In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charles Swiger (cs) writes:
cs You are correct that one needs to measure the voltage and use the RMS
cs value, or DC series equivalent if you like that phrase, in order to
cs figure out the power consumption accurately, but an {ammeter,
cs amp-meter, DMM} which can
I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of
power?
Is it true that the heat buildup in a home system (rather than a heavily
fanned commercial system) will kill the drives faster and this is a
On Jun 8, 2004, at 8:21 AM, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a
thin
client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot
of
power?
Not necessarily. If you want to measure it, make sure you have a
decent UPS (which
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of
power?
Is it true that the heat buildup in a home system (rather than a heavily
fanned commercial
: So *my* summary for your private server would be:
: - Leaving it on all day will not kill your harddisks, in the
: contrary: even cheap ones will live longer.
: - AMD processors tend to run hot, so if you have one, you should
: look for a good fan.
The guy who built mine installed 2 fans,
I also have an always-on headless server running for like 3 years now
without any problem.
I use it for: apache, samba, vpn, postfix (the usual server apps).
I think the key is to use the minimal (translate: cooler, less power
hungry) components.
Mine is P2-400 with 5400 rpm HDDs.
A UPS would
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Chiang Seng Chang wrote:
I also have an always-on headless server running for like 3 years now
without any problem.
I use it for: apache, samba, vpn, postfix (the usual server apps).
I think the key is to use the minimal (translate: cooler, less power
hungry) components.
Well... X is not started automatically (a.k.a. no gdm/kdm)... sometimes
I'd like to play with some X stuff...
I know there are other solution, like build on a fast machine and
install onto the slow one. I didn't bother because 1) the server is
still working while the upgrade is taking it's
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonathon McKitrick (jm) writes:
jm I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
jm client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of
jm power?
Turn the monitor off, especially if it is getting old. I have a 19inch
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:18:07PM +0100, Richard Caley wrote:
: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonathon McKitrick (jm) writes:
:
: jm I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
: jm client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of
: jm
Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:18:07PM +0100, Richard Caley wrote:
: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonathon McKitrick (jm) writes:
:
: jm I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
: jm client laptop. Will running it
On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:27 PM, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
Hopefully I'll get my flat screen back soon from repair. I guess
those use
less power, right? Also, a 1.8GHz Athlon won't use any more power than
necessary during idle time, right?
Yes, a flat screen typically uses about 50W; a big CRT might
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 01:21:01PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of
power?
Is it true that the heat buildup in a home system (rather than a
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:42:16PM -0400, Joe Altman wrote:
: Take the side off of your case, turn the open side toward the wall,
Why against the wall? So nothing damages it?
: with some space between it and the wall. Especially during the summer.
My setup has a fan in the back, and also one
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 07:51:51PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:42:16PM -0400, Joe Altman wrote:
: Take the side off of your case, turn the open side toward the wall,
Why against the wall? So nothing damages it?
Yes; spills, flying objects, whatever. Most
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 03:05:14PM -0400, Joe Altman wrote:
: Yes; spills, flying objects, whatever. Most importantly, it's not on
: the floor, and securely on my desk. I deal w/ the noise by keeping the
What is so bad with the floor?
: That reminds me: is a CD/RW a feasible data backup device?
Hi,
What is so bad with the floor?
Ever move into a beautiful house only to find the floor *flooded* at the
first serious cloud break? ;-)
BTW - I'd make sure I'd get/have a decent computer case with a decent
PSU with enough room for some decent 80mm or larger low noise fans
rather than
Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Bill Moran wrote:
Hopefully I'll get my flat screen back soon from repair. I guess
those use
less power, right?
I remember having this conversation with someone not too long ago, and
our
consensus was that flat
Nico Meijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
What is so bad with the floor?
Ever move into a beautiful house only to find the floor *flooded* at the
first serious cloud break? ;-)
BTW - I'd make sure I'd get/have a decent computer case with a decent
PSU with enough room for some decent
On Jun 8, 2004, at 2:54 PM, Cordula's Web wrote:
AMD processors now have fairly good thermal behavior when they are
idle, although it obviously helps if one can enable APCI and power
management capabilities to either throttle down the CPU speed or even
go into sleep mode.
What about other
Bill Moran wrote:
Nico Meijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
What is so bad with the floor?
Ever move into a beautiful house only to find the floor *flooded* at the
first serious cloud break? ;-)
BTW - I'd make sure I'd get/have a decent computer case with a decent
PSU with enough room for some
Charles Swiger wrote:
On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Bill Moran wrote:
Hopefully I'll get my flat screen back soon from repair. I guess
those use
less power, right?
I remember having this conversation with someone not too long ago, and
our
consensus was that flat screens used just as much power
On Jun 8, 2004, at 4:06 PM, Bill Moran wrote:
Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No need to guess, use an amp-meter. :-)
What a crazy idea.
I seem to remember plugging monitors into a UPS in an attempt to use
the cheesy
load meter lights to tell which was drawing more juice, when that
On Jun 8, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Bernt. H wrote:
No need to guess, use an amp-meter. :-)
Well If it measure trueRMS then you could use it, otherwise no.
You are correct that one needs to measure the voltage and use the RMS
value, or DC series equivalent if you like that phrase, in order to
figure
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 01:45 pm, Jason Taylor wrote:
Bill Moran wrote:
Nico Meijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
sniping a lot off
Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to
move as much fluid (air is a fluid for the purpose of this
discussion) as fast as possible
Am Dienstag, 8. Juni 2004 16:44 schrieb Peter Ulrich Kruppa:
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin
client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of
power?
Is it true that the heat
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jason Taylor wrote:
Ok, I'll chime in here. Here's what everything I ever learned about
heat transfer and fluid flow tells me:
Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to move
as much fluid (air is a fluid for the purpose of this discussion) as
Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jason Taylor wrote:
Ok, I'll chime in here. Here's what everything I ever learned about
heat transfer and fluid flow tells me:
Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to move
as much fluid (air is a
On 8 Jun 2004 at 13:45, Jason Taylor wrote:
Bill Moran wrote:
Nico Meijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW - I'd make sure I'd get/have a decent computer case with a decent
PSU with enough room for some decent 80mm or larger low noise fans
rather than opening up the side panel. Perhaps
Perhaps something like Soekris boards could be useful? Has
someone used them to build a power-saving server?
Sure. I've got a Soekris net4801 sitting right next to me which is
running some custom network monitoring/IDS/IPS software, and the Via
EPIA mini-ITX form factor is another good
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 16:06, Bill Moran wrote:
Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Bill Moran wrote:
Hopefully I'll get my flat screen back soon from repair. I guess
those use
less power, right?
I remember having this conversation with someone
Mike Jeays writes:
A typical workstation might use 50 watts when idle. If power is
5 cents per KW=hour, it will cost you about $2 a month. 50 watts
used to heat your room won't make a lot of difference - just a
bit less than a 60 watt light bulb...
You might be surprised. We
I'm surprised no one's mentioned this yet, but one way to significantly
reduce power consumption is to downclock the processor. Yes, that
reduces performance, but chances are you won't even notice it unless
you're running the server under a heavy load. You said your network
consists of two
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