[mythtv-users] Proposed future power saving networked configuration (0.22 in mind)

[David Whyte]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
>
> The VMware server is up 24x7x365 anyway, so making the master a VM
> costs virtually nothing.  This means that being able to turn off
> the 3 M179 analog tuners most of the day is an immediate savings.
> My VMware server needs to be replaced anyway, it's not new enough
> to adjust cpu speed or conserve much power when not in use.  It
> uses about 2.4 Amps @ 120V minimum, but goes up to 3 Amps or so
> when I have multiple transcoding or commflag jobs running on it.
>

Hey Chris,

I am intrigued by your (proposed) setup but am getting confused by
what you will have as a real machine and as a virtual machine.  Any
chance you could knock-up a quick block diagram of it all.  Any
insight into the distro(s) you are using for your host and guests etc
would be much appreciated too.

(I am building a house and have been thinking about how I should
configure my setup, which (hopefully) will eventually include
home-automation, IP-cameras, mythTV etc.)

Regards,
Whytey