That's an interesting way to think about power consumption -- power per
"job", essentially, rather than just power over time. I think that if I
was creating a media server that would do live transcoding, then
something like a Core i3 would definitely be the better choice.
In my case, though, I just want a static server and so pretty much none
of the tasks will take appreciable amount of computing. This means that
the idle and low-peak levels matter a lot more.
On that note, I'm not sure how much I believe some of their power
consumption results. They have an Atom 230 based system idling at 33
watts. I've seen *multiple* results of an Atom N270 based system idling
at 10 watts (SSD) to 14 watts (2.5" drive). Now the 230 is a slightly
different class of Atom and also has a more power hungry chipset... but
TWICE the power? I'm dubious.
That does make me want to track down some more power consumption figures
for the Athlon, though.
On 10/5/10 2:29 PM, Stephen wrote:
This is something to consider also the Athlon 2000+ beat the atom
overall in power consumption, and the i3 did amazingly well in power
efficiency
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997-5.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/d510mo-intel-atom,2616.html
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kurt Granroth
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the pointers. Those definitely look more "industrial" than
I'd prefer. If I did roll my own, I'd certainly want to use commodity
boards. "Call for pricing" translates in my mind to "if you have to
ask, you can't afford it" :-)
The more I researched this, the more I realized that there are an
embarrassment of choices! The last I looked (5 or 6 years ago), it was
relatively difficult to construct a silent and low power system with
massive compromises. Not so anymore.
Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug
(and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't
really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a
N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a
bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard
drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core
Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD
output, if necessary.
Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local
folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how
well they work for them.
On 10/04/2010 01:42 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:
We used to use these great mobos from a company called CongaTec
http://www.congatec.us/qa6.html
http://www.congatec.us/qcarrier.html
This 95x140 motherboard and QSeven module can handle 2 Data drives.
I know you said you would prefer not to roll your own, but if you do,
this is an awesome setup.
Kevin
On Oct 4, 2010 2:27 PM, "Kurt Granroth"
<[email protected]
<mailto:kurt%[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm looking for a NAS that looks roughly like so:
o Very low power usage (~10 watts or less, ideally)
o Can run squid or similar proxy
o Can serve up files like you'd expect as NAS to do
o Can stream media
o Can run Linux or, at least, is customizable
Anybody using anything like this already?
I'm not opposed to rolling my own with mini-itx or the like but I'd
prefer not to. I do wonder if the proxy requirement is more of a
deal-breaker since most NAS units try to stay strictly in the storage
realm.
One thought is adapting a Pogoplug or Seagate Dockstar or the like. I'm
not yet sure if that'll do all I want, though.
Any thoughts?
Kurt
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