Thanks for the ideas guys, but most laptops these days take either a Curosoe or a P4 that is automaticaly underclocked when unhooked. I really do need a real server. The case isn't the issue, I can even get "marine" power supplies for computer equiptment that can run on 24v DC. The problem is the arch. X86 class equiptment gust takes too much power per clock cycle. I could underclock a newer server, but I was hoping that someone here might have some experience with running linux on another arch such as Transmeta (Curosoe) or RISC, etc. Hopefully one that already has servers on the market I could 'test' used from Ebay.
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, David Johnston wrote: > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 19:00, creighton samuels wrote: > > I will be writing a proposal for a ltsp based network for a newly forming > > Eco-Village group in Loveland Ohio. There would likely be a 100BaseTx > > copper network among 25-35 homes, with a common house near the center. It > > would be unlikely that many of the residents would be using the Ltsp > > server at the same time, some will undooutably stay with Windows and use > > the network only for access to the internet. > > Here's the catch; the entire village will be built off the grid. > > So the always-on equiptment MUST be efficent, and will likly need to be a > > gateway, squid proxy, and firewall as well. > > Any ideas? > > I'd suggest you use a high-end laptop with lots of RAM for your server; > pick one with a high advertised battery life. In your case, you're not > really interested in battery life, just using it as a rough gauge of > efficiency. > > If you're inclined to get clever, you could look into having Squid store > the cache on a tmpfs filesystem, running rsync hourly to write the tmpfs > to disk. I've never tried this, although I would be interested in > hearing your results if you try it. > > Another area where you may be able to squeeze is with your switches and > routers. The bigger ones tend to favor speed over power consumption, > which is why they have fans (to get rid of the extra heat). Fanless > switches will use a lot less power. Use switches, not hubs; you'll get > better throughput and fewer problems. > > Keep us posted; this sounds interesting. > -- > David Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Little Bald Consulting, LLC > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
