On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:47:09 -0500, Edwin L. Culp W. wrote: > The price difference between a minimal design and something like this > usually not significant. So this is sounding more and more like a go.
Allow me a short addition: Gaming machines usually put no emphasize on energy efficiency. This means power consumption of several hundred Watts, up to more than 1000, is quite possible. Keep in mind that _running_ a machine also adds up to the price - see TCO. Especially CPUs and GPU are cost-intensive, but hard disks also seem to be. For use as a server, it's typical to assume that the machine will run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as long as it fails. You can easily calculate those costs and put them into relation with older systems that "only" consume 150 Watts. :-) But aside, I agree with the suggestion of utilizing the "95% unused system capacity" for virtual hosts or other means. Make the system more efficient than a light bulb. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
