Good point yes.<br>What might some good options be for small frontend machines be that can be turned off and on easily? <br>I plan to have the frontends all in the basement as I have 3 CAT 6 cables run to each TV. 2 cat6 for HDMI and the 3rd for a remote or kb/mouse.<br>
Does suspend work for this? How would they be woken up?<br><br>Thanks for the thoughts.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5"> On 08/24/2010 02:34 PM, Mark Hutchinson wrote:<br>
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Time for a whole new setup.<br>
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My goal is to reduce power consumption and # of computers.<br>
I have one backend now and 4 frontends.<br>
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I am thinking I would like to use one superserver ( 8 cpu, lots of disk, and 8+gigs of RAM ), and try to reduce the # of computers.<br>
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Uses also include a NoMachine server for Family use.<br>
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I am thinking that I would like to use VMware or VirtualMachine but that causes problems.<br>
Does anyone have any ideas for how to combine some or all of this?<br>
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A frontend dedicated just for a Nvidia 210 forf HDMI for each TV seems wastefull. The MythBackend could also be a frontend, but that is only one gone.<br>
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Any ideas from anyone or experiences on what might work?<br>
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Want to reduce power consumption? Set up your systems so that all of them (potentially even including the backend server) shut down when not in use. You'll likely use less power than you would with any superserver concept--and you won't have to work hard to get the power savings (as you would trying to run multiple X servers and distribute video appropriately if you really combining frontends would be worthwhile).<br>
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Mike<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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