some ruminations on saving money, power, etc.

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 08:22:56PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ...
> > The server can't and shouldn't sleep, but maybe I could replace
> > it with a lower-power part. Currently, it's an Athlon 3500
> > (single core) with 1.5GB RAM, a 2 disk RAID mirror and an
> > external USB disk for backup.
> >
> > It looks like an Atom D510 is roughly comparable to the Athlon
> > in performance, and would reduce power usage about 50W, counting
> > the required new motherboard and RAM.
> 
> You sure about that?
> 
> http://sandeen.net/wordpress/?p=297

Wow.

Thanks, Jarod.

That was precisely the board I was considering, too.

-dsr-

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