVShtjnBqO3NrZs4sprM/Vcq90D90=" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0p+Ya+UV9/erLRg21KJmqUuOgIU= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:14086 On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:34:16 -0000 Daniel James wrote: > In article , Tim Watts wrote: > > I believe the point was: what happens when the PSU melts and > > dumps mains to the output and blows your NAS to tiny weeny bits? > > That's certainly the right question to be asking. > > I thought someone had wanted the NAS and it's PSU to be usable after > the fire, but rereading today I can't find it. > > > I would hope the NAS had some serious crowbar protection on its > > incoming DC in. > > Indeed so ... and on the ethernet and USB connectors, though the power > input is more likely to cause trouble. Ethernet is pretty bomb-proof by design. USB is very much a weak point. There nothing bar a simple polyfuse protecting the +5V line, and the I/O ones are totally vulnerable. Indeed, recently I read about some b**tard designing a device - masquerading as memory stick - that keeps pulsing these with a very high voltage, resulting in severe MB damage :( -- W J G