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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/08/13 20:09, Raymond Wagner
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<blockquote cite="mid:520E78FD.4060901@wagnerrp.com" type="cite">On
8/16/2013 3:01 PM, Fred Watt wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On 16/08/13 19:56, Raymond Wagner wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On 8/16/2013 2:40 PM, Fred Watt wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Does anyone use an arm board to run a
small home server/mythbackend? I'm looking to refresh my
atom server and getting impatient waiting for a haswell
solution. The 10watt intel J2850 looks like it could be a
future option when boards appear in a few months.
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An Atom is already no great shakes, but any ARM is going to be
a downgrade.
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Maybe I should just wait a few more months to see what appears
Q3/Q4. A low watt intel/linux solution makes so much sense from
many perspectives. I was baiting - I guess - to see if I was
missing a trick for an efficient server.
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My 3.3GHz G2120 frontend idles around 25W, and that's including
the inefficiencies of a non-80Plus power supply. The system
itself is probably somewhere under 15W. I recently picked up a
PicoPSU and an external brick, so I'll have to test what amperage
it's actually using sometime this weekend.
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Once you get below a certain level, it's not worth the effort to
push it further. One watt used non-stop typically costs roughly
$1/yr.
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">My server idles around
30Watts - that's with pico+2xTB raid, does lots of server duties
incl. myth. I do agree once you get to a certain point there's no
'real' payback in savings vs effort any more. You make a good
point.<br>
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As I'm in need of a refresh, I'm wondering what I could do this
time round - need the h/w to appear. Interesting that the </font>G2120
tdp 10w, as it has intel graphics it might make a server/frontend
with VAAPI. But then again, the i3 haswells might be better value
in a performance per watt calculation. I guess this is the fun part
wondering, then window shopping as and when.<br>
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