Re: [asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server

Actually Trix it would be;

0.5*240=120 0.9*240=216

We have 240V in the UK

However I think the point here is not that he is doubling his current
consumption but that he is being "nickle & dimed" for his electric.

I'd forget about the expenses and hassles of building a machine and move
to an different provider.

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 04:56 +0200, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> > > No my question is, does anyone know of an off the shelf server that
> > > would fall within the power budget of 0.5A at load?
> > >
>
> well in the UK 0.5A would be 0.5*220=110 watts. 0.9*220=198 watts.
> That really isnt that much, although odds are if you are using that much
> it would be more from disks or TDM hardware than the cpu itself.
>
> Some of the newer intel chips are being targeted at lower power
> consumption I *think* the woodcrest and clovertowns (basically the same
> different core count though) are in that group. But the chip makers are
> realizing that large users cant afford the power requirements when you
> are talking about dozens or more servers. Afford can mean either
> environmental or monetary in this sense.
>
> For reference here is a "news" article dated about 18 months ago that
> talks about the L5310 (low end clovertown iirc)
> http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/03/23/intel-releases-50-watt-server-processors
> At 12.5 watts per core that isnt that bad.
>
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Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O
Randolph, NJ

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