[Novalug] Why I like Linux

[Kevin Kitts]

Actually, even more embarrassing to admit - is that I have 2 servers
running. The other server is a Shuttle SK21G. It has a "200W active PFC". It
has a single 320G Drive in it. Whereas the PII/266 has a 200G and 3 80G
drives. I bet that the Shuttle with it's 1 drive consumes a lot less power
than the PII/266 with its 4 drives. One day I will upgrade... but it is just
working so darn well and I hate to fix what isn't broken. ;-)

On 5/2/07, Miguel Gonzalez Castaños <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es> wrote:
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> > I do feel a bit guilty about running it 24/7 though since a newer
> > machine might use a lot less power.
> Are you sure of that? Most of Power supplies of Pentium MMX and Pentium
> II were of about 250-300 Watt, while most of the new motherboards
> require more that 350 Watt. If you unswitch the hardware that you don't
> need (CD-Rom, floppy, etc), you can cut more the power needed to feed
> your "beast" :-) Also consider that most of the new hardware require
> more cooling since they operate in very high clock cycles and this
> generates lot of heat. Also old hardware can be downclocked (opposite to
> overclocked) and operate in a lower clock cycles and consume less power
> and generate less heat.
>
> Miguel
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